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
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 274
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 113: Reviewing Britney Spears' Memoir, The Woman in Me
Karen and Theresa of CELA, the Center for Equitable Library Access, join us for another book review, this time for the highly-anticipated memoir, The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears.
And later, Aam…
00:55:34 |
Sat 04 Nov 2023
Episode 112: Reviewing Success by Martin Amos with Dave Brown
Dave Brown, of the world-famous NOW with Dave Brown, which airs live weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern on AMI-tv, joins us for an in-depth review of Success by Martin Amos (where our quote of the week is fr…
00:56:00 |
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Episode 111: Our Thriller/mystery and non-fiction recommendations
This week, we finally take a moment to present our own book recommendations, in the thriller/mystery and non-fiction categories. On the second half of the show, Greg David, Communications Specialist …
00:55:00 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
Episode 110: Why do we read horror?
Karen and Theresa make their monthly appearance on the show. This time, we discuss the many reasons why so many people read horror. Why do we willingly want to feel fear and discomfort? There’s a lot…
00:56:00 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Episode 109: Plot, writing, characters and setting
This week, Ramya and Jacob convene with the book club to have an in depth discussion on what specifically makes a book enjoyable. Everyone shares their ranking of the following 4 elements in order of…
00:55:52 |
Sat 07 Oct 2023
Episode 108: The Invisible Life of Addy Leroux
We’ll actually make an effort to live up to this show’s name and review a book for once.
The invisible Life of Addy Leroux, by V.E. Schwab, is what we’re reviewing today with the help of fellow boo…
00:55:32 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Episode 107: Avid Readers & Rapid Fire Reviews
On today’s episode, two avid readers are coming on to discuss their recent reading adventures. Karen Magee, Content Development Specialist at AMI is first, followed by Jennie Bovard of the Low Vision…
00:57:36 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Episode 106: 50 Shades of Taboo
The meat of this episode is our Know your Narrator chat with Sara Hillis, she features long time, legendary narrator, George Guidall. And we touch base on taboos in Literature including 50 Shades of …
00:56:30 |
Sat 16 Sep 2023
Episode 105: Letters With Smokie
We speak with Rod Michalko and Dan Goodley, authors of Letters with Smokie, a collection of letters providing a lively exploration of human-animal relationships and space to interrogate disability as…
00:55:50 |
Sat 09 Sep 2023
Episode 104: Provocative, Edgy and Taboo Literature
We introduce a new member to the Audiobook family and discuss books that are purposely provocative, edgy, and explore taboo topics. Also, we're back with our monthly CELA Talk with Karen McKay and Th…
00:55:47 |
Sat 02 Sep 2023
Episode 103: Pulitzer Prize Winners
Aamer Khan features three Pulitzer Prize Winners, books focusing on important, melancholic times in history, where the main characters are on a journey to change the times.
00:26:02 |
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Episode 102: Cozy Mysteries
On today's episode:
Bill Shackleton, a live reporter at AMI, brings us up to speed on cozy mysteries. This is a genre of light, dip your toes in, small town vibe mystery stores.
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Sat 19 Aug 2023
Episode 101: Know Your Narrator - Kevin R. Free
On Know Your Narrator, Sara Hillis features the 2023 Audiofile Magazine Golden Voice, Kevin R. Free, whose voice is on over 450 fiction, non-fiction, children's, and adult books.
00:26:01 |
Sat 12 Aug 2023
Episode 100: Obama's Booklist
We discuss Obama's Booklist with Karen McKay and Theresa Power from the Centre for Equitable Library Access, getting into why his booklists are unique, how they're curated, and why he continues to re…
00:26:01 |
Sat 05 Aug 2023
Episode 99: Amnesia, Oxford and Pakistan
Aamer Khan brings us his book reviews of July, including My Oxford year by Julia Whelan, a title he’s giving a standing ovation to
00:26:01 |
Sat 29 Jul 2023
Episode 98: The Nameless Restaurant
Ryan Hooey is back to recommend one of his favourite listens this year, The Nameless Restaurant: A Cozy Cooking Fantasy, by Tao Wong.
00:26:01 |
Sat 22 Jul 2023
Episode 97: Jean Little
We welcome Meagan Gillmore, Host of the Connecting Disability podcast on AMI, to discuss her favourite children's author, Jean LIttle.
Plus, we hit Pause or Play on the title Snow Road Station, By El…
00:27:18 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Episode 96: Know Your Narrator - Marin Ireland
Sara Hillis introduces us to this month's Know Your Narrator, Marin Ireland, one of the 2023 Audiofile Magazine Golden Voices.
00:26:01 |
Sat 08 Jul 2023
Episode 95: Summer reads
Let's continue understanding why we choose summer reads as summer reads, with Karen McKay and Theresa Power from the Centre for Equitable Library Access.
00:26:02 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Episode 94: Aamer’s Summer Reads
Aamer Khan breaks down our book preferences into what's Comfortable, what's expected, and what's still to come. We chat through our own nostalgic reads, go-to series, and the books we’re willing to p…
00:26:00 |
Sat 24 Jun 2023
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