Jon Land’s 8 Chilling Reads to Combat the July Heat

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Jon Land’s 8 Chilling Reads to Combat the July Heat

Tired of the July heat? These thrillers, expertly curated by Jon Land, are guaranteed to run a chill down your spine despite the season. David Baldacci switches gears to magnificent results in One Good Deed (Grand Central), fashioning a period piece which makes for a great historical thriller. That period…

Jon LandJuly 24, 2019

Author Discovery Zone Children's Books

10 Books Your Kids Will Sink Their Teeth into for Shark Week 2019

Cue the Jaws theme and turn on the Discovery channel--it's Shark Week 2019! From board books, scientific explorations, and cute cartoons, your child will love any one of these selections. They might even literally take a bite out of them to mimic their new favorite animal friend. Happy reading! First, we have…

Lee PelletierJuly 22, 2019

Audiobooks Author Spotlight Fiction Young Adult

An Author’s Secret Ingredient to a Powerful Story

AudioFile Magazine was delighted to feature an interview with author Elizabeth Acevedo in our June issue of the magazine. Also in June, Acevedo was honored with the Carnegie Medal, the annual British honor for new English-language books for children and young adults. She was the first writer of color to be…

AudioFileJuly 11, 2019

Audiobooks Fiction Miscellany

5 Questions with Narrator Gerard Doyle

This June has been an exciting month at AudioFile Magazine as we continue to celebrate Audiobook Month and honor our Golden Voice narrators. If you haven’t already, take a moment to catch up on the blog posts, listen to our podcast, and follow us on Twitter so that you don’t…

Candace LevyJune 26, 2019

Author Spotlight Better Self Miscellany Nonfiction Pop Culture

It’s Okay to F*ck Up Sometimes—in Fact the Try Guys Recommend It

You know the The Try Guys as viral sensations for trying an incredibly wide berth of things--from enduring simulated labor pains to consuming one of every item on a Taco Bell menu. The group has accumulated over a billion views to date with millions of followers and subscribers around the…

Rebecca ProulxJune 18, 2019

Author Discovery Zone Children's Books

A Peculiar Pig Struts Her Differences

Feeling like the odd one out in a bunch is the pits. It takes time and exposure to grow confidence with yourself as an individual and take pride in the attributes that make you unique. Children blatantly lack both time and exposure, so helping to nurture qualities of self-confidence and…

Rebecca ProulxJune 13, 2019

Author Discovery Zone Miscellany

Read the Rainbow with LGBTQ-Themed Books

Pride Month is here and we want to celebrate by giving you a reading list with a diverse range of genres featuring LGBTQ themes. From poignant photo collections to grabbing graphic novels, we've got you covered this June. Pride: Fifty Years of Parades and Protests by The New York Times…

Rebecca ProulxJune 10, 2019

Audiobooks Children's Books

Transforming a Graphic Novel Into an Audiobook

AudioFile spoke with Dreamscape Media publisher Tammy Faxel and Deyan Audio’s Khai Dattoli and Bryan Lincoln about adapting and producing Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin’s graphic novel Illegal for audio. AudioFile: What was it about Illegal that made you interested in adapting it as an audiobook? Why is it an important title…

AudioFileMay 28, 2019

Audiobooks Miscellany

AudioFile’s Golden Voice Lifetime Awards

AudioFile Magazine has honored five new recipients, January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini, Bahni Turpin, Suzanne Toren, and Johnny Heller, with its highest accolade, the Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award. About Golden Voices Since 1992, AudioFile has bestowed the Golden Voice prize on only 24 voice artists, including Frank Muller, George Guidall, Barbara Rosenblat, Simon Vance, Jim Dale, Martin Jarvis, Katherine…

AudioFileJune 5, 2019

Author Spotlight Fiction

Chatting with Jill Shalvis on New Release “The Lemon Sisters”

Jill Shalvis, a well-recognized name in the worlds of romance and women's fiction, has penned another heartwarming, humorous and engrossing read for fans to cheer in her new release The Lemon Sisters (William Morrow). Brooke and Mindy Lemon are two sisters that are polar opposites. Mindy grew up unflappable and always…

Rebecca ProulxJune 18, 2019

Miscellany Podcasts Pop Culture

Welcome to Night Vale – Turn on the Radio and Stay a While

“Listeners be warned. There is a murderer in our midst. Oh, wow, sorry that was megadramatic of me. Let me start off with some pleasantries. Hi. I’m Cecil. Welcome to my show on Night Vale Community Radio. Got some news and stuff coming up later. How are things going with…

Jeff DaughertyMay 14, 2019

Podcasts Thrillers

Just the Right Book Chats with Alex Michaelides

“The Silent Patient may be a first novel, but it has the pace and finesse of a master,” says the BBC. First-time author Alex Michaelides’ novel which landed #1 on The New York Times best-seller list in its first week is the debut book for Celadon, a new imprint of Macmillan. Says Roxanne “I knew it…

Just The Right Book PodcastApril 17, 2019

Author Discovery Zone Children's Books

Creative Thinking With an Engineering Elephant

Children have a natural sense of creativity and exploration. But as they age, their own ingenuity is often repressed or crushed by doubts of peers, self-consciousness or fear of failure. The Thing About Swings (Mascot Books), written by Mona Patel and illustrated by Tomas Christensen, encourages creative thinking, open-mindedness and teamwork…

Rebecca ProulxApril 18, 2019

Audiobooks Fiction

Narrator’s Thoughts on “Mother Country” Immigration Tale

In Mother Country, (Brilliance Audio) Kathleen Gati narrates the story of Nadia, a Ukrainian woman who is struggling to make her way in the U.S. and to bring her daughter to this country. Her quest is punctuated by flashbacks—deftly negotiated by Gati—that detail what brought Nadia herself to New York. …

AudioFileMarch 27, 2019

Nonfiction Podcasts Save the World

Ex-Obama Staffer Talks Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

Business behemoths Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple might help us keep costs down but do they take away our freedom, and what can we do about it? Roxanne recently sat down with technology law expert and professor Tim Wu at his Columbia University office in New York City to discuss…

Just The Right Book PodcastMarch 1, 2019

Nonfiction Podcasts

Madeleine Albright: Identifying Fascism in Her Brilliant Book

A fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, “is a bully with an army… someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might…

Just The Right Book PodcastFebruary 22, 2019