Matthew Lombardo’s play, Tea at Five, is going to have a benefit performance November 28. The staged reading of the single-actor play will star actor and playwright Charles Busch as Katharine Hepburn, and it’s a benefit for the Ali Forney Center. Judging by the photos on the website, Busch is a natural for the role. I’d [...]
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Diana Abu-Jabur and Martin Kihn at the Twin Cities Book Festival
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Publishing News
Diana Abu-Jabur (CRESCENT, BIRDS OF PARADISE) and Martin Kihn (BAD DOG: A LOVE STORY) were both panelists at the 11th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival, organized by Rain Taxi Review of Books. HighBridge had a table, along with many other publishers, booksellers, and authors, at this event held in downtown Minneapolis this past weekend. Check [...]
Tags: audiobook·bad dog·birds of paradise·diana abu-jabur·martin kihn·twin cities book festival·video
Barry Prize for Thirteen Hours
September 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, Publishing News
Deon Meyer’s book Thirteen Hours has won the Barry Prize for Best Thriller at this year’s Bouchercon mystery convention. Congratulations!
A few thoughts on Jerry Leiber
August 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Publishing News
A few days ago Jerry Leiber, the lyricist from the legendary songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, died. Writing songs for early innovators like Elvis Presley and the Coasters, as well as for singular voices like Ben E. King and Peggy Lee, Leiber had a large hand in shaping the vernacular of rock and roll. Remembering [...]
CAR TALK’s Tom and Ray tickle fans pink(water) with new collection
August 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, Featured Audio Giveaways
If you already thought the Tappet Brothers had something of the humor of third-graders in them, their new collection featuring children’s book author and NPR commentator Daniel Pinkwater both confirms and explains it. Releasing today, Car Talk Classics: The Pinkwater Files is four complete programs from the Car Talk archives, all featuring Click and Clack’s [...]
Tags: car talk·daniel pinkwater·giveaway·NPR·tom and ray magliozzi
No mystery behind acclaim for KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT- on audio today
July 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First
Critics have been unanimous in their praise for Killed at the Whim of a Hat, Colin Cotterill’s forthcoming novel and “What may be the best new international mystery series since the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.” (Booklist) And starting today, you can listen to this surefire bestseller in the format that everyone from the Guardian [...]
Tags: Audiobooks·Colin Cotterill·killed at the whim of a hat·mystery
Paul Farmer on NPR to discuss ‘Haiti After the Earthquake’; Meryl Streep, Edoardo Ballerini, Edwidge Danticat, Eric Conger, and others narrate audiobook
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First
Dr. Paul Farmer, the renowned physician and anthropologist and the founding director of Partners in Health, talked with NPR Tuesday about his newest book, Haiti After the Earthquake. Tuesday marked the eighteen-month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. A recording of the NPR session can be found here. On Jan. 12, 2010, a massive earthquake [...]
Tags: audiobook·Haiti After the Earthquake·Meryl Streep·NPR·Paul Farmer
Prairie Home Companion Celebrates Another Anniversary
July 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
Today in 1974 the very first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion was heard from the Janet Wallace Auditorium at Macalester College in Saint Paul. Admission was a whopping $1 for adults and $.50 for the kiddies. It’s still a great value now–but what a deal then! Since then, Garrison Keillor and the APHC team have gone on [...]
Tags: A Prairie Home Companion·garrison keillor·Summer love tour
David Drummond (narrator of ALL THINGS SHINING) pays a visit
June 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
David Drummond, narrator of All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular World stopped by the HighBridge office this morning to say hello. He’s in town this week performing Guys and Dolls at the Ordway Theater, and was kind enough to pay us a visit. David did an excellent job [...]
Tags: All Things Shining·audiobook·David Drummond·HighBridge
Alafair Burke’s LONG GONE is here today!
June 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First
With a thriller author as talented as Alafair Burke, nothing is as it seems. Friends become enemies. Dream jobs become murder scenes. Even the title strives to deceive you—for Long Gone is not long gone at all. It’s right here at HighBridge, and it’s available on audio today! Long Gone follows Alice Humphrey. After a [...]
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