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The Birth of Charles Dickens

Several events in 2012 commemorate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, and perhaps the best way to encounter Mr Pickwick, Mr Micawber, Miss Havisham, Uriah Heep, Ebenezer Scrooge, Little Nell, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Sydney Carton and all the rest is to listen and imagine!http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/blog.htmSee More
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Enjoy Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant, read by Anton Lesser: http://ning.it/u0zTe1
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One of our free downloads this month is Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Poor Thing, read by Roy McMillan: http://tinyurl.com/ckpdzxo
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From the left coast, audiobooks featured in the Los Angeles Times gift guide: http://ning.it/ulWT3k
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Kafkamesto - The game. Welcome to the town of Kafkamêsto. Here you can lose yourself for a day…Or a lifetime… http://ning.it/q28j8x
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Win a copy of William Lindsay Gresham’s Nightmare Alley, read by Adam Sims: http://ning.it/fvHbaB
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"Lego audio book helmet for kids..." http://ning.it/eIm5AD
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Would Foghorn Leghorn make a really bad book narrator? http://ning.it/dPtyXd
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Juliet Stevenson talks about her unabridged reading of George Eliot's Middlemarch. http://tinyurl.com/33zmj9x
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Ann Bryant replied to Wm. Anderson's discussion 'Derek Jacobi Plays Himself' in the group Narrators
LOL! I think this is when a narrator can know he has truly "arrived"! Thanks for the info, I'm going to have to go look that one up!
Oct 27, 2010
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Derek Jacobi Plays Himself

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Matt Damon's character likes to listen to Dickens as read by Derek Jacobi in Clint Eastwood's latest film, "Hereafter."   See More
Wm. Anderson added a discussion to the group Narrators Oct 27, 2010
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Wm. Anderson replied to Michelle Nelson's discussion 'Audiobooks in Reading Education' in the group Technology
Michelle, Your students may enjoy the selection offered in the Playaway format: http://www.playaway.com/ There was a good article in the April/May issue of AudioFile Magazine, page 68 (Listening Librarians), about a teacher who "linked…
Sep 28, 2010
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SoundCommentary's September issue is online

...with reviews of Naxos AudioBooks:The Watsons and Sanditon byJane Austen.http://soundcommentary.com/issue/september-2010/article/the-watsons-and-sanditon-by-jane-austenhttp://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/428112.htm* Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.Martin Chuzzlewit received a SoundCommentary starred review – Outstanding Audio!…See More
A blog post by Wm. Anderson was featured Sep 9, 2010
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Kirsten Griffith replied to Wm. Anderson's discussion 'Hands Across the Water' in the group Narrators
What a great interview; the questions gave so much opportunity for Nicolas to really open the gates wide and address multiple aspects of the industry. Thanks for sharing!
Sep 7, 2010
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Hands Across the Water

Vulpes Libris' Audiobook Month in the UK opens with an interview with Nicolas Soames of Naxos AudioBooks: http://bit.ly/9MFG2g  Interesting comments on narrator preparations, and Rosy Barnes writes of her interview: "It is obvious from this how much thought goes into the recordings and I hope this interview will help make people aware of some of the issues surrounding audiobooks and make us all listen more carefully to how it is…See More
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Hands Across the Water

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Vulpes Libris' Audiobook Month in the UK opens with an interview with Nicolas Soames of Naxos AudioBooks: http://bit.ly/9MFG2g  Interesting comments on narrator preparations, and Rosy Barnes writes of her interview: "It is obvious from this how much thought goes into the recordings and I hope this interview will help make people aware of some of the issues surrounding audiobooks and make us all listen more carefully to how it is…See More
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David Timson & Neville Jason Introduce the Works of Dickens

17 podcasts, which introduce each of Charles Dickens major novels plus Sketches by Boz, are available at iTunes: Search ‘Naxos Audiobooks’ and you’ll find them under the Podcasts section.

Each podcast is around 30 minutes long, with a 5 minute introduction and three or four extracts.

"I urge you to…

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Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:20pm

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The Birth of Charles Dickens

Several events in 2012 commemorate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, and perhaps the best way to encounter Mr Pickwick, Mr Micawber, Miss Havisham, Uriah Heep, Ebenezer Scrooge, Little Nell, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Sydney Carton and all the rest is to listen and imagine!

http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/blog.htm

Posted on January 2, 2012 at 11:07am

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Charles Dickens: "the story-weaver at his loom"

The Naxos AudioBooks production of A Christmas Carol is currently featured in an online exhibit of Dickens’ original 68 page manuscript from The Morgan Library & Museum’s collection. Each handwritten page is presented in high resolution, allowing you to witness the creative process of "the story-weaver at his loom"; click on ‘Listen” and the narration of Anton Lesser accompanies the digital…

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Posted on December 5, 2011 at 3:45pm

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"Rupert Degas is pitch-perfect"

 

Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost

Rupert Degas’ hilarious reading brings the absurdity and theatricality of the story to life.…

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Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:54pm

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