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AUDIE AWARDS Who Will Win 2023 Audie Awards®? See Finalists Announced By The Audio Publishers Association February 23, 2023  (VOXtra) - Finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards® - the premier awards program recognizing
distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment - were announced today by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), including the prestigious Audiobook of the Year and Best Male and Female Narrators. Excitement will build until winners in the 26 categories are named and honored at the Audie Awards Gala on March 28. That event will be streamed live to the public from Chelsea Piers' Pier Sixty in New York City.
"The Audio Publishers Association congratulates all of this year's finalists," says
Ana Maria Allessi, President of the APA. "This year's finalists
are representative of the immense talent in the audiobook community and
beyond," she adds. "From the recently crowned EGOT recipient Viola Davis to
Grammy-winner Paul Simon to audiobook luminaries like
Soneela Nankani and Edoardo Ballerini, we're proud of these
multi-hyphenates who are helping shape the medium. We look forward to
celebrating all of them at the March 28 gala."
Among the finalists are: AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR The 1619 Project Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine Edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein Narrated by Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy,
Claudia Rankine, Nikky Finney, Janina Edwards, Dorothy Roberts, Shayna
Small, Terrance Hayes, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Yusef Komunyakaa, Eve L.
Ewing, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Reginald
Dwayne Betts, Erin Miles, Dominic Hoffman, Adenrele Ojo, Matthew
Desmond, Tyehimba Jess, Tim Seibles, Jamelle Bouie, Cornelius Eady,
Minka Wiltz, Martha S. Jones, Darryl Pinckney, ZZ Packer, Carol
Anderson, Tracy K. Smith, Evie Shockley, Bryan Stevenson, William
DeMeritt, Jasmine Mans, Trymaine Lee, A. Van Jordan, Yaa Gyasi, Linda
Villarosa, Danez Smith, Terry McMillan, Anthea Butler, Rita Dove,
Camille T. Dungy, Wesley Morris, Natasha Trethewey, Joshua Bennett,
Chanté McCormick, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Ron Butler,
Kevin M. Kruse, Bahni Turpin, Gregory Pardlo, Ibram X. Kendi, JD
Jackson, Jason Reynolds, and Sonia Sanchez Published by Penguin Random House Audio
Finding Me Written and narrated by Viola Davis Published by HarperAudio
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon By Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam Narrated by Paul Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam Published by Pushkin Industries
Remarkably Bright Creatures By Shelby Van Pelt Narrated by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie Published by HarperAudio
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Adapted by Tyler English-Beckwith Based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez Narrated by DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, Jerrie
Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, Rhian Rees, Karen Malina
White, Román Zaragoza, Alex Ubokudom, John Stewart, Blake Cooper
Griffin, Tim DeKay, Katherine McNamara, Kate Steele, Matthew
Wolf, André Sogliuzzo, and Saundra McClain Published by Podium Audio
BEST FEMALE NARRATOR Joniece Abbott-Pratt for Nightcrawling By Leila Mottley
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
January LaVoy for Thistlefoot By GennaRose Nethercott Published by Penguin Random House Audio
Stephanie Németh-Parker for NSFW By Isabel Kaplan Published by Macmillan Audio
Thandiwe Newton for War and Peace By Leo Tolstoy Translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude Published by Audible Studios
Rosamund Pike for The Eye of the World By Robert Jordan Published by Macmillan Audio
BEST MALE NARRATOR Edoardo Ballerini for The Silent Sisters By Robert Dugoni Published by Brilliance Publishing
Scott Brick for Narrator By Landon Beach Published by Brick by Brick Audiobooks
JD Jackson for The Violin Conspiracy By Brendan Slocumb Published by Penguin Random House Audio Seth Numrich for Fairy Tale By Stephen King Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
John Pirhalla for Sleepwalk By Dan Chaon Published by Macmillan Audio
TO SEE ALL FINALISTS, GALA TICKETS & MORE ... To see the finalists in all categories, visit: www.audiopub.org/2023audieawards-finalists And for more about the March 28 Audies Gala and in-person tickets to the event, visit: The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is a
not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote
awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry
statistics, encourage high production standards and
represent the interests of audiobook publishers. Since 1986, the APA
has worked to bring audio publishers together to increase interest in
audiobooks. For more information about the APA,
visit www.audiopub.org. |
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