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Hot Summer Audio: Tan Line Free and Built for the Beach!

July 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First

Books and the beach. Such a winning combination. But in ancient times, literate beachgoers had to deal with a wide array of problems: Heavy paper tomes would keep their hands occupied, rendering them unable to reach out for mojitos. Tan lines would appear in the exact shape and size of the books they were propping […]

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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Solving murders in between beers: Inspector Van Veeteren arrives in the U.S.

June 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Poor Inspector Van Veeteren. All he wants to do is read books, drink beer, and maybe play a little chess, if anybody’s up for it. But instead, the reluctant hero of Håkan Nesser’s critically acclaimed mystery series is stuck solving murder after murder; and now, for the first time, we in the U.S. get the […]

Excellent summer listening: Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Thank you, Sara Gran! Just in time for summer, a new audiobook from the author that Glamour calls "A latter-day Raymond Chandler" has been released to wide critical acclaim. Gran’s Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead follows tattooed, pot-smoking, new-agey private eye Claire DeWitt as she uses unorthodox means to investigate a murder […]

Garrison Keillor talks retirement

May 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

The New York Times this weekend ran a new interview with A Prairie Home Companion‘s Garrison Keillor. He confirms that he’s planning to step down as host of the show in 2013 and is looking for a replacement.

Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First

Today marks a dark day in US history: The shots on Fort Sumter that are officially considered the opening volleys in the Civil War rang out today. The Civil War could in some respects be considered a rite of passage for a still-young country determining what its ideals and principles were going to be. But […]

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Life of Pi casting news

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Tobey Maguire has been cast in Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi, based on the Yann Martel bestseller. Maguire will play a reporter interviewing the adult Pi (played by Irrfan Khan) about being shipwrecked as a 16-year old (played by Suraj Sharma). Filming is currently underway in India.

A Prize-Winning Romantic

March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, Publishing News

The Jewish Book Council has awarded the $100,000 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in fiction to Austin Ratner for his debut novel, The Jump Artist. Congratulations to him, and to the runner up for the prize and recipient of a $25,000 award: Joseph Skibell, author of A Curable Romantic. Click here to hear […]

NPR Covers the Oscars

January 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Yesterday’s announcement of the 2011 Academy Award nominations prompted the NPR Monkey See blog to post a list of NPR stories about this year’s Best Picture nominees. From Darren Aronofsky to Mark Zuckerberg, it’s a great collection of stories worth checking out.

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