Articles by Robin Whitten

This should come as no surprise to avid listeners, but audiobooks make great gifts! In the digital world, an audiobook gift can be an easy, quick “gift card” option,...

As part of AudioFile’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, we took a look back at all the listeners we have profiled in our signature “Listening With” photo essay...

Congratulations to all of the 2022 Audie Award winners! The competition for the annual awards given by the Audio Publishers Association is a year-long process that involves more...

When we think of the origins of storytelling, we often refer to Homer’s epic stories THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY. The classics were originally oral stories told as a way to...

June is Audiobook Month, and this year we welcome three new Golden Voices—Cassandra Campbell, Michael Crouch, and Soneela Nankani. Perhaps they need no introduction and...

Charles Dickens’s birthday on February 7 seemed like the perfect day to launch AudioFile’s new podcast, Audiobook Break. Taking the old idea of serializing novels...

Capping off weeks of planning and indeed a whole year of listening, we're thrilled to announce AudioFile’s 2020 Best Audiobooks. We feature the 51 titles in 9...

We've got listening time! A silver lining of these turbulent weeks may be that many of us have more time to listen to audiobooks. All of us at AudioFile are working remotely...

The 2020 Audie Awards Gala last week in NYC was a glittery celebration of the APA's annual awards given in 24 categories. Mo Rocca, “CBS Sunday Morning”...

We're in the midst of winter award season with the Golden Globes, Grammys, and Oscars getting a lot of focus. But in our AudioFile world, the American Library Association...

In three recent audiobooks of historic fiction, I found myself lured off to research real-life events and details in these stories. Each detour made the audiobooks even richer....

Audiobook publishers have been trying out new ideas in casting voices for several years. Some recent new releases showcase the creative ways producers are taking audiobooks...

Celebrating Audiobook Month in June has given us such a great opportunity to give special attention to the narrator luminaries of the audiobook world. Here at AudioFile, each...

One of the things I like best about doing my blog posts is the places I go. For the audiobooks I write about here, I follow a wide variety of breadcrumbs and chase bits of...

In the pink glow of stage lighting, the 2019 Audie Awards Gala, hosted by Tan France, Queer Eye fashion expert, dazzled a capacity crowd. The AudioFile editorial...

Maine. Beautiful. Cold, this time of year. Glorious in the summer. Maine is my home, and AudioFile's, and home to generations of extraordinary writers. Every time we review...

Audiobooks create an immersive and affecting way to understand and celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. His accomplishments will continue to resonate for...

Talking about the Best Audiobooks of the Year can't really be called a distraction, but for the last month we have given top priority to talking about these great titles. If...

As we worked on creating AudioFile's new podcast, Behind the Mic, we planned to have as many "voices" as possible to amplify our audiobook conversations. In our...

Each summer AudioFile celebrates audiobook narrators with a Maine clambake in Boothbay, Maine. Narrators come from across the country, and sometimes we even have an...

During the holiday week of America's Independence Day, along with the barbecue, clambake, and fireworks, add in a few audiobooks. Many of us celebrate with our...

Last night we attended the 2018 Audies Gala—AudioFile editor Francisca Goldsmith and I were decked out in our finest at the New-York Historical Society for the Audio...

Audiobook listeners know Jim Dale—the voice of Harry Potter, of course, with seven audiobooks and a Guinness World Record for the 146 voices in just  HARRY...

"Poetry lives everywhere," said Tracy K. Smith, teacher and writer and America's Poet Laureate, as she kicked off April's National Poetry Month a few weeks...

Each February we're pleased to find a crop of new audiobooks that chronicle Black History  and celebrate lives of African Americans. Two important history titles in our...

One of the great traditions of the season is the many live performances that families can attend. The glamour and excitement of dance events are my favorite. Two new audiobooks...