I am briefly pausing my hiatus to spread the word about AudioFile SYNC, an annual free audiobook reading project of AudioFile Magazine in partnership with OverDrive and various audiobook publishers. For fourteen weeks starting April 29th (TODAY!) and ending August 4th, two titles each week are accesible and downloadable from the program. What's good is international readers can join in on the fun, too.
Here's how to get started with your SYNC audiobook reading:
Here’s the list of YA audiobooks available per week:
Week 1, April 29 - May 5, 2021
- Come on In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home edited by Adi Alsaid, read by Amielynn Abellera, Jonathan Todd Ross, Katherine Littrell, Leila Buck, Maria Liatis, Sneha Mathan
- Illegal by Francisco X Stork, read by Roxana Ortega and Christian Barillas
Week 2, May 6 - 12, 2021
- They Went Left by Monica Hesse, read by Caitlin Davies
- Trell by Dick Lehr, read by Bahni Turpin
Week 3, May 13 - 19, 2021
- Descendant of the Crane by Joan He, read by Nancy Wu
- Monkey by Wu Ch’êng-ên, translated by Arthur Waley, and read by Kenneth Williams
Week 4, May 20 - 26, 2021
- Alive by Scott Sigler, read by Colleen Delaney and a Full Cast
- What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt, read by Graham Halstead
Week 5, May 27 - June 2, 2021
- Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud, read by Sheldon “Shelley” Berman, David Cromer, Marge Kotlisky, Naana Potok, Malcolm Rothman, Jensen Wheeler
- Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom, read by Mawi Asgedom
Week 6, June 3 - 9, 2021
- Rook by Sharon Cameron, read by Caroline Feraday
- Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas, read by Jennifer Jill Araya
Week 7, June 10 - 16, 2021
- Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town by Allen Cheney and Julie Cantrell, read by Allen Cheney
- Extinction by Hannie Rayson, read by Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Darren Richardson, Joanne Whalley
Week 8, June 17 - 23, 2021
- Poemsia by Lang Leav, read by Saskia Maarlveveld
- This Is What I Know About Art by Kimberly Drew, read by Kimberly Drew
Week 9, June 24 - 30, 2021
- Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky, read by Agnes Borinsky
- Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith, read by Theo Germaine and Phoebe Strole
Week 10, July 1 - 7, 2021
- Dust by Kara Swanson, read by Natasha Soudek
- The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters, read by Michael Crouch and Nicole Wood
Week 11, July 8 - 14, 2021
- The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar, read by Priya Ayyar
- Saints and Misfitsby S.K. Ali, read by Ariana Delawari
Week 12, July 15 - 21, 2021
- The Ruinous Sweep by Tim Wynne-Jones, read by Tim Wynne-Jones
- The Body Snatcher and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Roy McMillan
Week 13, July 22 - 28, 2021
- Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, read by Emily Woo Zeller
- Spellsinger 1 by Alan Dean Foster, read by Terence Aselford and a Full Cast
Week 14, July 29 - August 4, 2021
- Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan, read by Michael Crouch
- Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout, read by Lauren Fortgang
That's it! For more info, you can visit their website, and while you are there go subscribe to their newsletter to keep you updated with their stuff.
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I'd love to hear from you!
Have you joined the SYNC program in the past? How was your experience? Are you going to join in this year? What are some of the audiobooks that you are planning to check out?
