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Kirsten Cappy replied to Robin Whitten's discussion 'Collectable Martin Luther King, Jr. audio programs--GIVEAWAY' in the group Get Caught Listening

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. Martin Luther King, Jr. King Middle School Portland, Maine

Feb 18, 2011

Dion Graham commented on Kirsten Cappy's blog post 'AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues'

She was a fascinating figure. Great subject for an audiobook! Thanks for asking me, Kirsten. I'm happy to have done it.

Dec 4, 2010

Kirsten Cappy commented on Kirsten Cappy's blog post 'AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues'

That would be swell!

Oct 25, 2010

Robin Whitten commented on Kirsten Cappy's blog post 'AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues'

What a fabulous book trailer! I hope it means an audiobook will follow . . .

Oct 25, 2010

AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues

For the release of a new picture book biography of the Negro League's 'mother hen,' Curious City turned to narrator Dion Graham, Odyssey Winner for We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Brilliance Audio). John Marshall Sound welcomed Dion in…See More

A blog post by Kirsten Cappy was featured Oct 21, 2010

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AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues

Blog post by Kirsten Cappy Oct 20, 2010

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Jenn Dowell commented on Kirsten Cappy's blog post 'Narrator William Dufris Voices Some Hilarious Horror for a Picture Book Trailer'

Such fun—I watched this last night, and from the first word I knew it could only be Bill!

Oct 13, 2010

Narrator William Dufris Voices Some Hilarious Horror for a Picture Book Trailer

A blog post by Kirsten Cappy was featured Oct 13, 2010

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Robin Whitten commented on Kirsten Cappy's blog post 'Narrator William Dufris Voices Some Hilarious Horror for a Picture Book Trailer'

Great fun! Makes me think of MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS by Gerald Durrell. Durrell was the inspiration & founder of the famous Jersey Zoo in the Channel Islands. Memoir, of sorts of living on Corfu with his family, . . . and other…

Oct 13, 2010

Narrator William Dufris Voices Some Hilarious Horror for a Picture Book Trailer

Blog post by Kirsten Cappy Oct 12, 2010

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Kirsten Cappy commented on AudioFile Magazine's blog post 'Review: ZERO HISTORY'

The audiobook of PATTERN RECOGNITION by William Gibson is a production I keep on my iPod and dip into randomly again and again. Looking forward to this one...

Sep 11, 2010

Kirsten Cappy replied to Jason G's discussion 'AUGUST - What are you listening to?' in the group Listening NOW!

Listening to PATTERN RECOGNITION by William Gibson. I read it years ago and audio is such a fab way to revisit your core titles.

Aug 18, 2010

Kirsten Cappy replied to Sync Head's discussion 'The New Girl: The DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? & A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN Conversation' in the group Sync: YA Listening

I learned more about modern Muslim family life in this fab ChickLit-ish novel than I have reading any text or news story. I have long looked for YA about Muslims or Middle Eastern cultures written by authors from the community--very rare. That the…

Aug 9, 2010

Kirsten Cappy replied to Sync Head's discussion 'Sailors & Scallywags: The BLOODY JACK and TREASURE ISLAND Conversation' in the group Sync: YA Listening

I stood at the base of Blackfriar's Bridge today and saluted Jacky Faber & the Rooster Charlie Gang. Thank you LA Meyer! Thank you Katherine Kellgren!

Jul 26, 2010

Kirsten Cappy replied to Sync Head's discussion 'Sailors & Scallywags: The BLOODY JACK and TREASURE ISLAND Conversation' in the group Sync: YA Listening

Are you going here? http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/page/sync-link

Jul 15, 2010

Kirsten Cappy replied to Sync Head's discussion 'Sailors & Scallywags: The BLOODY JACK and TREASURE ISLAND Conversation' in the group Sync: YA Listening

BLOODY JACK is well worth the wait and the travails with you iPod cord, Julie! I read the books in hard copy and have revisited them in audio. Katherine Kellgren's narration is the VERY best in audiobook performance.

Jul 15, 2010

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About Me: Kirsten Cappy is the owner of Curious City: Where Kids & Books Meet, a company formed to create a stronger relationship between young readers and the books created for them. Within that mission, Curious City consults with various groups on title selection and consults with authors and publishers on outreach to readers.

Kirsten Cappy is a quite avid listener of middle grade and young adult audiobooks. Within the audio industry, Curious City consults with AudioFile Magazine and is currently providing the title selection and audience outreach for Sync, a program introducing audiobooks to teens within the newly launched Audiobook Community.

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AudioBook Community Contributes Sound to Publicity for Book On Negro Leagues

Posted on October 20, 2010 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Narrator William Dufris Voices Some Hilarious Horror for a Picture Book Trailer

Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Book Trailer Produced by Members of Audiobook Community

Sound by Bill Dufris' Minds Eye Productions, Narration by Christopher Price, Written by Kirsten Cappy, and Produced by the Ning Administrator, Mark Mattos. How is that for an in-house… Continue

Posted on May 11, 2010 at 7:23pm — 1 Comment

Book Trailers Starring Narrators

(William Dufris, Mind's Eye Productions)

As an independent children's book marketing co., we have been producing quite a few trailers for new children's novels and picture books. It has been fabulous to turn to audiobook narrators and producers to provide stellar audio tracks for these wee productions.

The picture book, Magnus Maximus, A Marvelous… Continue

Posted on April 24, 2010 at 7:00pm

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At 9:49am on May 19, 2010, Paul Kyriazi said…: Thanks for the comment on my article. 'Curious City' sounds very important to get the younger crowd interested in books, be they audio or paper.