All But the Kitchen SYNC
Curious City is selecting the new titles for the fourth summer of FREE audiobook downloads from SYNC YA Literature Into Your Earphones. So many tremendous listens to choose from! We are also awash in colorful design work from Marty Braun Design as we get materials ready for our publisher partners at ALA Midwinter. Share...
Read MoreArmored Bears and MP3’s: Curious City Blogging for IRA
Delighted to have been asked to write about my audiobook evangelism for the International Reading Association’s ENGAGE Blog. “Why do I devote each summer to facilitating the experience of listening to young adult audiobooks through the SYNC program? Because audiobooks nearly ruined my summer wedding. True, my evangelism for Listening Library’s production of Philip Pullman’s THE GOLDEN COMPASS was renowned, but the bride should not have to tromp outside to locate her mother alone and wide-eyed in a parked car. A worried rap on the window (was she...
Read MoreSYNC YA Lit Into Your Earphones
Why not listen to lit? Curious City is proud to have partnered with AudioFile Magazine to create and manage SYNC, an audience building literacy project for Young Adult and Classic/Required Reading audiobooks. We have not only built a list of 20 FREE audiobooks that will be available in the Summer of 2012, but have created a complete promotional tool kit to allow librarians, educators, literacy folks, and bloggers to spread the good news to teens and other listeners. SYNC YA Literature into Your Earphones 2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week June 14 – August 22,...
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