Random House Audio News and Alerts

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Peel Society Wins 2009 Audie Award!

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:14:45 -0500

Random House Audio congratulates Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows on their win for their audiobook, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Honored for "Best Fiction" audiobook, the Audie Awards were announced Sunday, May 31st in New York City. Executive Producers Dan Musselman and Kelly Gildea were also in attendance to receive their honor.

To hear a clip of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and to learn about the audiobook everyone's talking about, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Alice Munro Wins the 2009 Man Booker International Prize!

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:47:58 -0500

Alice Munro was awarded the 2009 Man Booker International Prize this week, given once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage. Recognized as one of the most renowned writers of our time, Munro latest achievement is fitting. The View from Castle Rock is known as superior fiction, and a new release, Too Much Happiness will be available from Random House Audio in November 2009.

To learn more about The View from Castle Rock and Too Much Happiness, visit our website www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Paul McCartney Loves Our Audiobooks!

Wed, 06 May 2009 14:41:55 -0500

Legendary musician and former Beatles member Paul McCartney was quoted recently in an article for Las Vegas Review about his trip to the city, and his love for audiobooks, and his recent listen, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock.. He commented about his love for audiobooks while traveling: "A couple of them were kind of dry, one of them was a nice sort of crime adventure, then we got to this Beautiful Children. Man, I tell you, it's so hard-core ... That's what I think of now when I think of Vegas."

To understand what McCartney is raving about, check out Charles Bock's Beautiful Children. To learn more about all our audiobooks, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com

Christopher Paolini's Brisingr Nominated for Audiobook of the Year!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:39:04 -0500

The third audiobook in Christopher Paolini's bestselling Inheritance Cycle, Brisingr, was honored with an Audiobook of the Year nomination on April 20, 2009 by the Audio Publishers Association. In announcing the nomination, the APA noted that "Narrator Gerard Doyle's masterful performance encompassed everything from people of all ages and genders to fantastic beasts with magical powers, demonstrating his own magical gifts in the process." The Audie Awards will be announced on May 29, 2009, at the New-York Historical Society in New York City.

Visit Listening Library's Inheritance Cycle webpage to learn more about the entire series, author Christopher Paolini, and series narrator, Gerard Doyle.

American Lion Wins the Pulitzer Prize!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:35:34 -0500

Random House Audio congratulates Jon Meacham, author of the bestselling audiobook, American Lion on his Pulitzer Prize win this week. A wonderfully illustrated biography of President Andrew Jackson, Meacham's portrayal has garnered him an immense amount of praise since its publication in November. To learn more about the award-winning book and its praiseworthy audiobook, please visit our website at www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Dexter Filkins' The Forever War Named 2008 National Book Critics Circle Winner

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:20:50 -0500

The Forever War, written and read by Dexter Filkins, was honored as a 2008 National Book Critics Circle winner recently, adding to a growing list of awards this title has won since it was released in September. To listen to a clip of this critically acclaimed audiobook or to learn more about all our award-winning audiobooks, please visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Kate Winslet Wins Best Actress Academy Award® for Bernard Schlink's The Reader!

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:36:59 -0500

Kate Winslet was awarded a Best Actress Oscar® on Sunday, February 23rd for her moving performance in the critically acclaimed book, The Reader. Available on audio from Bernard Schlink, read by Campbell Scott and translated by Carol Janeway, The Reader is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.

Released in January of last year, Bernard Schlink's Homecoming, is his first novel since The Reader, that reveals to listeners the humanity that survives the trauma of war and the ongoing possibility for redemption. This audiobook is sure to become another classic.

To listen to a clip of all our award-winning audiobooks, please visit out website, www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Join Listening Library's Fan Page on Facebook!

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:35:44 -0500

Want to hear about Listening Library's newest releases? Have an opinion about the latest audiobook you've listened to? Become a fan of Listening Library on Facebook!

On the page, we post the latest news on all our award-winning audiobooks, fun activities like the Harry Potter Guess the Voices game, and pictures so fans can see what we've been up to.

To learn more information about all our children's and young adult audiobooks, visit www.listeninglibrary.com.

Congratulations to Our Comic-Con New York Raffle Winners!

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:38:55 -0500

http://www.randomhouseaudio.com Esther Keller and Geoffrey McFarlane, both of Brooklyn, New York, and Patricia Fernandez of Linden, New Jersey have won their choice of audiobooks by entering and winning a daily raffle drawing at Comic-Con New York on February 6-8. Make sure to check out the Random House Audio booth at Comic-Con San Diego on July 23-26. Congratulations to all our winners!

For more information about our sci-fi themed audiobooks, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Congratulations to Dean Pitchford for His Grammy Award ® Nomination!

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:20:39 -0500

Dean Pitchford, author and narrator of the Listening Library title, The Big One-Oh was nominated for a Grammy® Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children on Thursday, December 4th. In the story, Charley Mapplethorpe, a friendless nine-year old decides to throw a horror-themed birthday party to celebrate his tenth year. Of course, things don't work out as planned and at the last minute Charley must scramble to save his big ONE-OH from becoming the big OH-NO!

To listen to clips of this Grammy® -nominated audiobook and all of award-winners, visit www.listeninglibrary.com.

The Audacity of Hope Audiobook in the News!

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:31:28 -0500

President-Elect Barack Obama's bestselling audiobook, The Audacity of Hope was featured on The Today Show on Tuesday, November 11th. An excerpt from the book was played, highlighting the incoming President's first visit to the White House in a meeting with President George W. Bush in 2005. Watch a clip from The Today Show episode here. To learn about all of Barack Obama's audiobooks, Change We Can Believe In, The Audacity of Hope, Dreams from My Father, and the compilation audio, The Essential Barack Obama, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

The Dark Side Author Jane Mayer Nominated for a National Book Award!

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:43:04 -0500

The National Book Association has just announced that Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side, has been nominated for a National Book Award for Nonfiction. In her critically acclaimed audiobook, Mayer discusses, in riveting detail, the problems and contradictions that plague the Bush Administration and how this has affected American politics.

To listen to a clip of Jane Mayer's latest book, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

The National Book Association has just announced that Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side, has been nominated for a National Book Award for Nonfiction

To listen to a clip of Jane Mayer's latest book, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com

RH Audio Author Paul Krugman Wins the Nobel Prize for Economics

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:56:08 -0500

Random House Audio congratulates Paul Krugman, author of The Conscience of a Liberal, on his Nobel Prize in Economics. To read the announcement from the Nobel Foundation about his win, click here. To listen to a clip from The Conscience of a Liberal or to learn more about all of our audiobooks, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.
To read the announcement from the Nobel Foundation about his win, click here .
To listen to a clip from The Conscience of a Liberal or to learn more about all of our audiobooks, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com .
To listen to a clip from The Conscience of a Liberal or to learn more about all of our audiobooks, visit www.randomhouseaudio.com.

Comic-Con International Raffle Winners

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:37:10 -0500

Random House Audio and Listening Library are pleased to announce that Samantha Kranhouse, Kaleigh Molineaux, Jennifer Nogle, and Stephany Brown, all from California, won their choice of audiobooks for participating in the daily raffle at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Congratulations to all of our winners!

Make Your Commute More with Random House Audiobooks!

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:51:17 -0500

Random House Audio is pleased to announce our new summer marketing campaign, "Make Your Commute More..." to promote audiobook listening to commuters. Our website, www.MakeYourCommuteMore.com is up and running, where we have a list of exciting titles that will be featured throughout the summer-long promotion. Check out our print ads in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Tims Book Review, podcasts on NPR's popular radio program, "Car Talk", and online ads on their website, CarTalk.com.

Visit www.MakeYourCommuteMore.com to learn more!