HighBridge will publish the audio edition of Thomas H. Cook’s new novel, A Dancer in the Dust, which will release this fall in print from Mysterious Press. It will be narrated by the estimable Ray Chase. Cook’s most recent book, Sandrine’s Case, is a well-deserved finalist for the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel, but […]
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New Tom Cook Novel Coming This September from HighBridge
April 16th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Tags: A Dancer in the Dust·Africa·audiobook·genocide·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·The Crime of Julian Wells·Thomas H. Cook
Beowulf translated and read by the late Seamus Heaney
April 11th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
When I first read Beowulf in college I was immediately captivated. As an English major, and a huge fan of fantasy literature, I was familiar with the story, but until then had never actually read the verse. I had an amazing Medieval Literature professor who set me on a path to which I began devouring […]
Tags: audiobook·BBC·Beowulf·classic·English·epic·grendel·Literature·Medieval·old english·poem·poet·poetry·scholar·Seamus Heaney·student·translation
Simon Vance Returns for Deon Meyer’s Cobra
April 9th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Simon Vance will be narrating Cobra, the latest mystery/thriller from internationally bestselling author Deon Meyer. In Cobra, Captain Benny Griessel and South Africa’s top police unit, the Hawks, attempt to track down a thief on the run, save his sister, and capture a mysterious hitman whose calling card is […]
Tags: audie·audiobook·Benny Griessel·Cobra·crime·Deon Meyer·earphones·international·mystery·narrator·reader·Simon Vance·South Africa·thriller
NPR American Chronicles WWI Marks 100 Years of Hard Lessons
April 7th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
One hundred years. Enough time for many changes to alter forever the lives of people, of nations. Most human lives now last longer. People move faster, learning, working, connecting. Most would argue the quality of our lives is better. Technology is our partner in everything we do, and has the potential to help us in […]
Tags: Alan Seeger·american chronicles·audiobook·Christopher Clark·Eddie Rickenbacker·Frank Buckles·Herbert Hoover·HighBridge·NPR·Pete Seeger·Rachel Martin·Robert K. Massie·Stanley Weintraub·Thomas Sopwith·World War One·WWI
On Immunity from Eula Biss, “Didion’s heiress apparent”
April 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
National Book Critics Circle Award winner Eula Biss first scored hot, independent publisher Graywolf Press to release the print edition of On Immunity, her provocative examination of the flashpoint issue of vaccinations as a difficult but vital choice for personal and societal health. She found an equally hot, independent publisher for the audio edition: HighBridge will proudly release the audio […]
Tags: audiobook·Eula Biss·Graywolf Press·HighBridge·Joan Didion·On Immunity·vaccinations
Living and Loving by the Book: Zevin’s THE STORIED LIFE OF A. J. FIKRY
March 31st, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
He looks across the spines, which are, for the most part, black and red with all capitalized fonts in silvers and whites. An occasional burst of fluorescence breaks up the monotony. A. J. thinks how similar everything [looks]. Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A. J. decides, because they […]
Tags: audiobook·bookstores·fiction·Fikry·publishing·scott brick·staff pick·The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Sandrine’s Case: The Mystery of Self
March 27th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In Thomas H. Cook’s most recent novel, Sandrine’s Case (a Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio, read by Brian Holsopple), the first-person narrator, English literature Professor Samuel Madison, is on trial for his life for the premeditated murder of his wife Sandrine, also a professor at tiny Coburn College. Madison contends Sandrine’s death was suicide; the prosecution is certain […]
Tags: audiobook·Brian Holsopple·crime fiction·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·Thomas H. Cook
Ray Chase Returns for The Empire of Night
March 26th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Ray Chase will be reprising his role as narrator for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler’s latest entry in his thrilling Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, The Empire of Night. The historical spy thriller series stars Christopher Marlowe “Kit” Cobb, a World War I–era American journalist turned Allied Spy. Ray […]
Tags: audiobook·Christopher Marlowe Cobb·historical·Kit Cobb·mysterious press·narrator·Ray Chase·reader·Robert Olen Butler·spy·The Empire of Night·The Hot Country·The Star of Istanbul·thriller·World War I
Seeing Red: Star Wars: Crimson Empire Audio Drama
March 14th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Star Wars: Crimson Empire is a full-cast audio drama adapted from a 6-issue comic mini-series published by Dark Horse. The comic was written by Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley with interior art by Paul Gulacy and covers by Dave Dorman. Issue 1 was released in December 1997. The comic has since been released in a […]
Tags: art·audio drama·audiobook·comic book·comics·crimson empire·dark horse·full cast·radio drama·sci-fi·star wars
Narrators selected for upcoming MP-HA classics
March 12th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce narrators for the forthcoming Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Digital Classics: R. C. Bray will be reading The Mordida Man by Ross Thomas, and Donna Postel will be reading 77th Street Requiem by Wendy Hornsby, both available in June. In addition, Derek Perkins will be reading Dark Nantucket Moon by Jane Langton, available […]
Tags: 77th Street Requiem·audiobook·classic·Dark Nantucket Moon·digital·Donna Postel·download·Jane Langton·mordida man·mysterious press·mysterious press-highbridge audio classic·mystery·narrator·R. C. Bray·Ross Thomas·Wendy Hornsby