Once more a new month has begun, and it’s no joke that once again we present 10 gems from our catalog.
Hopefully it’s not too late to prepare for April Fool’s Day! Our recording of Pathological Lying, Accusation and Swindling by William and Mary Healy tells you all there is to know about liars, so [...]

March 2nd is National Reading Day in the US. A perfect excuse – as if we needed any – to present 10 old and new gems from our mysterious catalog.
Let’s start by celebrating World Math’s Day on the first Wednesday in March. Henri Poincaré explains logic and mathematics in his book Science and Hypothesis [...]

Large parts of the northern hemisphere are covered in snow. What better reason to sit down with a blanket and hot tea and enjoy 10 gems from our catalog.
Wearing socks and scarves is always a good idea to keep warm. Why not make them yourself, using our recording of Cornelia Mee’s Exercises in Knitting? [...]

2011 has just begun, and we have an exciting clean slate in front of us. Let’s fill it with 10 gems straight from our catalog:
The New Year ususally comes with champagne and the resolution to make the New Year also a Better one. Find out if the tolling of The Chimes in Charles Dickens’ [...]

Another year is ending, and we at librivox celebrate the holidays and wrapped up 10 gems from our catalog.
In the German speaking countries in Europe, it is the custom to count the days until Christmas by opening one door daily of the ‘Adventskalender‘. We hope that you enjoy our acoustic one just as much [...]

Misty November has arrived, and who knows what’s lurking in its fogs… Nobody can know all the gems hiding in our catalog, but our flashlights light up 10 of them.
November starts with All Saints and All Souls Day. Listen to our Poems and Prose for the Departed to remember your loved ones.
More remembrance [...]

Autumn has arrived and we have dug deep into our catalog to present 10 gems for your listening pleasure.
October starts out with children’s book week, and what better book to celebrate this than Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. His classic book about the short-nosed, long-nosed marionette has been a kid’s favorite for over 100 years. [...]

Johann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer and dialectal poet, most famous for his collection of alemannic tales “Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes” (Treasure chest of the family friend by the Rhine). This book was a collection compiled from his short stories “Kalendergeschichten” (Tales from the calendar). [...]

Here are some suggestions for family Christmas listening:
Stories with a Christmas theme:
A short book, perfect for younger listeners, read by Kara Shallenberg: Christmas Holidays at Merryvale by Alice Hale Burnett.
The Christmas Angel by Abbie Farwell Brown, very much in the spirit of Dickens’ Christmas stories, read by Jan MacGillivray.
The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas [...]

Remember, remember your files in November!
All those sections that people forgot.
So please get recording, it’s very rewarding.
Can you think of a reason why not?
It’s that time again when we look at [...]