On first blush, Guests on Earth by Lee Smith (The Last Girls) bears resemblance to The Secret Life of Bees: A young girl, believing herself responsible for her mother’s death, leaves her home and finds herself among a group of women that soon become her second family. Even Emily Woo Zeller’s voice, while unaccented, has […]
Entries from October 28th, 2013
Lee Smith’s Guests on Earth:
An accompaniment both obbligato and
ad libitum
October 28th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: audiobook·emily woo zeller·guests on earth·highland hospital·last girls·lee smith·zelda fritzgerald
Three HighBridge Titles Selected for 2014 World Book Night
October 25th, 2013 · No Comments · Publishing News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that three of our titles have been selected for World Book Night US: Pontoon, This Boy’s Life, and Young Men & Fire. Each year, 30 to 35 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers. Authors of the books waive their royalties and the publishers agree to […]
Tags: esperanza fire·garrison keillor·john maclean·lake wobegon·memoir·norman maclean·oliver wyman·pontoon·This Boy's Life·Tobias Wolff·World Book Night·young men & fire
A Different Kind of Noir Classic: The City When It Rains
October 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve been wanting to listen to the Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Classics recording of Thomas H. Cook‘s The City When It Rains for a while, ever since meeting Tom at Bouchercon in St. Louis and hearing that this was the favorite of his many books. A recent road trip provided the perfect opportunity for me to […]
Tags: audiobook·HighBridge·mysterious press·mysterious press-highbridge audio classic·mystery·R. C. Bray·The City When It Rains·Thomas H. Cook
Attention all Colin Cotterill fans!
October 16th, 2013 · No Comments · Acquisition News
I’m thrilled to announce that we recently acquired the audio rights to the third and final book in the Jimm Juree mystery series by Colin Cotterill. The title is The Axe Factor and will be available simultaneously with the St. Martin’s Press hardcover in April of 2014. His first two, Killed at the Whim of […]
Tags: audio book·Colin Cotterill·dr siri·grandad there's a head on the beach·jimm juree·killed at the whim of a hat·mystery·Thailand·The Axe Factor
NPR National Park Adventures: You won’t regret the time spent
October 14th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Are you stuck at home like me, or in your car this year doing the commute? Well, get your feet wet and take a listen to National Park Adventures, one of the Road Trips audios from NPR and HighBridge Audio. Noah Adams is the friendly, familiar voice. I know him from All Things Considered. The […]
Tags: Death Valley National Park·National Park Adventures·New Orleans National Jazz Historical Park·Noah Adams·NPR·Road Trips
Digital Classic: Penance
October 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
First published in the mid-1990s, Penance was David Housewright’s first novel, and won the Edgar Award for the Best First Novel. A Minnesota native and resident, Housewright has gone on to write more than ten novels to date, with about as many short stories under his belt. Penance was released under the Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio […]
Tags: audiobook·David Housewright·detective·minneapolis·mysterious press·mystery·Penance·police·R. C. Bray·St. Paul
Calling All Midwives
October 3rd, 2013 · No Comments · Acquisition News
I’m pleased to announce . . . I’m thrilled to announce . . . I couldn’t be happier to announce . . . Isn’t there any other way to say this? How about: I’m ‘eaven and ‘ell chuffed ter tell what HighBridge has picked up the bloody rights to produce audiobook editions of the remaining […]
Tags: Audiobooks·BBC·Call the Midwife·Cockney·Farewell to the East End·Jennifer Worth·memoir·PBS·Shadows of the Workhouse
Featured Audio Giveaway – Oct 2013 – Star Wars Topps Collector’s Editions
October 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
Star Wars: A New Hope Original Radio Drama – Topps Collectors Editions, “Light Side” and “Dark Side” by George Lucas; performed by Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and an ensemble cast Two chances to win this week! Basically, if you have been breathing anytime between 1979 and today, you are familiar with the first Star Wars […]
Tags: dark side·featured audio giveaway·light side·mark hamill·original radio drama·star wars·topps