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Harper Audio Presents
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The podcast that celebrates all-things Audiobooks – Whether we're chatting with authors and narrators, playing games and giving away prizes, or sharing clips of the best new audiobooks, HarperAudio Presents aims to highlight the fun in the world of audiobooks. New episodes every other Wednesday.
Episodes
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S2E20: Best of 2019
We’re wrapping up the season and the year by taking a look back at our favorite audiobooks from 2019! Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 Want the great audiobooks we talked about in this episode? Get your copy here: A Series of Unfortunate Events...
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S2E19: HOLIDAY ROMANCE (with Jill Shalvis & Sarah Morgan)
Seasons Greetings! We're bringing good tidings and interviews with Holiday Romance authors Jill Shalvis and Sarah Morgan! Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 Available Now: Wrapped Up In You by Jill Shalvis:...
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S2E18: The A-List Episode (with Scott Sherratt)
We bring in the big names for this A-List episode with audiobook clips read by Tom Hanks, Demi Moore, and Debbie Harry. Plus, audiobook director and producer Scott Sherratt sits down for an interview. Subscribe to the podcast here…
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S2E17: Joe Hill
We get in the Halloween spirit with horror and sci-fi author Joe Hill, who’s thrilling short story collection FULL THROTTLE is on-sale now! Subscribe to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp%E2%80%A6nts/id806303320 Joe chats about how his family would record audiobooks for...
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S2E16: Difficult Language (with Robin Miles)
We celebrate audiobooks with complex language by interviewing narrator Robin Miles about her experience reading the late Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon. We also pit the author of the upcoming The Gentleman’s Guide To Getting Lucky Mackenzi Lee against the book’s narrator Christian Coulson, in a...
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S2E15: The Narrator Super Friends
Three fantastic audiobook narrators and real life friends, Graham Halstead, Saskia Maarleveld, and Brittany Pressley share their insight on getting into the world of professional audiobook narration. The Super Friends talk about tips and tricks to a good performance, how they broke into the...
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S2E14: Kristen Meinzer
Host of "By The Book" and author of "So You Want To Start A Podcast," Kristen Meinzer joins the pod for an interview about the questions you need to ask when starting a podcast, why vocal fry is a myth, and how to perfect the midwestern accent. Then, stick around to hear Kristen narrate the…
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S2E13: Puss In Boots (with Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman, & Khristine Hvam)
The creative team behind PUSS IN BOOTS (Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman, and Khristine Hvam) join the pod for an interview about the creative process, creating audiobook musicals like Puss In Boots, how to be a better singer, and more! Plus they take on the Harper Audio Presents Grab Bag! Then…
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S2E12: RWA Roundtable and Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton Series, joins the pod to talk about her M.O. as a writer of romance, her time as a contestant on The Weakest Link, and more! Plus she plays a round of the dreaded Self-Awareness Game. Then, it's a romance author roundtable featuring conversations about the...
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S2E11: Josh Gondelman
Josh Gondelman joins the show to talk about his new book of essays NICE TRY, what it's like to bomb on stage, the joys of 90s movie soundtracks, and much more. Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 Enter the Kristen Meinzer Podcast Coaching Session...
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S2E10: Four Letter Words
We take a look at books with “four letter words” and lots of asterisks in their titles, in the form of Listening Party and Word Nerd segments! Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 Enter to WIN the Listening Party here:...
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S2E9: Science Fiction (with James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth)
We explore new sci-fi titles and interview the authors of THE BRINK, James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth! Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth chat about the type of sci-fi they like, performing accents for the THE...
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S2E8: One For the Fans (with Dorothea Benton Frank & Susan Mallery)
We interview two authors who know how to treat their fans, Dorothea Benton Frank and Susan Mallery! Subscribe to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harp…nts/id806303320 Dorothea Benton Frank chats with us from the “Dorothea Benton Frank Fanfest 2019,” about Low Country living and her...
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S2E7: Nexus (with Sasha Alsberg)
We interview Sasha Alsberg, co-author of Nexus. Subscribe to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harper-audio-presents/id806303320 Lindsay Cummings and Sasha Alsberg follow their bestselling sci-fi space adventure Zenith with the final entry to their Androma Saga, Nexus. Sasha...
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S2E6: Life Becomes Art (with Juliet Grames and Catherine Chung)
Authors Juliet Grames (The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna) and Catherine Chung (The Tenth Muse) discuss infusing family history into their work, how pregnancy changed their writing, and more. Then they play a new game called Spoiler Alerts. Subscribe to the pod here:...
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S2E5: All About Vinyl (with Nikki Giovanni)
The HarperAudio team has a LISTENING PARTY featuring audiobooks on vinyl, and you can play at home for a chance to win them all! See the official rules for how to enter, here: http://harperaudio.hc.com/apr19listeningparty/ Subscribe to the pod here:...
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S2E4: Riverdish (with Ryan Bloomquist and Sam Gold)
It's a pod-crossover, as we chat with the authors of Riverdish, Ryan Bloomquist and Sam Gold! Subscribe to the pod here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harpe…ents/id806303320 It's a book based on a podcast based on a tv show based on a comic strip. It sounds confusing, but it's actually just fun....
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S2E3: The Listening Party! (with Greg Iles)
We chat with author Greg Iles, and give our audience a chance to win free audiobooks in the Listening Party! Subscribe to the pod here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320 Then HarperAudio team members Beth and Nathan join to walk the listeners through our first...
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S2E2: Romance (with Lisa Kleypas and Mary Jane Wells)
Love is in the air as we chat with romance author Lisa Kleypas and romance narrator Mary Jane Wells! Subscribe to the pod here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320 First, Andrew chats with Lisa Kleypas, the author of DEVIL's DAUGHTER. Lisa talks about being...
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S2E1: Own Voices (With Jerry Craft and Bahni Turpin)
On the season 2 premier we celebrate Own Voices with Jerry Craft and Bahni Turpin! Subscribe to our podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harperaudio-presents/id806303320 First, Andrew chats with Jerry Craft, the author and illustrator of NEW KID. They talk about how the graphic novel...
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Gemma Hartley on FED UP
Our guest this week on the pod is Gemma Hartley, the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward. Gemma Hartley is a writer, reporter, and author. In September 2017, Gemma wrote an article that went viral, titled Women Aren’t Nags – We’re Just Fed Up. That article was viewed by...
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Robin Whitten and AudioFile's Best of 2018
At the year's end we chat with Robin Whitten, the editor and founder of AudioFIle Magazine, and one of the voices on their new audiobook review podcast "Behind The Mic." We talk about starting AudioFile, the growth of the audiobook industry and where it will go int he future, and so much more....
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Jonathan Lethem and Zosia Mamet on THE FERAL DETECTIVE
Actress and narrator Zosia Mamet takes over hosting duties this week, interviewing author Jonathan Lethem about his latest novel THE FERAL DETECTIVE. Stick around after the interview, as we give you a sneak peak of the audiobook, with Zosia narrating! Subscribe to HarperAudio Presents on...
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Halloween Special: Hester Fox on THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL
For our special Halloween episode, we sat down with the debut author of THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL, Hester Fox. Hester chats about her background in museums, why she likes writing in public, why wallpaper made her life difficult, and more!
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Sean Parnell on MAN OF WAR
The podcast returns with author of MAN OF WAR and co-founder of the American Warrior Initiative, Sean Parnell Sean talks about his move from non-fiction to fiction, his aim to make Eric Steele a new hero worth looking up to, the differences between how American military and other foreign…
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Jim DeFelice explores the Pony Express in WEST LIKE LIGHTNING
Jim DeFelice joins the podcast to discuss his new book about the history of the Pony Express, WEST LIKE LIGHTNING. Jim talks about how screwed up congress was during that period of time, just how good of a horse rider you had to be to get a job with the Pony Express, who talked him into writing a...
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Christopher Moore on NOIR
Christopher Moore returns to the podcast to discuss his latest sarcastically satiric novel, NOIR Christopher discusses how Bugs Bunny influenced Noir, talks about his goal to write books that he’d like to read while in the bathtub, plays a game of “what’s my agenda?” and much more. San Francisco....
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Elizabeth Acevedo on THE POET X
Elizabeth Acevedo joins the podcast to chat about her new novel-in-verse, The Poet X Elizabeth discusses a range of topics including how The Poet X is both her story and a universal coming of age for young girls, her experience of discovering poetry at a young age, the process of going from…
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Nikki Giovanni on A GOOD CRY
Nikki GIovanni joins the podcast to chat about her new collection of poetry A GOOD CRY In the interview Nikki chats about recording her older poems, the feeling that we don't cry enough, women in religion, and much more. In A Good Cry, Nikki takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and...
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A Clip From MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS read by Kenneth Branagh
A Clip From MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS read by Kenneth Branagh by Harper Audio Presents
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Tim O'Reilly on WTF?
This week Ana Maria Allessi sits down with O’Reilly Media founder and author of WTF?, Tim O’Reilly. They discuss how technology platforms can show us how to deal with economic inequality, what Uber and Lyft teach us about cognitive augmentation in jobs, Tim’s experience with policy makers, and so...
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Armistead Maupin on LOGICAL FAMILY
This week we sit down with the legendary author of Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin to discuss his memoir Logical Family Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family," the people he could call his own....
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Sally Quinn on FINDING MAGIC
This week’s episode features author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington Insider, Sally Quinn. In FINDING MAGIC, Sally Quinn speaks frankly about her varied, provocative spiritual experiences—from her Southern family of Presbyterians and psychics, to voodoo lessons from…
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Katy Tur on UNBELIEVABLE
Katy Tur is a broadcast journalist and the NBC News correspondent who was tasked with following Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In her new book, UNBELIEVABLE, Tur recounts her experience on the campaign trail. From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his...
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An Excerpt of SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari
Rounding out our Summer of Excerpts is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and read by Derek Perkins Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago...
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An Excerpt from SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi
Another installment of our Summer of Excerpts, this week we feature the audiobook of SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi and performed by Kate Simses. The gripping first installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series. One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette...
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An Excerpt From NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US by Stephanie Powell Watts
Continuing our Summer of Excerpts, this week’s episode features the audiobook NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US by Stephanie Powell Watts, and performed by Janina Edwards. It’s THE GREAT GATSBY brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American…
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An Excerpt From HUNGER by Roxane Gay
Continuing our Summer of Excerpts, this week's episode features the audiobook of Hunger by Roxane Gay. From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. You can...
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An Excerpt of DUNKIRK by Joshua Levine
This week on the pod, we listen to an exciting clip from the audiobook of DUNKIRK by Joshua Levine, and performed by Jonathan Keeble The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them…
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An Excerpt of THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn
On this week's episode, we listen to a clip from the audiobook of THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn, and performed by Saskia Maarleveld In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France…
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An Excerpt of PAX by Sara Pennypacker
On this week’s episode, we listen to a clip from the audiobook version of PAX by Sara Pennypacker. The story of a boy and his pet Fox, separated by war, this beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the essential truths that define us and the devastating costs of war, is destined to...
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Mary Kubica On EVERY LAST LIE
When Mary Kubica introduced the suspense element to her writing with The Good Girl, she knew she had found her style. Now a Master of Suspense, Mary Kubica weaves her most chilling thriller to date in Every Last Lie - one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that...
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Megan Whalen Turner on THICK AS THIEVES
Megan Whalen Turner's favorite thing about being a writer is that she can give away her creative output while still keeping it on a shelf at home. Her Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations, battles, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and…
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Jodi Lynn Anderson on MIDNIGHT AT THE ELECTRIC
Jodi Lynn Anderson’s MIDNIGHT AT THE ELECTRIC tell the story of three women – two from different eras of the early 20th century, one from the future – being linked both by their actions and a “very long-lived tortoise.” Anderson says that she likes “to write about magic that’s very realistic,”...
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Jamie Harrison on THE WIDOW NASH
Jamie Harrison sets her novel in 1905 Livingston Montana because, contrary to popular belief, it was a place of sophistication and flux similar to our world today. THE WIDOW NASH is about a woman who reinvents herself under a new identity. It poses the question, is this cowardice or courage?...
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Daniel Wallace's EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES
Daniel Wallace believes his protagonist in EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES, Edsel Bronfman, is the first character he's ever created who "can exist outside the covers of the book." Wallace discusses his new "coming-of-age-late" novel and talks about finding underlying messages in his works after the…
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Susan Burton on BECOMING MS. BURTON
Susan Burton tells HarperAudio Presents that lectures and appearances are familiar territory, something she had to master as founder and Executive Director of “A New Way Of Life.” But now they’re in the service of her first book, a memoir entitled “Becoming Ms. Burton.” Burton intends the…
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Lisa Ko talks about THE LEAVERS
Lisa Ko’s debut novel THE LEAVERS takes a poignant look at the detainment of undocumented immigrants and the devastating emotional effects it has on their American-born children, who often end up being adopted by families outside of their background. Lisa discusses the novel, her background as a...
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Laura McBride Discusses 'ROUND MIDNIGHT
"I’ll quit next week" became Laura McBride's motto when her life became too difficult and too busy for writing. The irresistible project was 'Round Midnight, the story of four very different women whose lives come together after sixty years. The setting for their interaction is Las Vegas…
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Benjamin Ludwig and GINNY MOON
Benjamin Ludwig's debut novel GINNY MOON revolves around the title character, a fourteen-year-old girl adopted from the foster care system who is plotting an escape. Ludwig's own daughter is autistic and was adopted as a pre-teen by Benjamin and his wife, though the similarities between her and...
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The podcast that celebrates all-things Audiobooks – Whether we're chatting with authors and narrators, playing games and giving away prizes, or sharing clips of the best new audiobooks, HarperAudio Presents aims to highlight the fun in the world of audiobooks. New episodes every other Wednesday.
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The podcast that celebrates all-things Audiobooks – Whether we're chatting with authors and narrators, playing games and giving away prizes, or sharing clips of the best new audiobooks, HarperAudio Presents aims to highlight the fun in the world of audiobooks. New episodes every other Wednesday.
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