Last night the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the winners of the 2023 Audie Awards®, and this year Dreamscape Media won in the Young Listeners category for The Skull by Jon Klassen, narrated by Fairuza Balk and Jon Klassen, and produced by Andy Jones.
For a complete list of the winners in all categories, click here.
The Audie Awards, according to the APA’s website, is “the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Out of numerous submissions from audio publishers and rights holders across the country, finalists for these awards are selected by a group of industry professionals chosen by the APA, and one winner is announced in each category.
In The Skull, Otilla, a courageous girl, seeks refuge in a spooky house on a desolate hill. With a fearful skull as her host, they confront nightly threats. Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, this thrilling retelling of a traditional folktale is a deliciously macabre, empowering, and foreboding treat.
“We are thrilled to be awarded with one of the audiobook industry’s highest honors, the Audie Award,” says Erick Black, director of production for Dreamscape Media. “These wins not only reflect the dedicated work that the Dreamscape team devotes to each audiobook, but also the incredible expertise of the narrators who bring these titles to life with their voice talent.”
Excerpts of The Skull and other Audie Award finalists from Dreamscape Media can be found here.
For more information about Dreamscape Media please visit dreamscapepublishing.com.
ABOUT DREAMSCAPE:
Dreamscape Media is an award-winning independent publisher that produces fiction and non-fiction audiobooks, book-based children’s read-along video programs, and offers audio publishing services to prominent independent authors and publishers through Dreamscape Select. Dreamscape strives to publish and distribute titles that both inspire and entertain listeners, readers, and viewers around the world. Titles are available to both library and retail channels in physical and digital formats.
ABOUT THE AUDIE AWARDS®:
The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and from that group of finalists one winner is awarded. The Audie Awards® is a registered trademark of the Audio Publishers Association. To learn more about the 2024 finalists visit www.audiopub.org/2024audies.
ABOUT THE AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION:
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is a not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry statistics, encourage high production standards and represent the interests of audiobook publishers. Since 1986, the APA has worked to bring audio publishers together to increase interest in audiobooks. For more information about the APA, please visit https://www.audiopub.org/.
