Featured, Guest Post, Interview Sharing the Library Love: 3 Questions with Kristen Sieh, Narrator of THE BORROWER Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 3, 2020

It’s Library Card Sign-Up Month! In honor of libraries and her latest audiobook (starring a librarian character!), AudioFile Earphones Award-Winning narrator, Kristen Sieh, shares the library love and talks about recently recording THE BORROWER, the first novel from Pulitzer Prize Finalist and National Book Award Finalist, Rebecca Makkai. Read more

Tagged: Interview, Kristen Sieh, Library, Library Card Sign-Up Month, Narrator, Rebecca Makkai, THE BORROWER

Featured, Featured-LL, Guest Post, Guest Post “I am a library goer.” Kenneth C. Davis reflects on libraries, lockdown, and audiobooks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on August 27, 2020

Kenneth C. Davis is the author of The New York Times bestselling DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT® HISTORY which gave rise to the DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT® series. He is also the author of the The New York Times bestseller AMERICA’S HIDDEN HISTORY. His newest audiobook, STRONGMAN, goes on sale October 6, 2020. Davis lives in New York with his wife.

“I am a library goer. As a small boy, I went to the Mount Vernon Public library with my mother every week. And I distinctly remember walking up those grand marble steps, as if I were going into a Greek temple. Read more

Tagged: Author Guest Post, Kenneth C. Davis, Library, Library Card Sign-Up Month, STRONGMAN

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Video July LibraryReads Picks on Audio are Written by Library Lovers Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on July 8, 2015

Librarians love these authors—and these authors love them right back! Listen to clips from the audiobook editions of the LibraryReads July 2015 picks (chosen by librarians from around the country), and hear why these top titles make great listens. Read more

Tagged: ALA, Amy Ryan, BEA, Collection Development, J. Ryan Stradal, Katharine McEwan, Katherine Borowitz, Kathy Reichs, Library, Library Reads, Michael Stuhlbarg, Paula McLain

Collection Development, Promotions & Events Library Listens for National Library Week Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on April 9, 2015

First started in 1958, National Library Week is an annual observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Read more

Tagged: ALA, ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY, Library, National Library Week, OKAY FOR NOW, THE CASE OF THE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, THE ISLAND OF DR. LIBRIS

Collection Development, Featured Titles Enter Haruki Murakami’s Strange and Nightmarish Library… Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on September 8, 2014

Attention librarians! Award-winning author and library favorite Haruki Murakami‘s newest audiobook is, quite appropriately, about a library—and a strange one at that. Read more