Jean Palmer and Francine Levitov are founding co-editors of Sound Commentary.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Charles Todd is the author of eleven Ian Rutledge mysteries—most recently A Matter of Justice—one stand-alone novel, The Murder Stone, and the Bess Crawford mysteries. This mother-and-son writing team lives in Delaware and North Carolina, respectively.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
Sound Commentary's editors conduct their first interview -- with each other.
Wed, Dec 31, 2008
To our friends, families, subscribers, publishers and advertisers, to audiobook lovers everywhere, we wish one and all a happy, healthy 2009.
Wed, Dec 31, 2008
2008 gave us some wonderful listening material. Here are our favorites.
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
John Updike, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, critic and poet died of cancer on January 27, 2009 at the age of 76. The following poem, entitled Requiem, is his own. It will be featured in "Endpoint and Other Poems," not yet released. Updike's last novel on audio, "The Widows of Eastwick" is reviewed in this issue along with "The Witches of Eastwick" which was first published 25 years ago.
Fri, May 29, 2009
The 2009 Audie Awards were announced on Friday, May 29, 2009. Actor and audiobook reader Tony Roberts hosted the event, which was held at the New York Historical Society. Brilliance Audio's President and Publisher, R. Michael Snodgrass, and Brilliance Vice-president and Associate Publisher, Eileen Hutton, received a Special Achievement Award for their signiicant contributions to the development and growth of the audio publishing industry. Our thanks and congratulations to all. Click on the program to find the winners.
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
CHRIS KNOPF is an award-winning copywriter and principal of the Connecticut marketing communications agency Mintz & Hoke. A native of Philadelphia, educated in the United States and London, he is the author of The Last Refuge, Two Time, Head Wounds in the Sam Acquillo mystery series.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Rebecca Stott is a professor of English literature and creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. She is the author of the novels The Coral Thief and Ghostwalk and a biography, Darwin and the Barnacle, and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio. She lives in Cambridge, England
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Connie Willis, who was recently inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, has received six Nebula Awards and ten Hugo Awards for her fiction; her previous novel, Passage, was nominated for both. Her other works include Doomsday Book, Lincoln’s Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch, and Miracle and Other Christmas Stories.
Tue, May 01, 2012
“Stage and television actress Orlagh Cassidy weaves her special magic once again in her full-voiced narration of this latest Maisie Dobbs mystery novel set in 1933 London.”
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