Articles tagged with "audiobooks"

Dawn French wins Best Audiobook of the Year and 5 winners get £50 book tokens by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-09-28

The UK has voted for Dear Fatty – the audiobook of best-selling autobiography of Dawn French, read by Liza Tarbuck – as the Best Audiobook of the Year 2009. Comprised of three categories – fiction, non-fiction, and children’s – the objective was to create a list showcasing the very best audiobooks. Five lucky winners who voted for their favourite will each be receiving £50 in book tokens…congratulations to Jacqueline Marriott, Lucy Formela-Osbrne, Linda Rygielski, Martin Grund and James Viner! (Get in touch if you are one of those people and haven’t heard anything yet…we’re trying to contact you.) Everyone else can still out samples of these audiobooks on our competition page.

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Bringing Books to Life by Kerry Shale by Kat Matfield

published on 2009-06-26

Kerry Shale, a man of a thousand and voices (almost literally), gives his insight into working as as an audiobook reader.

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In Praise of Audiobooks by Kati Nicholl by Kat Matfield

published on 2009-06-26

Kati Nicholl, expert audio abridger, tells us about her history with audiobooks – from their earliest days as tape box-sets to today’s super-fast online downloads – and why she thinks they hold an irreplaceable place in booklovers’ hearts.

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20 Best Audiobooks Competition Launches! by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-18

There are a lot of book lovers who are nuts about audio books. So The Best Audiobooks of the Year 2009 competition has teamed up with CompletelyNovel.com to find out which audiobook is the public’s favourite. The shortlist was put together by a panel of experts, including audio buyers from top retailers and audiobook reviewers. You can listen to samples of the books and vote for the one you think fits the bill of the best audio book.Vote for the best audiobook today!

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Listen Up! by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-02-02

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