When the Williamstown Theatre Festival shuttered its doors for the summer due to the pandemic, they called Kate Navin, Audible Theatre’s Artistic Producer, to collaborate on an all-audio version of its season instead. The New York Times shares the story.
In a strange and turbulent year, stories helped us find solace and joy and made us feel more connected. We’ve compiled a few of the ways in which our creators, listeners, neighbors and employees came together globally.
Our studios teams around the globe have discovered new ways to produce original content and support talent during Covid-19, including facilitating at-home recording kits, remote productions, virtual narration classes and new collaborations.
When Peruvian officials asked if they could air Audible Stories on their public radio to help students during Covid-19, our International Public Policy Director Brian Andrews leaped into action. He shares how the initiative came to fruition.
Audible is offering Samantha Allen’s informative and hilarious memoir of her transgender journey, “M to (WT)F,” for free to all throughout Transgender Awareness Week.
Audible and DC celebrated the launch of “The Sandman” with social campaign #DrawnFromTheDreaming, transforming over 100 celebrity- and fan-submitted dreams into personalized comic art illustrated by top DC artists.
Audible Plus, a brand-new all-you-can-listen service, is now available in preview. It provides unlimited access to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts that span genres, listening lengths and formats.
Irish author Niamh Campbell was recognized among a distinguished shortlist for her modern love story, “Love Many,” winning this year’s coveted The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.
This August, Audible is introducing short original fiction audio-only titles by acclaimed writers such as Tayari Jones and André Aciman that can be easily enjoyed in one sitting.
Simply ask, “Alexa, what’s free from Audible?” to have that month’s free listen streaming on any Alexa device. For July, listeners can dive into history with the six-hour Audible Original Great Courses, “Great Figures of the Civil Rights Movement.”
When a country-wide stay-at-home order went in place in Italy in March, Audible Italy moved quickly to create A Casa Con Audible, an offering of free audio entertainment and enrichment to anyone who wanted to listen.
Kevin Hart is following up his New York Times best seller “I Can’t Make This Up”, with “The Decision: Overcoming Today’s BS for Tomorrow’s Success.” Set to debut exclusively on Audible on May 21, 2020.