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2012 AUDIE AWARDS Best Audiobook: Tina Fey's Bossypants; Many More Winners Celebrated At Gala  June 6, 2012Jump to winners list (VOXtra) - The stars of the audiobook world shined Tuesday night (June 5) in New York City, as the Audio Publishers Association (APA) hosted the 17th Annual Audies Gala and announced winners of the 2012 Audie Awards. Winners of the coveted award - the "Oscars" of spoken word entertainment - included:
Telling the story of the Titanic in the voices of those who lived it, the audiobook is a "powerful example of a great book made even better by audio interpretation," judges said. Its production included sound effects of the ship going down, making the moments of raw emotion exceptionally real. AUDIOBOOK INDUSTRY 'THRIVING' The Gala capped three days of excitement for narrators and publishers, from Sunday's networking mixer, to Monday's full-day APAC conference with educational sessions and networking, to the elegant Audies evening at the New York Historical Society.  "The
audiobook industry is thriving, with a growing pool of talent and an
ever-expanding range of material available,” notes Michele Cobb, APA President (pictured).
"The Audies are a celebration of quality listening and our moment to recognize
all who work hard to raise the bar each year.”Comedian, actor, writer and director Michael Showalter hosted the event. Showalter, author and narrator of his comedic memoir, Mr. Funny Pants, is known for his sketch comedy as a member of the trio Stella and as a cast member on MTV’s The State, as well as movies such as Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and The Baxter (2005). Other presenters included award-winning author Neil Gaiman and narrator, TV and movie actor Edoardo Ballerini. AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR Bossypants By Tina Fey Read by Tina Fey Hachette Audio DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic By Allan Wolf Read by Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington and Angela Dawe Brilliance Audio SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE Rosalyn Landor The Winter Sea By Susanna Kearsley Audible, Inc. SOLO NARRATION—MALE Simon Vance The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy By Mark Logue and Peter Conradi Tantor Media NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS Beauty Queens By Libba Bray Read by Libba Bray Scholastic Audio AUDIO DRAMA I, Claudius By Robert Graves Read by Derek Jacobi, Tim McInnerny, Harriet Walter and a full cast AudioGO Ltd BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Bossypants By Tina Fey Read by Tina Fey Hachette Audio BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide for Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom By Carrie Wilkerson Read by Carrie Wilkerson Oasis Audio, LLC CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES 1 TO 8 Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist By Bonnie Christensen Read by George Guidall Live Oak Media CHILDRENS TITLES AGES 8 TO 12 Heart and Soul By Kadir Nelson Read by Debbie Allen HarperAudio CLASSIC The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby By Charles Dickens Read by Simon Vance Tantor Media FANTASY Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor Read by Khristine Hvam Hachette Audio FICTION Alas, Babylon By Pat Frank Read by Will Patton Audible, Inc. HISTORY 1861: The Civil War Awakening By Adam Goodheart Read by Jonathan Davis Audible, Inc. HUMOR Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large By William Shatner with Chris Regan Read by William Shatner Penguin Audio INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION Courageous: A Novel By Randy Alcorn Based on a screenplay by Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick Read by Roger Mueller Oasis Audio, LLC INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People By Zondervan Read by Michael Blain-Rozgay, Allison Moffett and a full cast Zondervan LITERARY FICTION State of Wonder By Ann Patchett Read by Hope Davis HarperAudio MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry Read by Judyann Elder, Rutina Wesley and Mirron Willis with a full cast L.A. Theatre Works MYSTERY Feast Day of Fools By James Lee Burke Read by Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio NON-FICTION The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars By Paul Collins Read by William Dufris AudioGO ORIGINAL WORK METAtropolis: Cascadia By Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder and Tobias Buckell Read by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes and LeVar Burton Audible, Inc. PACKAGE DESIGN Jane Austen: Classic BBC Radio Productions By Jane Austen Read by Angharad Rees and a full cast; Hannah Gordon and a full cast; Juliet Stevenson; Annette Crosbie Designed by Tri-Plex Inc. AudioGO PARANORMAL Hard Magic By Larry Correia Read by Bronson Pinchot Audible, Inc. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit and Making the Most of All of Your Life By Jane Fonda Read by Jane Fonda Random House Audio/Books on Tape ROMANCE New York to Dallas By J. D. Robb Read by Susan Ericksen Brilliance Audio SCIENCE FICTION Fuzzy Nation By John Scalzi Read by Wil Wheaton Audible, Inc. SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS Selected Shorts: New American Stories By Aleksandar Hemon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sherman Alexie Read by Boyd Gaines, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad and BD Wong Symphony Space, Inc. TEENS The Wake of the Lorelei Lee By L.A. Meyer Read by Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio THRILLER/SUSPENSE The Nightmare Thief By Meg Gardiner Read by Susan Ericksen Brilliance Audio HEAR WINNERS' CLIPS ... ABOUT THE APA Reviews and sound clips are available at www.TheAudies.com, courtesy of AudioFile magazine. Many audiobook narrators belong to the Audio Publishers Association, a not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry statistics, encourage high production standards, and represent the interests of audiobook publishers. Visit www.audiopub.org for more information. |
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Pamela Tansey
6/10/2012 at 1:25 PM
Congratulations to all ............... nominees as well as awardees!
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