Entries Tagged as 'Hear It Here First'

“On the Road” to a theater near you?

January 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Director Walter Salles reports that his long-awaited film of On the Road is nearing completion and aiming for a May 23rd release in France.  The movie stars Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Sturridge and Kristen Stewart, with Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi, Kirsten Dunst and Terrence Howard filling out the cast for the adaptation […]

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A Moment of Silence on the Prairie

October 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Sad news today: Tom Keith, longtime sound-effects wizard on A Prairie Home Companion, passed away suddenly on Sunday. In addition to his many years on PHC, Keith was co-host of The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio until his retirement from the show in 2008. A little of his work can be heard on this clip from […]

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Tea at Five—O’Clock Shadow?

October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

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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‘Eating with the Enemy’ scriptwriter named

October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Patrick M. Healy will write the screenplay for HBO’s adaptation of Eating with the Enemy, by Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer. The book tells Egan’s true story of acting as a freelance diplomat with North Korea from his BBQ restaurant in Hackensack, NJ. James Gandolfini is set to star as Egan.

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Hear it here, first: HEADSTONE, A MOMENT IN TIME, THE JOKE-OFF, ONE AND ONLY

September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First

We’ve just posted audio excerpts for the following titles coming out in October and November. Get your first listen here! F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available October   F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available October   F O R T H […]

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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!

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The Hedgehog comes to U.S. theaters

August 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Better late than never: the French film The Hedgehog, “freely adapted from” Muriel Barbery’s bestselling book The Elegance of the Hedgehog will be released in theaters across the country beginning on August 19 in New York and Los Angeles and rolling out through September and October. Find the full list of release dates and theaters […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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International diplomacy, New Jersey style: ‘Eating with the Enemy’ arrives on audiobook

July 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First

The bizarre but true tale of New Jersey native Robert Egan’s experience as an accidental diplomat with North Korea—and “an enlightening, and precarious, experiment in the ways opposing cultures can merge and acquiesce” (Kirkus Reviews)—Eating With the Enemy has been garnering major attention ever since it was published earlier this year. It’s been featured in […]

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