June is Audiobook Month!
June is packed full of audiobook events all over the audiobook community and AudioGals has TEN special events planned for the month. We’re honored, on this first day of June Is Audiobook Month (JIAM), to participate in the Audio Publishers Association (APA) month-long giveaway.
This past Thursday, May 29th, the APA announced the thirty-one winners of the 2014 Audie Awards. The APA is bringing that celebration into JIAM by scheduling blogs for each day in June to give away CD copies of all winners.
AudioGals is giving away a CD copy of Pete Seeger: The Storm King written by Pete Seeger, the winner of The Distinguished Achievement in Production Award ,courtesy of Hachette Audio. The APA said of the recipient of this prestigious award:
The Distinguished Achievement in Production Award went posthumously to Pete Seeger: The Storm King written by Pete Seeger, edited by Jeff Haynes, and read by Pete Seeger, published by Hachette Audio. The judges called the work “a sterling mixture of stories, narratives, poems, and music, this outstanding audio features intimate, seemingly unscripted commentary from Seeger in which he regales listeners with stories about his childhood, family life, career, and much more. Lively, unobtrusive background music complements Seeger’s reminiscences with numerous musical interludes by various talented artists punctuating the narrative in this compelling title that concludes with a moving rendition of Where Have All the Flowers Gone.
This month-long giveaway event actually started yesterday at Audiobooker. There, Mary Burkey is giving away a copy of The Audiobook of the Year, Billy Crystal’s memoir, Still Foolin’ ‘Em
I encourage you to follow this giveaway throughout the month of June by following along each day and thereby seeing where it goes next. Those who use Facebook and/or Twitter can follow the event with the hashtags #audiomonth and #Audies2014.
The Giveaway
Enter here to win a CD copy of Pete Seeger: The Storm King. Entry is simple. Just complete the entry form by midnight (CST) Thursday, June 5th. No comments are necessary although we welcome your thoughts in our discussion area. You may only enter once. We’ll contact the winner the morning of June 6th so watch your email as we must have acknowledgement of your win within 24 hours. If we don’t hear from you, we’ll select another winner. Bloggers and reviewers, we welcome your entry. Due to the cost of shipping and audio geographical restrictions, the giveaway is limited to those living in the U.S.
Contest closed.
I’m sure you’ll want to check out this list of all the Audie winners. And a happy JIAM to you!
Lea Hensley
When I was going over the winners and finalists yesterday I was very surprised at the finalists in the romance category. A Nicholas Sparks book is the winner? I just don’t understand how anyone can classify Sparks’ stuff as romance. Sheesh! The Robin Carr book was okay, but the Kinsale book narrated by Nicholas Boulton was a terrific narration, it should of won….now that’s a romance!
I believe the Audies need some guidance and they should have a separate category for Historical Romance/Fiction.
As far as the winners and finalists I had listened to only two other books and they were mysteries. The St. Just series narrated by the wonderful Davina Porter and the Rhys Bowen book narrated by Katherine Kellegren. Both were good. Most of the authors I have never even heard of…..I am so out of it!
I bet the Billy Crystal book is good, but man oh man do I love David Sedaris! Every year during the holidays our family listens to his Christmas story about being a Santa’s Elf at Macy’s. It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever listened too….all his books are great and to see him in person is just wonderful.
Oh, I definitely have an opinion on the Audie for Best Romance that was just awarded. I have written a rant addressing the choice of a non-romance title winning the Romance award (again) that is included in tomorrow’s Speaking of Audiobooks column. I’ll put up a link at AudioGals in the morning.
One thing that’s glaringly noticeable is the absence of women as finalists. It is hard to ignore.