Check out Tony Hendra’s Huffington Post article on the publication of George Carlin’s posthumous memoir Last Words.
Whether one sees Carlin as an agent provocateur or just plain provocative, a person couldn’t actually listen to Carlin’s social commentary-charged humor without having to think.
HighBridge is re-releasing his collection George Carlin Reads to You early next month, [...]
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Some last words on Carlin’s Last Words
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News, Uncategorized
Tags: george carlin·george carlin reads to you·huffington post·terry gross·tony hendra
Hoax? Or cruel practical joke?
October 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
No, it’s just Minnesota, where—without the benefit or excuse of altitude (I mean, snow in the mountains a person can understand)—you can experience not the first but the second snowfall of the year before you can even get your Halloween decorations hung. Yes, that’s snow falling and accumulating on the ground outside a door to [...]
Tags: highbridge·minnesota·snow
The Last Ember burns with DaVinci-like intensity
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, Uncategorized
Love a good thriller? Then you’re not going to want to miss this debut from new author Daniel Levin. The Last Ember is on sale tomorrow!
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“Levin’s religious and archaeological thriller has all the elements needed to appeal to Da Vinci Code fans: long-buried secrets, hidden puzzles based [...]
Plan would put Lake Wobegon County on the map
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Minnesota Public Radio reports an Associated Press article that says “You won’t find ‘Lake Wobegon County’ anywhere on a map of Minnesota. But if a state senator has her way, some Minnesotans may one day be living in an area named after A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor’s fictional hometown.”
It’s supposedly just a “spacesaver” [...]
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The Dog Says “Congratulations!”
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News, Narrator News, Uncategorized
Kudos to HighBridge author Kevin Kling, who is the recipient of the 2009 A.P. Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota.
Find the recording of his book The Dog Says How here.
Tags: Kevin Kling·The Dog Says How
Brad Paisley loves PHC!
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, Reviews, Uncategorized
We know that A Prairie Home Companion is a very popular show, but sometimes we’re still surprised by some of its fans. This past Saturday, country singer-songwriter Brad Paisley appeared on the show. Not only did he sing and act, he called PHC “The most creative show in the history of radio.” High praise from [...]
Tags: APHC·Brad Paisley·Grand Ole Opry·Prairie Home Companion·public radio·Ryman Auditorium
Whicher wins!
April 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher won the top prize, Book of the Year, in the 2009 Galaxy British Book Awards.
HighBridge has North American rights to the audio edition, ably read by AudioFile’s 2008 Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense, Simon Vance.
It’s been a good several months for Whicher, which also recently received a starred [...]
Tags: british book awards·simon vance·suspicions of mr. whicher
Finally time for Time Traveler’s Wife August 14
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
“It seems like ages ago that Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams finished filming The Time Traveler’s Wife,” notes the website www.cinemablend.com—but it’s apparently really, truly coming out August 14.
Whenever a great book is made into a movie, the fans hold a collective breath, hoping the filmmakers will do it justice. We’ll find out soon enough, [...]
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Playaway: Let’s hear it for the troops
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Overheard (Industry News), Uncategorized
For Playaway fans (many HighBridge titles are available in the Playaway format) and anyone who supports the troops, you’ll enjoy this short article from the army about Playaways that made their way into the hands of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tags: afghanistan·iraq·playaway·troops
The more things change, … ?
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, Uncategorized
A colleague forwarded an interesting article coming from the website Very Short List about the breakdown of the Southern election map or “cotton vote”, courtesy originally of a professor at Southeast Missouri State.
Entitled “The Thin Blue Line,” it suggests that perhaps not as much has changed since 1860 as even Barack Obama’s historic victories in [...]
Tags: black history·election·elliot jaspin·racism·very short list
