Books of the year AUDIOBOOK
WINNER LA BELLE SAUVAGE: THE BOOK OF DUST PHILIP PULLMAN (AUTHOR), MICHAEL SHEEN (NARRATOR) PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE UK AUDIO
Described as "the best piece of narration I’ve ever heard", the audiobook edition of La Belle Sauvage enthralled this year’s judges thanks to Michael Sheen’s exemplary narratory skills. Pullman himself chose Sheen to read La Belle Sauvage, which returns to the world of the His Dark Materials trilogy, then worked with the actor to ensure the various accents and pronunciations were performed correctly. Penguin Random House knew it would have to reach beyond Pullman’s
core fanbase to attract typical audiobook buyers—who are generally younger, male and more urban than those who buy physical books—and Sheen’s star power was a key asset in their campaign. Marketing and communications manager Helena Sheffield worked with PRH Children’s and the US publishing team to co-ordinate a narrator announcement two months before publication, and shared footage of Sheen in the recording studio with the Guardian and E! Online. They also hired Creative Fix to produce a bespoke trailer, including
an extract, which was used in a digital radio advertising campaign on podcasts, digital radio and Spotify. La Belle Sauvage reached number one in the Audible chart and spent three months in the top 40. Sheen was also nominated for Narrator of the Year at the 2017 Audio Production Awards.
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SHORTLIST
WITH THANKS TO: AUDIBLE
HOW NOT TO BE A BOY ROBERT WEBB (AUTHOR AND NARRATOR) AUDIBLE Webb wrote and narrated this audiobook, which looks at his upbringing and the expectations society places on men and boys.
KID NORMAL GREG JAMES AND CHRIS SMITH (AUTHORS AND NARRATORS) W F HOWES/
NUDGED AUDIOBOOKS W F Howes showed its commitment to libraries with the publication of Kid Normal by sending promotional material to hundreds of libraries in the UK and the Commonwealth.
THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNERS 2018
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (AUTHOR), STEPHEN FRY (NARRATOR) AUDIBLE Stephen Fry’s curation of the Sherlock Holmes canon was Audible’s bestselling audiobook title of 2017.
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE GAIL HONEYMAN (AUTHOR), CATHLEEN MCCARRON (NARRATOR) HARPERFICTION HarperCollins sold more than 30,000 copies of its audiobook edition of Eleanor Oliphant . . ., which was included in LoveAudio, the cross- industry audiobook promotional campaign.
THE GIRL BEFORE J P DELANEY (AUTHOR), EMILIA FOX, FINTY WILLIAMS, LISE AAGAARD KNUDSEN (NARRATORS) QUERCUS FICTION Quercus worked with iTunes and Audible to promote The Girl Before for more than 10 months before publication, which helped to boost pre-orders.
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