2018 SOVAS Nominations!

2018 SOVAS Nominations!

The Society of Voice Arts Award Nominees have been announced for 2018 and we are once again so excited to some familiar titles! We’ve had the honor of working on some truly amazing audiobooks this past year and it is wonderful to see these narrators and authors get the attention they deserve. We are especially excited to see 2 nominations for Spanish language titles we produced this year!

A big thank you to Blackstone Audio, Brilliance Audio, Shira Block, Macmillan Audio, Podium Publishing, and Lyric Audio for entrusting us with these productions, and a huge congratulations to all the narrators. We love working with you all!

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Best Sci-FI VO Narration — Mass Effect: Initiation // Blackstone Audio // Narrated by Fryda Wolff // Recording

Best Sci-Fi VO Narration — Borne // Blackstone Audio // Narrated by Bahni Turpin // Recording

Best Author Performance — Limerence // Glendale Press Audio // Narrated by Catherine Hunter // Post-Production

Best Thriller VO Narration — Don’t Let Go // Brilliance Audio // Narrated by Steven Webber // Recording

Best Business/Education VO Narration — Campaigning for Clean Air // Author’s Republic // Narrated by Pamela Almand // Post-Production

Best Teens VO Narration — Children of Blood and Bone // Macmillan Audio // Narrated by Bahni Turpin // Full Production

Best Classics VO Narration — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea // Blackstone Audio // Narrated by David Linski // Recording

Best Fiction VO Narration — Next Year in Havana // Blackstone Audio // Narrated by Frankie Corzo & Kyla Garcia // Recording

Best Romance VO Narration — Taking Turns // Oh My Books // Narrated by Tad Bransen, Joe Arden, Ava Erickson, and Sebastian York // Recording

Best Romance VO Narration — Part-Time Lover // Lauren Blakely Books // Narrated by Shae East and Grace Grant // Post-Production

Best Spanish VO Narration — La batalla por el paraiso: Puerto Rico y el Capitalismo Del Desastre // Blackstone Audio // Narrated by Valentina Latyna // Full Production

Best Spanish VO Narration — Una Arruga en el Tiempo // Brilliance Audio // Narrated by Susana Ballesteros // Full Production

4 Audie Wins in 2018!

4 Audie Wins in 2018!

Deyan Audio would like to extend a huge congratulations to all the talented narrators, engineers, producers, and audiobook professionals who were recognized at the 2018 Audies Award ceremony last night. You can check out all the winners on AudioFile here.

We'd like to give a special shout out to the following titles which we he had the honor of working on this past year. Thank you to the publishers for entrusting us with these projects and thank you to the narrators for your tireless and always amazing work!

The Hate U Give

  • Winner 'Best Female Narrator'

  • Winner 'Best Young Adult'

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

  • Winner 'Best Fiction'

Restart

  • Winner 'Best Multi-Voiced Performance'


ALA Odyssey Award Announced!

ALA Odyssey Award Announced!

Each year, the American Library Association gives out the prestigious Odyssey award to one deserving audiobook production. The award is given to "the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States" and is decided by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of ALA, and is sponsored by Booklist magazine.

We'd like to say that we couldn't believe the news when we found out that we produced this year's Odyssey winner, but then again, Bahni Turpin's stellar production in this title has been getting fantastic recognition all year long. A humongous round of applause for her performance in The Hate U Give, this year's Odyssey winner, and a huge thank you to Caitlin Garing at HarperAudio for entrusting us with this production.

We were very honored to discover we worked on 2 of the runner ups as well:

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, read by Michael Sheen for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio Publishing

A Boy Called Christmas, read by Stephen Fry for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio Publishing

A big round of applause to these narrators as well and more thank yous to Penguin Random House for getting to work on these exciting projects.

You can see the full list of honorees here.

 

2018 Audie Finalists Announced

2018 Audie Finalists Announced

The APA announced this year's Audie finalists today! Considered one of the highest honors in the audiobook community, for the past 23 years the Audie Awards have recognized the hard-working narrators and awesome projects we all get to enjoy in our earbuds as we go about our day. With awards in 27 different categories, there's something for everybody to love. Who knows, your next favorite listen may be among them...

Deyan Audio is proud to have participated in the production of 14 nominations this past year, a new record for us! Congratulations to all the narrators, authors, and publishers, without whom none of this would be possible. We can't recommend the following audiobooks highly enough:

 

 

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Narrated by Paula Poundstone - Tantor / Highbridge

(Nominated for Audiobook of the Year AND Best Humor)

The Hate U Give - Narrated by Bahni Turpin - Harper Audio

(Nominated for Best Female Narrator AND Best Young Adult)

Getting There - Narrated by Jorjeana Marie, Renee Ruiz, and Alex Hyde-White - Novel Audio

(Nominated for Best Business / Personal Development)

His Alone - Narrated by Summer Morton and Jay Crow - Harlequin Audio

(Nominated for Best Erotica)

Taking Turns - Narrated by Ava Erickson, Sebastian York, Tad Branson, and Joe Arden - Oh My Audiobooks

(Nominated for Best Erotica) 

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Narrated by Cathleen McCarron - Penguin Audio

(Nominated for Best Fiction)

Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud - Narrated by January LaVoy - Graymalkin Media

(Nominated for Best History / Biography)

Refugee - Narrated by Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, and Assaf Cohen - Scholastic Audio

(Nominated for Best Middle Grade)

Restart - Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramon de Ocampo, Andy Paris, Suzy Jackson, Graham Halstead, and John Kroft - Recorded Books

(Nominated for Best Multi-Voiced Performance)

Don't Let Go - Narrated by Stephen Weber - Brilliance

(Nominated for Best Thriller / Mystery)

Disappeared - Narrated by Roxana Ortega and Christian Barillas - Scholastic Audio

(Nominated for Best Young Adult)

Mother Bruce - Narrated by Rob Dean - Weston Woods

(Nominated for Best Young Listeners)

 

Another round of congratulations to all involved! Check out the full list of finalists here.

More 'Best of 2017' Audiobook Love!

We love celebrating the New Year with good news! Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal Review both released their "Best Audiobooks of 2017" lists and we are delighted to see a few we worked on in our very own studios. Congratulations to all the narrators and publishers involved!

The Hate U Give - Narrated by Bahni Turpin for HarperAudio - Publishers Weekly: Best Audiobooks of 2017 (YA)

Refugee - Narrated by Assaf Cohen, Kyla Garcia, and Michael Goldstrom for Scholastic - Publishers Weekly: Best Audiobooks of 2017 (YA)

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Narrated by the author, Paula Poundstone for Tantor/Highbridge - Publishers Weekly: Best Audiobooks of 2017 (Nonfiction/Memoir)

Frogkisser - Narrated by Marisa Calin for Penguin Random House - Publishers Weekly: Best Audiobooks of 2017 (YA)

The Wangs Vs. The World - Narrated by Nancy Wu for Recorded Books - Library Journal Review - Best Media 2017: Audiobooks

Looking to produce your next YA adventure? Are you an author interested in narrating your own memoir? Drop us a line and let's make an amazing audiobook in 2018!