Audiobook Café
Jacob Shymnaski shares the latest audiobook and literary news, and features in-depth conversations with authors, narrators and industry experts.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 271
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 30: "She is a dreamer, she is a believer.... she is you."
We discuss Beyond vision: the story of a blind rower, by Victoria Nolan.
Plus, Aamer Khan catches us up on his list of reads for March, and it’s a long one!
00:24:38 |
Sat 26 Mar 2022
Episode 29: The Memoir Maid
Let’s meet Jacob Shymanski, Technical Producer at AMI-audio, with an appreciation for audiobooks.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on the Memoir Maid, written by Stephanie Land.
00:25:01 |
Sat 19 Mar 2022
Episode 28: Women in literature
Ryan Hooey of Kelly and Company’s Chatty Bookshelf joins us with his latest audiobook recommendations!
Plus, let’s press Pause or Play on Black Milk, by Elif Shafak.
00:25:48 |
Sat 12 Mar 2022
Episode 27: International Women's Day reads
CELA Library’s Karen McKay and Theresa Power highlight empowering, honest literature written by women.
Plus, we hit Pause or Play on the The midnight hour By Elly Griffiths.
00:25:31 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
Episode 26: Celebrity memoirs
Do celebrity memoirs appeal to you? Kim Kilpatrick gives us her thoughts and recommends All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Dohr.
00:22:18 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
Episode 25: Romance, Murder Mysteries and a touch of Vampires
We get talking Romance, Murder Mysteries and a touch of Vampires with Aamer Khan.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on The Red Palace By June Hur, a tale of Historical mystery.
00:25:35 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
Episode 24: The longer the series, the better?
We get to know avid Audiobook listener Sarah Patel, and her take on choosing audiobooks and where to find them.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on the book All About Love: New Visions, written by Femini…
00:25:44 |
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Episode 23: Contemporary Romance
We get to CELA news and announcements with Theresa Power and Karen McKay.
Plus, they shout out some Contemporary Romance recommendations with diverse writing styles.
00:25:42 |
Sat 05 Feb 2022
Episode 22: Valentine's Day prep
Aamer Khan preps us for Valentine’s Day with romance book recommendations.
Plus, we cozy up with some listens of short poems by an anonymous local writer.
00:24:25 |
Sat 29 Jan 2022
Episode 21: The Outlander series
Marcia Yale doesn’t mind listening to Audiobooks using synthesized voices. She explains her reasons.
And, she recommends Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, by Diana Gabaldon, the ninth book in the Outl…
00:25:25 |
Sat 22 Jan 2022
Episode 20: Fantasy listens with Matt Agnew
Matt Agnew is one of the Technical Producers at AMI-audio, and he loves his fantasy listens! We hear about Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, and get to know Matt’s Audiobook-listening habits.
Pl…
00:25:33 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Episode 19: The Lord of the Rings
We catch up with Karen McKay and Theresa Power of the Centre for Equitable Library Access.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on an anticipated book release for 2022.
00:24:26 |
Sat 08 Jan 2022
Episode 18: Reading goals for 2022
We look ahead to how we’ll be experiencing audiobooks in 2022! We hear from friends who’ve joined us on the show, with their goals for 2022 listening.
00:25:20 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
Episode 17: Year-end book review
We reflect on thoughtful, soul-finding listens of 2021 with Aamer Khan. Plus, he gives us Audiobook recommendations to kick off the New Year with.
00:24:45 |
Sat 25 Dec 2021
Episode 16: John Green Anthropocene Reviewed
We open up the space to review, discuss, recommend, browse, conceptualize and reminisce on Audiobooks.
We welcome Sam Robinson, Technical Producer at AMI-audio, another avid audiobook listener!
00:24:22 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Episode 15: Audiobook Journey with Kelly MacDonald
We chat with Kelly MacDonald about his recommended listen, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on the Mystery novel, The madness of crowds…
00:25:21 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Episode 14: Writers Trust Fiction and Non Fiction Awards
We shout out a notable review by The Guardian on Taste: my life through food, By Stanley Tucci.
Plus, Theresa Power and Karen McKay of the Centre for Equitable Library Access update us on the winners…
00:24:59 |
Sat 04 Dec 2021
Episode 13: Guilty pleasure reads
What are your guilty pleasure listens? Aamer Khan lets us in on some of his.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on It Ends With Us, written by Colleen Hoover.
00:24:05 |
Sat 27 Nov 2021
Episode 12: Recipe book throwbacks
Chyvonne Emile is currently listening to Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina, written by Georgina Pazcoguin. We hear her impressions of the Audiobook. We also chat about recipe audiobooks!
00:25:39 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Episode 11: Audiobook highlights with Debbie Williams
Debbie Williams loves her fix of Audiobooks! She highlights her recommendation, Stay, by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Plus, we hit Pause or Play on The Dark Remains, By Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney.
00:24:59 |
Sat 13 Nov 2021
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