Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured Our Recommendations for First-Time Listeners Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 21, 2018

To celebrate listening to audiobooks (and that June Is Audiobook Month), we’re giving away a tote bag full of classic productions and new favorites! From children’s titles to adult titles and fiction to nonfiction, it is the ultimate audiobook tote. To enter to win it, click here. For official rules, click here.

The benefits of listening to audiobooks are clear: audiobooks are the ultimate tool for multitaskers, as well as a great way to relax. Read more

Tagged: Amie Kaufman, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, Douglas Adams, Elizabeth Strout, Ernest Cline, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I've Got Your Number, ILLUMINAE, J.K. Rowling, Jay Kristoff, Jayne Entwistle, Jim Dale, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Lincoln Hoppe, Max Brooks, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Philip Pullman, READY PLAYER ONE, Sophie Kinsella, Stephen Fry, the golden compass, THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, The Princess Diarist, Wil Wheaton, WORLD WAR Z

Featured, Guest Post The Making of a Grammy-Winning Audiobook: Directing an Icon Submitted by BOT Contributor on March 29, 2018

We’re thrilled to welcome audiobook director, Jessica Kaye, to the BOT blog, as she tells us about her experience directing the late, great Carrie Fisher for her Grammy Award-winning audiobook,THE PRINCESS DIARIST. Go behind-the-mic to hear about the fascinating directing process and what made this special recording a winning listen… Read more

Tagged: Behind the Scenes, Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, director, Grammy, Grammy nominee, GRAMMY winner, Jessica Kaye, The Princess Diarist

Awards & Recognition, Featured Titles The Princess Diarist Shows A New Side of Carrie Fisher Submitted by Brieana Garcia on November 28, 2016

THE PRINCESS DIARIST won the 2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Spoken Word Album! Fisher recorded The Princess Diarist shortly before her passing last year along with her daughter Billie Lourd, who narrated the diary entries featured in the book. Check out our collection of GRAMMY nominees and GRAMMY winners!

When most people think of Carrie Fisher, they immediately connect her to the iconic Princess Leia from the Star Wars films. But how did Carrie get there? What made her want to be in the limelight and how did she react to being in such a blockbuster film? Listen to The Princess Diarist to learn all these answers and more.

Tagged: Audiobook, Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

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