Posts Tagged ‘random house’

Once upon a time… it’s Tell a Fairy Tale Day!

Q: What did Cinderella say when her photographs weren’t ready?
A: “Some day my prints will come!”

Celebrate President’s Day with some Lincoln Listens!

Feeling presidential on President’s Day? These three audiobooks celebrate our 16th President in grand fashion.

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake – Written and Read by Anna Quindlen

In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead—and celebrating it all—as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more.
As she did in her beloved New York Times columns, and in A [...]

ALSC recommends their 2012 Notable Children’s Recordings

Looking for the best of the best listens for your little ones? The Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, selects a list of Notable Children’s Recordings to honor their favorite audiobooks for kids from the previous year. This year’s selections include some fantastic selections–how many have you heard?

THRAWN TRILOGY Books 2 & 3 will be available UNABRIDGED for the first time in June 2012

Thanks to outspoken response from Star Wars fans worldwide, Random House Audio will produce new unabridged recordings of books two and three in Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, DARK FORCE RISING and THE LAST COMMAND.

New audiobook recording of George R.R. Martin’s A FEAST FOR CROWS, now narrated by Roy Dotrice

Dotrice’s narration will be available as a digital download December 15, 2011 for U.S. listeners
NEW YORK, NY (December 12, 2011)—Random House Audio announces today that it will release a new recording of George R.R. Martin’s A FEAST FOR CROWS, the fourth book in Martin’s bestselling series, A Song of Ice and Fire, narrated by fan [...]

Test your history IQ at the Boston Book Festival (and win prizes!)

Test your knowledge of Beantown history with bestselling author and historian Kenneth C. Davis (creator of the bestselling Don’t Know Much About… series). Davis will select quiz contestants from the audience for this interactive event to vie for prizes, Jeopardy®-style!

Jennifer Bradbury’s WRAPPED

Loved her descriptions of the mummy-unwrapping parties…spooky but true! –Katie Fleming, publicity

A-List Cast Narrates Lost Dr. Seuss Stories

A cast of A Listers will narrate THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER STORIES, a collection of rare stories by Dr. Seuss originally published in magazines between 1950 and 1951–a literary “buried treasure” discovered by Seuss scholar and collector Charles D. Cohen.

2011 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults!

The American Library Association’s YALSA (the Young Adult Library Services Association) committee has announced their 2011 picks for Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. Each year the committee selects titles that they think are excellent recordings for listeners ages 12-18. Check out these great listens for teens, you can view the full list here.