Recorded Books Blog

Today we have lots of great news to share about the children’s and young adult titles you can expect from Recorded Books over the next few months! Many of these award-winning titles are Recorded Books exclusives you can’t get anywhere else. Newbery Honor Books Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai – RB Exclusive [...]

Want an excuse to go to New Orleans this summer? Come to ALA 2011 June 22-28 and meet librarians, teachers, and authors! Click HERE to register free for a pass to the ALA exhibit hall. Exhibit Dates & Hours: Friday, June 24 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Grand Opening Reception On the Exhibits Floor [...]

It’s awards season, and we’re proud to share some of our titles that have recently been honored. In addition to the honorees below, we also offer two William C. Morris Award finalists exclusively: Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, and a YALSA Award for Excellence in [...]

Recorded Books will be attending ALA 2010. And since it’s in our backyard in Washington, D.C. this year, I will be attending for one day as well! I plan on attending Monday, June 28, so say hello if you see me! Recorded Books is Booth #1513. If you still need a free exhibit hall pass [...]

Banned Books Week will be celebrated September 26–October 3, 2009. The ALA encourages librarians to “challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment” as stated in the Library Bill of Rights, and since 1990 the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom has compiled information on banned and challenged books. If you’d [...]

It’s a little early for Banned Books Week, but the issue is still an important one and has been in the news recently. A library in Wisconsin has been asked to reshelve several YA books into the adult section because of their content. One of the books explicitly mentioned happens to be The Perks of [...]

First of all, don’t forget about our contest to win a copy of My Sister’s Keeper on CD! Contest ends Monday, July 13 at 12:00PM Eastern. If you’re attending ALA this year (click here if you still need a pass to the exhibit hall!), be sure to check out the audiobook events and stay tuned [...]

Here is a free pass to the ALA exhibit hall, compliments of ALA! Do let us know if you sign up for the free pass via our link! Recorded Books is Booth #4823. This is your invitation to visit the ALA 2009 Annual Exhibits for FREE! The ALA Annual Exhibits are an integral part of [...]

We’re thrilled to announce that our recording of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian won the 2009 Odyssey Award for “the best audiobook produced for youth available in English in the United States”! The book, written and narrated by Sherman Alexie, is also the 2007 National Book Award winner (Young People’s Literature) and [...]

Neil Gaiman is he winner of the 2009 Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book—and we are proud to offer the book exclusively on audio! The audiobook, narrated by the author himself, is also an AudioFile Earphones Award winner. Congratulations to all the ALA Youth Media Award winners—and especially to Neil! And be sure to read [...]