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Audiobook Café

Accessible Media Inc.

Jacob Shymanski shares the latest audiobook and literary news, and features in-depth conversations with authors, narrators and industry experts.

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00:30:37

Reviewing "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/08/07

One of our Audiobook contributors Sara Hillis joins us for another Audiobook review. James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store begins with the unsettling discovery of a skeleton in a well in a small town. This eerie opening to the Chicken Hill area of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, creates a sense of mystery as the narrative then shifts back nearly 50 years to delve into the town, its secrets, and its inhabitants.

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00:30:07

Reviewing "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/08/06

One of our avid audiobook readers, Michael Feir, joins us to review “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece,” written and narrated by Tom Hanks. The book offers a blend of humour, insight, and a deep dive into filmmaking. A perfect summer read for historical and literary fiction lovers!First, Nisreen Abdel-Majid, the producer of AMI Audiobook Review stops by to preview our feature guest of the episode Michael Feir.Jacob and Michael speak about their favourite and least favourite

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00:52:43

Reviewing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett with Karen McKay

Audiobook Café ·

2024/07/06

The novel Tom Lake by critically acclaimed American author Ann Patchett Is a mature and cerebral exploration of parent children relationships, love and loss And the endless pursuit of happiness, amongst many other heady themes ripe for differing interpretations. No matter how you choose to interpret it, this book will no doubt leave you thinking. Its narration by Emmy award winning actress Meryl Streep is nothing short of excellence and it alone makes it well worth a listen. Karen McKay,

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00:55:44

How to be a Better Listener of Audiobooks with Aamer...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/06/29

Better reading/audiobook listening comprehension leads to greater enjoyment of books. do not neglect the quality of book consumption over quantity. These are the messages we want to impart with you in todays episode. Aamer Khan joins Jacob and Ramya to discuss how we can all improve our reading comprehension. Titles mentioned in this week's episode The book that sparked todays discussion: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler Aamer Khan's

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00:55:49

Reviewing Normal People by Sally Rooney and The...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/06/22

This week, Jacob and Ramya each review a book they've been eager to share. Both titles come with enthusiastic and overwhelmingly positive recommendations. One, a contemporary romance and the other, an epic fantasy series. Ramya reviews the incredibly popular Normal People, by Sally Rooney while Jacob raves about The Liveship Traders series, by Robin Hobb.Plus, in the second half, long-time AMI producer Matt Agnew gets his turn at the rapid-fire review. Below are his recommendations: Children of

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00:55:35

Fan-Fiction for Dummies with Cassandra Chaddock

Audiobook Café ·

2024/06/15

this week, our co-worker in marketing at Accessible Media Inc, Cassandra Chaddock, schools us on the basics of fan-fiction. It's a strange world of boundless creativity with nothing holding back writers from creating the stories they and their readers really want. Without the constraints of sales, editors and publishers, the fan-fiction community cranks out truly weird, wildly imaginative and often beautiful stories based on the IPs we all know and love. Behind their eccentricities, there's an

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00:49:10

Audiobook Pet Peeves + How Couples Can Listen Together

Audiobook Café ·

2024/06/08

What’s your biggest audiobook pet peeve? That one, seemingly insignificant thing that for whatever reason, drives you crazy. We posed this question to the book club and got *a lot* of answers. From strong beliefs narrators should never do accents to hating misdirection, the book club came through this month. Thank you all for your contributions. If you want to leave us feedback, you can call us at 1 866 509-4545 or leave us an email at feedback@ami.ca Plus, in the latter half of the episode,

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00:53:54

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune -...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/06/01

With the help of our friends at CELA, Karen McKay and Theresa Power, Ramya and Jacob are reviewing the latest book from best-selling Canadian author, Carley Fortune.This Summer Will Be Different is a contemporary Canadian romance set in Prince Edward Island. With fantastic relationship writing, great prose and tons of delightful Canadiana, this title has charm but does it have substance? Listen to find out more. Plus, Cora Coady is with us in the second half of the show for another edition of

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00:55:54

Reviewing Homes: A Refugee Story By Abu Bakr...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/05/25

Homes: A Refugee Story By Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung was recommended to us by our audiobook curator, Aamer Khan, as part of a previous episode where we discussed books that can make us shed a tear... or three. Ramya and I read it and now, we've reconvened with Aamer to record a proper in depth review.It's a great, accessibly written, true story about a tightknit family as they try to find a place to call home. Originally from Iraq, they move to Syria, only to be caught up in the civil

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00:52:41

What is CELA? + Demystifying the Audie Awards

Audiobook Café ·

2024/05/18

CELA , the Center for Equitable Library Access, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. For over a decade, they’ve been maintaining a massive physical and digital library of books in multiple accessible formats for Canadians with disabilities. We mention them on the show constantly because it’s our primary way of accessing all the audiobooks we discuss on this show. Karen McKay and Theresa Power are long-time employees at CELA and have been regular contributors to this show since the beginning and

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00:55:45

Interview with Veteran Narrator Anne Flosnik

Audiobook Café ·

2024/05/11

With over 700 audiobook titles to her credit, Anne Flosnik is a veteran amongst veteran audiobook narrators. When we got the chance to have her on the show, we jumped on the opportunity. In this episode, Anne shares her narration process, advice for aspiring narrators, insights on the industry and unveils many of the unexpected fascinating intricacies of audiobook narration. Visit Anne's website: https://anneflosnik.com/ Link to Anne's Clubhouse page:

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00:55:33

Sarah Desjardins' First Audiobook + Spotify Enters...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/05/04

Canadian actress, Sarah Desjardins, joins us to talk about her very first work of audiobook narration. She discusses the transition from acting to narrating, the challenges of a first-time narrator and the joys of recording audiobooks. As it so happens, the book she got to narrate is set where she grew up, Vancouver BC and Vancouver island.The Worst of You by Sarah Richards is a gripping suspense/thriller told from multiple points of view. Link to this audible Original

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00:50:58

PAL Reading Services and Books That Made Us Cry

Audiobook Café ·

2024/04/27

PAL reading services is a non-profit, registered charity service that will record a human narration of any text you submit, no questions asked, at no charge. Perfect for all those titles that don't make it into CELA's library and for all of those hyper-technical science and engineering textbooks that you want but never get made into accessible formats.Long time PAL readers Danielle McLaughlin and Suzan Laube talk to us about their work.Plus, we unpack the answers from the most recent question to the

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00:55:41

Audible's 1984 Adaptation: Interview with Writer Joe...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/04/20

Last week we reviewed Audible’s awesome audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.If you haven’t heard our review, the short version is that we loved it for its great performances, tight writing, original music and outstanding production value.This week, we’re lucky enough to have the writer of this project with us. Joe White is an award-winning writer of screen, stage and audio. He’s the writer of the hit West End musical The Little Big Things and another popular Audible audio drama, The Knox,

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00:56:00

Episode 135: Reviewing Audible's adaptation of 1984

Audiobook Café ·

2024/04/13

Audible recently released their full-cast, radio-play adaptation of George Orwell’s classic 1984. Featuring a cast full of recognizable names, original music and incredible production value, it’s safe to say this is a unique project we were excited to get our hands on. Today, we’re finally sharing with you our review. the cast includes Andrew Garfield as Winston Cynthia Erivo as Julia Andrew Scott as O’Brian Tom Hardy as Big Brother You can learn more

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00:55:30

Episode 134: A Guide to Literary Awards, Plus...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/04/06

On today's episode: Karen McKay and Theresa Power of CELA are with us to help us better understand the place literary awards hold within the publishing industry And how they affect everything from sales to author’s careers and even consumer reading habits. Plus in the 2nd half, Sara Hillis recommended us a book that I’d describe as a suspenseful pregnancy horror novel. Sara is with us to review Beware the Woman by Meagan Abbot

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00:56:23

Episode 133: Autobiography Trivia with Aamer Khan

Audiobook Café ·

2024/03/30

On today's episode: One of the beautiful things about audiobooks is the flexibility they give us. If you’re reading a print book, you just sit there and look down at your book. With an audiobook, on the other hand, you have both your hands available and you’re free to walk around and do whatever you want while you listen. We want to discuss how we use that extra flexibility. Plus, Aamer Kahn, our very own audiobook curator, prepared an autobiography trivia game for us.

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00:54:03

Episode 132: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Plus RFR...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/03/23

On today's episode: How much do we really know about the people who've shifted and coloured our histories? We review The Autobiography of Malcolm X, written by American Minister Malcolm X in collaboration with American journalist Alex Haley, narrated by the incredibly performative Laurence Fishburne. Plus, stepping up to the plate for this week's Rapid Fire Review is community member and friend Karoline Bourdeau, who hits us with five very different books with five very intriguing titles. Our

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00:56:18

Episode 131: Small Town Romance Review, Plus RFR with...

Audiobook Café ·

2024/03/16

On today's episode: Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan is a New York times best selling Romance novel about the healing and transformative power of love. Seeing as Romance is not one of Ramya and I’s typical go-too genres, This ended up being a very different listening experience for us. Alia Abdel-Majid, the person who initially brought our attention to this one, is with us today for an honest to God, in depth review. If you recognize that family name, that’s because she’s none other than our

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00:54:02

Episode 130: Book Sale Trends & AI Narrated Audiobooks

Audiobook Café ·

2024/03/09

On today's episode: Dissecting book sales trends doesn’t just concern the capitalists. It’s also relevant to those of us who love to inspect the deeper implications. Sometimes there’s a direct correlation between the newest sales trends and notable societal changes but often, it leaves us scratching our heads. Karen McKay and Theresa Power from CELA are here to help us analyze the sales data from 2022 to 2023. Plus, Sara Hillis joins us in the 2nd half to share with us her findings on

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