FREE audiobooks? Join the party at the American Library Association audiobook events during the 2014 Annual Conference!
Learn more about audiobook advisory by dropping into an open meeting of one of these two committees:
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: Saturday, June 28, 2014 – 1:00pm to 5:30pm, Flamingo Hotel, Valley of Fire II room. Stop by and listen in as the best in audios for ages 12-18 will be discussed. Here’s the list of nominated titles – a great shopping or listening list! http://www.ala.org/yalsa/audiobooks/nominations
Notable Children’s Recordings: Saturday, June 28, 2014 – 1:00pm to 5:30pm & Sunday, June 29, 2014 – 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Flamingo Hotel, Reno I room. Drop in to observe the evaluation of audiobooks & musical recordings for ages birth – 14 during this committee’s meetings. Here’s the list of titles that will be discussed: http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/NCR_annualdiscussionlist614.pdf
Get ready to party at these audiobook celebrations:
PopTop Stage: Daniel Kraus, with Kelly Gildea and Kirby Heyborne: Sunday, June 29, 2014 – 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Las Vegas Convention Center Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage. Team Scowler - this year’s Odyssey Award-winning producer Kelly Gildea, author Daniel Kraus, and narrator Kirby Heyborne – will have a conversation with Book on Tape’s Marketing Director, Cheryl Herman. Be sure to visit the BOT booth #542 immediately following, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m, to meet the author, narrator, and producer and get a FREE audiobook or book signed, courtesy of Random House!
2014 Odyssey Award Ceremony: Monday, June 30, 2014 – 3:30pm to 5:30pm, Las Vegas Convention Center, room N256. The Odyssey committee meetings are closed to observers, but the party is a must-do ALA event! Celebrate the best in audiobooks produced for children and young adults at the annual presentation of the Odyssey Award. Listen to your favorite narrators perform a piece from their Odyssey Award-winning audiobooks, then join us for a reception with free snacks & a cash bar sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association following this engaging event. There will be FREE audiobooks for attendees! Here’s the marvelous Odyssey titles that will be featured:
WINNER: Scowler, written by Daniel Kraus, narrated by Kirby Heyborne, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group.
HONOR TITLES:
Better Nate Than Ever, written by Tim Federle, narrated by Tim Federle and produced by Simon and Schuster Audio.
Creepy Carrots!, written by Aaron Reynolds, narrated by James Naughton and produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc.
Eleanor & Park, written by Rainbow Rowell, narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra and produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group.
Matilda, written by Roald Dahl, narrated by Kate Winslet and produced by Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Hope to see you in Vegas! And if you can’t attend, here is Kirby Heyborne, narrator of Odyssey Award-winner Scowler, as he rocked the house during the 2012 Odyssey ceremony.
