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AUDIOBOOKS 2020 Audie Award® Winners: Audiobook Of The Year, Best Male & Female Narrators, And More ... March 3, 2020  (VOXtra) - Excellence has its rewards. Last night at an elegant gala in New York City, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced this year's winners of the prestigious Audie Awards®, recognizing the best in audiobook and spoken word entertainment. Big winners include:
The Audies
recognize outstanding achievement from authors, narrators, publishers,and producers across a wide array of genres and categories.  The APA notes that judges chose The Only Plane in the Sky
as Audiobook of the Year based on criteria including narrative performance and author intent. (Pictured: Author Garrett M. Graff, left, and narrator Holter Graham; photos by Sean Zanni for Getty ).Judges commented:
'MOST HONORABLE FORM OF STORYTELLING'  In a recap of the Gala held at NYC's historic Guastavino's, the APA reports it's presentation of the Lifetime
Achievement Award to author Stephen King (pictured) in recognition for
his achievements in the audiobook industry. "Stephen King
is the best damn ambassador for audiobooks that anyone could ever wish
or hope for," said King's son, bestselling author Joe Hill, when introducing the award. "His love for the form goes back decades. I know. I was
there." And in his acceptance speech, King said,
"I listen to my own books - the reason why is
because you can hear everything you did right and everything you did
wrong. This is the most honorable form of storytelling there is."
The celebratory evening was hosted by Mo Rocca, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, author,
and host of the Mobituaries podcast. Rocca described audiobooks as "Part storytelling, part acting, wholly
engaging with an unseen audience with your voice, heart and soul … all
while doing your best not to 'pop your P's. I am proud to help
celebrate all of tonight's nominees."
2020 AUDIE AWARD® WINNERS
For more information about the Audie Awards and the APA - a not-for-profit trade organization for the audiobook industry - visit www.AudioPub.org. |
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