Maine Lit Fest Event - Day 11
AudioFile will present a dynamic LIVE Zoom discussion pairing two Maine authors with the narrators of their audiobooks. Featured authors and narrators are Paul Doiron (Pitch Dark) and his narrator Henry Leyva, narrator of many books in the Mike Bowditch crime series, and Morgan Talty (author of Fire Exit and Night of the Living Rez) and his narrator Darrell Dennis, narrator of both audiobooks.
The author-narrator interview led by Publisher Michele Cobb will offer a behind-the-mic glimpse into the collaborative process that brings excellent recordings to our ears. Listeners enthralled by the interplay of spoken word and written prose, will learn about the nuances and challenges of translating text into evocative audio experiences and have an opportunity to ask questions.
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Free event. Register for Zoom link.
Michele Cobb has served on the Audio Publishers Association board since 2001, as a director and officer, and is currently Executive Director. She is a partner at Forte Business Consulting, which provides Business Development services for the publishing industry, and she is Publisher of both AudioFile Magazine and MMB Media.
Darrell Dennis - coming soon.
Paul Doiron is the best-selling author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods. His first book, The Poacher’s Son, won the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award and was nominated for an Edgar for Best First Novel. His second, Trespasser, won the 2012 Maine Literary Award. His novelette “Rabid” was a finalist for the 2019 Edgar in the Best Short Story category. Paul’s twelfth book, Dead by Dawn won the New England Society’s 2022 Book Award for Fiction, as well as his second Maine Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the Barry Award. His books have been translated into 11 languages.
Paul is the former chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Editor Emeritus of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, and a Registered Maine Guide specializing in fly fishing.
Henry Leyva - coming soon.
Morgan Talty, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, is the author of the national bestselling and critically acclaimed story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, which won the New England Book Award, was a Finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, and is a Finalist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. His writing has appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, Talty’s work has been supported by the Elizabeth George Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts (2022). Talty is an Assistant Professor of English in Creative Writing and Native American and contemporary Literature at the University of Maine, Orono, and he is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in creative writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. Talty is also a Prose Editor at The Massachusetts Review. He lives in Levant, Maine.