“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation.” ~ Chinese Proverb 

June is Audio Book Month!  Right here, right now, lest we forget, we need to acknowledge the folks who bring enlightenment, entertainment and enjoyment to our lives all through audio books. During those laboriously long 8- 12 hour trips in the car what did we ever do with ourselves before the days of “books on tape”? 

This spring on All Things Fulfilling, we have celebrated the IPPYS, the EVVYs and the Ben Franklin Awards. But “What about the AUDIES?” I can hear the fans of “books on tape” screaming, lofty and loud! 

Books in 28 categories were nominated for the 2011 AUDIE Awards.  The list of all those in contention for the prize is lengthy, so we will name just a few of the outstanding award winners: 

• Life: Keith Richards (Hachette Audio) http://bit.ly/1vTiYh
• Art (L.A. Theatre Works) http://bit.ly/iQRXoj
• Saint Joan (Blackstone Audio Books) http://bit.ly/kf5Hoa
• NPR: The First Forty Years (HighBridgeAudio) http://bit.ly/leLeSN
• Buy In: Saving your Good Idea from Being Shot Down (Brilliance Audio) http://bit.ly/kNGU0q
• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion & Purpose (Hachette Audio) http://bit.ly/1vTiYh
• One Crazy Summer (Recorded Books) http://bit.ly/1bCc5D
• Judy Moody & Stink (Brilliance Audio) http://bit.ly/kNGU0q
• Chapters from My Autobiography: Mark Twain (Audio Go) http://bit.ly/jPt1TB

There are many, many more prize-winning selections. To see the entire list of 2011 AUDIE award winners, please visit

http://www.theaudies.com/ 

Uh, oh! ….Who is that I hear now? It’s RITA! She wants her award winners mentioned too! I don’t know, though. Her awards aren’t really focused on independent writers. But, you know RITA, she is the drama queen. When she doesn’t get her own way, she can get pretty melodramatic, fiery and steamed-up. We will see what we can do…. maybe some other day when you are all ready to listen.

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