Featured-LL, Interview LISTEN UP: a special podcast episode with 3 beloved YA and children’s authors Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 12, 2018

Did you know that Penguin Random House Audio has a podcast called This is the Author? We love to chat with authors about what it’s like to record their own audiobooks. Were there any surprises? How would they describe the experience? And if they didn’t record it themselves, who would their dream narrator(s) be? Read more

Tagged: bridge of clay, Carmela Full of Wishes, Interview, Markus Zusak, Matt de la Peña, Nic Stone, Odd One Out, podcast, This is the Author

Awards & Recognition Sarah Jessica Parker selects EXIT WEST as Book Club Central pick! Step into the studio with author and narrator Mohsin Hamid Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on October 12, 2017

Sarah Jessica Parker’s newest Book Club Central pick is the extraordinary EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid, which is also shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize and is a Kirkus Prize finalist. The talented New York Times bestselling author also narrated his own audiobook and gave us insight into that unique experience in a great episode of Penguin Random House Audio’s This is the Author podcast. Read more

Tagged: Book Club, Book Club Central, EXIT WEST, Kirkus Prize finalist, Man Booker Prize shortlist, Mohsin Hamid, podcast, Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP, This is the Author

In The Studio, Interview THE RULES DO NOT APPLY author Ariel Levy on why audiobooks are the “coolest thing ever.” Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on March 17, 2017

Don’t miss our latest This is the Author podcast to hear Ariel Levy in the studio, as she reflects on what it was like to narrate her new audiobook THE RULES DO NOT APPLY, and why it was even easier and more fun than she thought it would be. Read more

Tagged: Ariel Levy, author-read, Interview, podcast, THE RULES DO NOT APPLY, This is the Author

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