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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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The Glorious Year of "Yeah, That's Not Gonna Happen"
Personal Perspective: How about trading in the idea of perfecting yourself for the real possibility of enjoying yourself?
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Anna North @annanorth.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thank you @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social!
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview As Mona Awad returns to the #DarkAcademia of her cult classic, BUNNY, Sophie Amoss artfully handles the challenging narration. From chirpy to authoritarian, Amoss captures the quirky, sociopathic Bunnies. #LiteraryHorror #EarphonesAward #simonaudio bit.ly/46Nh3xZ
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV #PubDay Lily Newmark’s transcendent performance of @annanorth.bsky.social's remarkable novel lingers in the memory. Three narratives intersect; together, Newmark & North deliver drama, wonder, heartbreak, & hope. #EarphonesAward @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social bit.ly/42Dk1Td
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview Narrator Nicolette McKenzie’s sparkling performance amplifies the charm of this #cozymystery. Her distinctive portrayals capture the warmth and wit of sleuths Judith, Suzie, and Becks. #EarphonesAward #recordedbooks bit.ly/48hFBAk
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV This bittersweet, immersive audiobook unites author #LilyKing with #RebeccaLowman at her shape-shifting best. Lowman matches her tone, pace, & timing to each character as the protagonist reveals a unique love triangle, then flashes forward decades later. #SimonAudio bit.ly/46EZU9N
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview After Celia curses her beloved brother, she tries to make amends. Narrator Ella Lynch demonstrates her expansive gifts throughout this fantasy audiobook, giving unique and distinct voices to all its characters. #EarphonesAward #NaomiNovik #prhaudio bit.ly/481a9WW
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Insatiably Creating @theinsaticritic.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
My latest @everylibrary.bsky.social feature! Deep gratitude to special guest @andreonthemic.com for weighing in on #HispanicHeritageMonth from the Brazilian perspective. There's even a cheeky #bannedbook bonus! @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social @audiobookaddicts.bsky.social bit.ly/everylibrary...
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Lifting Voices: Recommended Audiobook Listening for Hispanic Heritage Month
Latino audiobook narrator André Santana weighs in
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview #ReviewOfTheDay Morag Sims & Will Watt provide fittingly erudite performances of this layered audiobook in which 2 graduate students embark on a quest to rescue an esteemed professor from hell. Thought provoking; affecting. #EarphonesAward #harperaudio #RFKuang
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KATABASIS by RF Kuang Read by Morag Sims Will Watt | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Morag Sims and Will Watt provide fittingly erudite performances of this layered audiobook. Cambridge is home to a top-tier academic Magick program. Wh
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview #ReviewOfTheDay Arundhati Roy's moving performance illuminates her tumultuous experience of being raised in India by her fierce mother. A haunting and tender memoir. simonaudio.bsky.social
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MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy Read by Arundhati Roy | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Arundhati Roy's moving performance illuminates her tumultuous experience of being raised in India by her fierce mother, Mary Roy, whom she refers to a
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File 770 @file770.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
AudioFile Magazine’s SF and Fantasy Audiobook Picks for September file770.com/audiofile-ma...
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AudioFile Magazine’s SF and Fantasy Audiobook Picks for September
AudioFile Magazine highlights their sff/h audiobook recommendations for September 2025. THE ILLUSTRATED MAN By Ray Bradbury | Read by Prentice Onayemi, Ari Fliakos, Marin Ireland AudioFile Ear…
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Insatiably Creating @theinsaticritic.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Super pleased to share my latest @everylibrary.bsky.social listicle on how #audiobooks can enhance your life as well as support your local #library! 📚🎧 @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social @audiobookaddicts.bsky.social bit.ly/EveryLibrary...
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Better Living Through Audio: 7 Ways Free Audiobooks Can Improve Your Life
The quiet revolution in literacy, inclusion, and everyday joy
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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
.@lithub.com.web.brid.gy featured THE LISTENERS on "What to Listen to This Month" lithub.com/the-most-ant... And Erin Bennett got an Earphones award from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social for her narration, so . . . give it a listen? www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of September
Each month, our friends at AudioFile Magazine share a curated list of the best audiobooks for your literary listening pleasure. * SEPTEMBER FICTION The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani | Rea…
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV 🎙️ #GoldenVoice Hillary Huber masterfully delivers two very different stories that dramatically collide: a family saga unfolding around the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan & a fast-paced thriller set in Arizona. #EarphonesAward #LisaGardner #HachetteAudio bit.ly/47PGJe7
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KISS HER GOODBYE by Lisa Gardner Read by Hillary Huber | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Golden Voice Hillary Huber masterfully delivers two very different stories that dramatically collide: a tragic family saga unfolding around the U.S. t
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview #PubDay Narrator Alexis Bledel superbly imparts the magical realism in this classic. One morning in a long-ago village, Winnie discovers a magical spring and the secret of the extraordinarily long-lived Tuck family...#EarphonesAward #macmillanaudio
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TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbitt Gabrielle Zevin Intro Read by Alexis Bledel Gabrielle Zevin Intro | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Narrator Alexis Bledel superbly imparts the magical realism in this classic, which contains an insightful new introduction. One morning in a long-ago
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Our friends at @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social round up their most anticipated audiobooks of September.
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of September
Each month, our friends at AudioFile Magazine share a curated list of the best audiobooks for your literary listening pleasure. * SEPTEMBER FICTION The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani | Rea…
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Graphic Audio @graphicaudio.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social Review of the Graphic Audio adaptation of Crescent City 3: House of Flame and Shadow (2 of 2) by Sarah J. Maas! "Lead narrator Colleen Delany takes on the lion's share of this full-cast dramatization..." loom.ly/cePdo3w
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview Gabra Zackman's performance effectively demonstrates a kind of narration multitasking. In one way, she's conveying a diabolical true-crime mystery, complete with myriad details and dead ends #EarphonesAward #prhaudio bit.ly/45xQxrQ
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview In a masterful performance, #GoldenVoice Edoardo Ballerini narrates art restorer & spy Gabriel Allon’s latest adventure, set largely in Italy and the Vatican. Listeners are swept into the intrigue surrounding a da Vinci masterpiece. #EarphonesAward #harperaudio bit.ly/3HA8SuX
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview #PubDay This collection of interconnected short stories is a delight. Southern humorist and actress #FannieFlagg narrates her own work with a touch of whimsy. You can almost hear the sparkle in her eye. 🪩 #prhaudio bit.ly/418v1XZ
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Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🎧 Back to school doesn't mean summer's over! Make the most of remaining sunny days with these 6 silly & summery audiobooks for ages 4-6+. From cranky crows to untrustworthy fish—guaranteed family giggles! www.thechildrensbookreview.com/6-silly-and-... Curated by @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social
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6 Silly and Summery Audiobooks for Ages 4-6+
Get ready for some silly and summery adventures with these audiobooks that bring laughs and fun for the young listeners, ages 4-6+.
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Greg Tremblay, audiobook narrator @gtremblayvoice.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Hey @nealshusterman.bsky.social ... Congrats! I hope yours is in the mail as well. :). Thanks @simonandschuster.bsky.social and @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social
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Ruthie Knox / Mae Marvel @ruthieknox.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Congratulations to Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, whose richly textured and sympathetic narration of the HOMEMAKER audiobook has been awarded an Earphones Award from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social! We couldn't agree more with their assessment of Mia's amazing work bringing Prairie Nightingale to life. ❤️
Image of HOMEMAKER book cover on a cell phone screen attached to a pair of white headphones against a gray-to-peach gradient background. AudioFile logo is shown above the words "earphones award winner" and the quotation "Mia Hutchingson-Shaw's narration feels like a comfy blanket, a perfect blend of mystery, humor, and tenderness."
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV Curiosity-driven research has led to discoveries in many unexpected areas, such as land–mine detecting rats, fish cannons to transport fish, & mantis shrimp "fight clubs." Narrator Eileen Stevens strikes an upbeat tone. #EarphonesAward hachetteaudio.bsky.social bit.ly/4ftTVqY
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV Listeners must pay close attention to follow the many personas of this mystery’s sinister main character, expertly performed by Richard Armitage. The women are masterfully voiced by an exceptional ensemble. simonaudio.bsky.social bit.ly/4fpB54h
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
#ROTD #ReviewOfTheDay #AudiobookReview Narrator Caitlin Davies delivers a warm, emotionally rich performance of this feel-good audiobook. Davies infuses the story with tenderness and playfulness, matching its themes of second chances, found family, and quiet courage. #macmillanaudio bit.ly/4ohgJ1j
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Sometimes, it’s a struggle to be courageous, compassionate, and true all in the same week. If you need inspiration and some laughter to nudge you in the right direction, don't forget: #TheresAnAudiobookForThat. #SummerJoy #SummerListening
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Be Brave, Be Kind, Be You
My watchwords this summer are: Be brave, be kind, be you. Sometimes, I’ll admit, it’s a struggle to be courageous, compassionate, and true all in the same week. I need inspiration and some laughter…
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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Broken Hearts Agency @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
To share, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery audiobook was chosen by @locusmag.bsky.social & @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social as a top fantasy pick for July! Folks can visit locusmag.com/2025/07/audi... 🌺✨️ Beyond grateful.✨🌻
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HighBridge Audio @highbridgeaudio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Congratulations to Dion Graham for winning the @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social Earphones Award for his narration of The Spinach King by John Seabrook! 🏆🎧 For full review: www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
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Insatiably Creating @theinsaticritic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Got my latest copy of @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social and found a sweet surprise! Thank you for publishing my review of The Queens of Crime - seeing it in print always hits different. Read the full #EarphonesAward review online below. #mystery #history #audiobooks 🗡🎧 bit.ly/queensofcrim...
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV Comedian @tamis.bsky.social narrates her debut memoir with dynamic energy. Her narration reflects deep love for her family, no matter how chaotic they may be. Laugh through her shrewd observations of the absurdity & dysfunction. #EarphonesAward #bloomsburypublishing bit.ly/4o6hudl
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview Erin Bennett’s complex narration of this historical audiobook wraps listeners in a web of mystery. Bennett successfully takes on the momentous task of crafting authentic voices for a myriad of characters. #EarphonesAward #PenguinRandomHouseAudio bit.ly/3H5GNLV
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🏳️🌈 Narratives of #DisabilityPride center on the experiences and achievements of the many differently abled activists who have brought changes to our shared experiences of the world. Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! bit.ly/4m9kp3b #ThanksToTheADA #ADA35
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Disability Pride Audiobooks
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV #GoldenVoice George Guidall masterfully draws listeners into Sheriff Walt Longmire’s search for a missing woman in Wyoming’s Red Desert. Craig Johnson’s vivid descriptions are matched by Guidall’s pacing and tone. #EarphonesAward @recordedbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/416dAHn
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview #ReviewOfTheDay Emily Rankin’s performance is so subtle that she disappears completely into this novel. Michelle Huneven’s family saga combines tenderness, sadness, joy, and grief with exquisite prose and psychological insights. #EarphonesAward #prhaudio bit.ly/4kUWMdI
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Audiobooks, narrators, and lobsters 🦞 OH MY! www.instagram.com/reel/DMWH7uk...
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
🎧 5 Audiobooks for #DisabilityPride Month from @kdwinchester.bsky.social #AudiobooksAreReading
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5 Audiobooks for Disability Pride Month
In honor of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July of 1990, July was named Disability Pride Month. Its purpose is to take a moment and celebrate disabled, chronically ill,…
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV #GoldenVoice Kimberly Farr delivers a pitch-perfect performance in this #CozyMystery. Widowed Muriel finds a winning lottery ticket, sets off for a Seine River cruise, and is pulled into a murder investigation. Farr masterfully captures Muriel’s humility & naïveté. bit.ly/3IzPiiA
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The goal of a #Mixtape is to convey an intimate message, a feeling, a vibe, and the best audiobooks capture this intimacy well. Check out @spcummings.bsky.social's article for his picks for a one-of-a-kind #LiteraryMixtape.
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Capturing that Mixtape Vibe
For listeners of a certain age, just the word "mixtape" may invoke a certain emotional response. The structure is simple: a series of songs, related by theme, artist, or feeling, selected and…
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview Delivering these essays with a sense of urgency and passion, narrator Karen Chilton is excellent in this powerful audiobook. No topic is off-limits as author @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social shares vulnerable stories and insightful details. #HarperAudio bit.ly/46wfftl
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Jo Reed + AudioFile’s Laura Rossi discuss 3 Earphones Award audiobooks. #ElmoreLeonard’s GET SHORTY w/a fresh narration by Joe Mantegna. Brian Nishii’s exceptional performance of Shigehiro Oishi’s LIFE IN THREE DIMENSIONS. Jason Culp makes you want to spend hours w/ #MarkTwain bit.ly/AFMpodcast
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Insatiably Creating @theinsaticritic.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Pleased to share my latest @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social review of this pitch-black historical #mystery viciously penned by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social and expertly read by Sheila Mitchell. @dreamscape-media.bsky.social #Iamlistening 🗡️🎧 bit.ly/gallowscourt...
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GALLOWS COURT by Martin Edwards Read by Sheila Mitchell | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Sheila Mitchell's gravelly timbre is well suited to this circuitous historical mystery set in 1930s London. In it nothing is quite what it seems. Gris
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookReview B. Dylan Hollis narrates his audiobook on American desserts with charm & charisma. As Hollis takes listeners on a culinary trip, discussing iconic desserts, listeners will hear the joy in his voice. #EarphonesAward bit.ly/3TsOvlZ
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
AudioFile spoke with author/ documentarian James Robinson & producer Iris McElroy about the audiobook version of WHALE EYES, a memoir for #MiddleGrade readers. "So much of the evolution of WHALE EYES...has been about finding a dynamic way for the story to resonate within each medium."
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In the Studio: WHALE EYES
AudioFile spoke with author and documentarian James Robinson and producer Iris McElroy about the audiobook adaptation of James’s memoir for middle-grade readers, WHALE EYES. "So much of the evolution…
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV Imogen Church demonstrates her talent for superb characterization and spot-on timing as she delivers this twisty mystery. When a reporter travels to Switzerland to attend a luxury hotel opening, her trip turns out to be the beginning of sinister events. #SimonAudio bit.ly/44gOFmL
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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
So glad you accessed Nanako Vera Mizushima’s pitch-perfect performance of The House of the Lost on the Cape! I think @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social describes it very well. #summerreading #audiobooks
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The term “ballad” brings to mind stories shared in verse. They might be immersive narrative poems or tales set to music. @amalelmohtar.com's new audiobook, THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, is a kind of ballad—one that builds on the form with collaboration, transformation, and love.
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Talking with Author Amal El-Mohtar
The term “ballad” brings to mind stories shared in verse. They might be immersive narrative poems or tales set to music; they could involve centuries-old traditional folk poetry or a set of Bob Dylan…
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
July Audiobooks! www.audiofilemagazine.com/articles/aud...
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AudioFile Editors Pick 8 Thrilling Audiobooks for July Listening
Bring the thrills and chills with you wherever summer takes you—choose from international thrillers, gothic thrillers, and even a fantastical fungal thriller. Plus, actress Mira Sorvino narrates...
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E.A. Castillo @cast-e-yo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Thank you so much to @audiofilemagazine for this Earphones Award for The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell from Penguin Random House Audio! It’s totally my first, too! #audiobooks #audiobooknarrator #nonbinarynarrator #audiofilemagazine #earphonesaward #awardwinner #voiceactors
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Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#ROTD #AudiobookRV #PennBadgley, pleasant-voiced & convincing, is an outstanding narrator. He can offer a warm observation one minute & turn into a cold commentator the next, skillfully making #RayBradbury's message accessible. #EarphonesAward @simonaudio.bsky.social bit.ly/4evGnLd
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