The Audiobooks of the Year
The Audiobooks of the Year features the best in audio publishing - comprising of three categories – fiction, non-fiction, and children’s – the objective is to create a list showcasing the very best audiobooks, rather than simply audiobook versions of the best books.
The Audiobooks of the Year also highlights the benefits and advantages of the audiobook platform whether as a physical product, or as an opportunity to interact with literature electronically by downloading.
The judging panel are key figures from audio publishing, trade press and national media including The Times’ audiobook reviewer Christina Hardyment and prolific audio abridger Kati Nicholl. The panel’s selections are based on excellence in several criteria: quality of literary content, abridgement, reading, production value and sound quality.
Agile Marketing manages the retail promotion for the Audio Book of the Year, producing point of sale for instore displays, including - magazines, posters, FSDUs and stickers for the selected titles.
The 2010 Audiobooks promotion begins from July 5th, the selected titles are as follows:
FICTION:
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carre, read by Full Cast (BBC)
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, read by Juliet Stevenson (Naxos)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, read by Saul Reichlin (Whole Story Audio Books)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, read by Johanna Parker (Orion Audio)
The Long Song by Andrea Levy, read by Andrea Levy and Adrian Lester (Hachette Digital)
The Complaints by Ian Rankin, read by James Macpherson (Orion Audio)
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, read by Gareth Armstrong (Naxos)
Music and Silence by Rose Tremain, read by Michael Praed (Naxos)
Dead Tomorrow by Peter James, read by William Gaminara (Macmillan)
Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss, read by David Tennant (BBC)
Lenny Henry’s Othello by William Shakespeare, read by Full Cast (BBC)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, read by Dan Stevens (HarperCollins)
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend, read by Mark Hadfield (Whole Story Audio Books)
Animal Farm by George Orwell, read by Simon Callow (CSA Word)
NON-FICTION:
The Colonel of Tamarken – Philip Toosey and The Bridge on the River Kwai by Julie Summers, read by Anton Lesser (Chrome Audio)
The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr, read by Andrew Marr (Macmillan)
Thanks For Nothing by Jack Dee, read by Jack Dee (Random House)
POETRY:
From Shakespeare with Love by William Shakespeare, read by David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser et al. (Naxos)
CHILDREN’S:
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, read by Dan Stevens (HarperCollins)
Flood and Fang by Marcus Sedgwick, read by Martin Jarvis (Orion Audio)
For further information about the 2010 promotion please click here
A national poll to find the audiobook of the year from the 20 titles in the selection is currently running at www.audiobooks.co.uk/vote2010. Voting ends at midnight on 10th September. To see the top ten titles with the most votes on 12/08/2010 please Click here.
2010 logo and sticker artwork are available to download at the bottom of
the page.
Stickers, posters and magazines are available for the 2010 Best Audiobooks of the year. For a free allocation please contact
danielle@agile-ideas.com
The audio titles in the 2010 promotion
