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Nov 1, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE.
First published November 1, 2023 (Booklist).
Fine narrations of first novels bring promising literary voices to a broader audience. From all-star casts to superb accent work, each of these 10 narrations is notable. Amazing Grace Adams. By Fran Littlewood. Read by Claire Skinner. 2023. 10hr. Macmillan Audio, DD (9781250899415).
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE. First published June 1, 2023 (Booklist). Camille T. Dungy, author and narrator of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, first turned to audiobooks to prepare for teaching a class in 2016. “These were classics I’d read multiple times, but I loved the fact that I could fit reacquainting myself with beloved novels into my busy schedule. While commuting to work, or gardening, or doing the dishes, I immersed myself in the worlds these great writers created.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE. First published June 1, 2023 (Booklist). “Read by the author” are three words you’ll see a lot of on this list of standout memoirs and biographies featuring actors, authors, athletes, and more. Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. By Julia Lee. Read by the author. 2023. 7hr. Macmillan Audio, DD (9781250882585).
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May 1, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE. First published May 1, 2023 (Booklist). Historical settings and connections to true-crime podcasts are notable trends among these top 10 mystery and thriller audiobooks, reviewed in Booklist from May 1, 2022, to April 1, 2023. All the Dangerous Things. By Stacy Willingham. Read by Karissa Vacker. 2023. 10hrs. Macmillan Audio, DD (9781250880871). In an attempt to find her missing son, Isabelle connects with a true-crime podcaster, but all is not as it seems.
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May 1, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE. First published May 1, 2023 (Booklist). Great narration can add a suspenseful element, and keen mystery listeners might even hear a few clever clues. These titles for youth are audiobook standouts in recent years. Drew Leclair Gets a Clue. By Katryn Bury. Read by Devon Hales. 2022. 6.5hr. HarperAudio, DD (9780358669357). Gr. 5–8. Drew, a true-crime fan, encounters her own mystery when an online bully takes over her middle school. Hales gives Drew a snarky, gumshoe voice. Firekeeper’s Daughter.
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Apr 15, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE.
First published April 15, 2023 (Booklist).
The emotions at play in the relationship fiction titles listed belowcome through vibrantly thanks to narrations that are keenly attuned to their characters’ experiences and the interactions among family members, friends, and lovers. All titles were reviewed in Booklist from May 1, 2022, to April 15, 2023. Alone with You in the Ether. By Olivie Blake. Read by a full cast. 2022. 10hr. Macmillan Audio, DD (9781250890726).
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Apr 15, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Bahni Turpin |Heather Booth
FEATURE.
Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Media. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Heather Booth talks to author Andrea Beaty and audio book narrator Bahni Turpin. Andrea Beaty is the author of the bestselling QUESTIONEERS series, among other children’s titles. She lives just outside Chicago.
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Feb 15, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth
FEATURE.
First published February 15, 2023 (Booklist).
Audiobooks for middle-grade listeners sparkle with energy. These Top 10 titles are filled with the heartfelt real-life stuff of middle-graders as well as astounding, fantastical adventures. All received starred reviews in Booklist between April 15, 2021, and February 1, 2023. Allergic. By Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter. Read by a full cast. 2021. 2hr. Scholastic, DD (9781338751048). Gr. 4–6.
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Feb 13, 2023 | 
booklistonline.com | Heather Booth |Abeje Z Schnake |A crown
FEATURE.
First published February 13, 2023 (Booklist Online).
Our epic Spring Audiobook Preview, organized monthly by release date and by genre, has something to please every audiobook-listening patron! Classics, full-cast stage productions, audio originals, favorite authors, new voices, and much more await audio selectors in this high-demand list of audiobooks set to release March through August, 2023. The information is supplied by publishers and is subject to change.
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Jan 21, 2023 | 
slow-journalism.com | Heather Booth
Interview: Rob Orchard 24th June 2022 (Taken from: #47) “I was horrified, but not surprised,” says Heather Booth, reflecting on the June announcement that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 judgement that made access to abortion a constitutional right for women in the US.
