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LibriVox is back in business!

Friday, June 10th, 2011

We are pleased to report that the catalogue is now available again. It has been extensively tested, but please report any minor hiccups on the Error Reports forum.
As Fanny Kemble wrote:
Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,
But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.
Thank you for your patience.

LibriVox Community Podcast #115

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #115 hosted by Lars Rolander.

Duration: 17min 42s.
Have you ever considered joining LibriVox and become a real “Librivoxer”? If so, what do you need if you want to become a reader? What else can you do, and how do you go about it?
In this podcast, Lars Rolander gives some of his [...]

LibriVox Community Podcast #114

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #114 hosted by Lucy Perry.

Duration: 1hr 47min
With contributions from hugh, kayray, Algy Pug, Availle, RuthieG, Rowland, ExEmGe, HokusPokus, neerajanagarajan, neckertb, Nicholas19, gloriana, Cori, tis, Gesine, annise, Jonathan Awesome, KathrynD, rf, Great Plains, Starlite, aradlaw, TriciaG, russiandoll, wdcallahan and Claire — along with a host of other LibriVox Voices. Sound [...]

LibriVox Community Podcast #113

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #113 with Gesine.

Duration: 25:04
In Community Podcast 113, Gesine explains the ins and outs of the new ‘Thank a reader’ feature on the LibriVox website. Clicking on the link in the right-hand sidebar, listeners can send their thanks to a designated email address, and an admin posts the messages in a [...]

Anzac Day

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

In honour of Anzac Day, LibriVox proudly presents Five Months at Anzac by Joseph Lievesley Beeston: A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force from his leaving Australia December 1914 till his evacuation due to illness after 5 months at Gallipoli. Read by Annise to remember those [...]

Our Readers’ Favourites – Old and New

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Here are some suggestions from the heart of our LibriVox community – audio books which have given our readers particular pleasure to listen to.
We have three versions of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in our catalogue, with two more recordings in progress. It is clearly a book which many readers want to record. Our first [...]

Funding Goal Achieved: Thank You!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Dear LibriVox supporters, friends, volunteers:
Two weeks ago we sent out a request for donations towards a $20,000 fundraising campaign. We outlined why on this post (with a number of questions answered in the comments thread). You responded with generosity, and we can now close down our campaign.
So:
Thank you!
We got to our target so [...]

LibriVox 3000

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

On Saturday December 26, 2009 LibriVox cataloged its 3000th title, The Red Planet, by William John Locke:
Set during WWI in England, The Red Planet is a rich tale about the life in a little English town from the point of view of Major Duncan Meredyth, a disabled veteran of the Boer Wars. As he struggles [...]

It’s Christmas time again!

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

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 [...]

LibriVox Video Tutorial #1: Intro to LibriVox

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

The wonderful Daniel / Great Plains made this superb video tutorial explaining LibriVox to the uninitiated:

[Link].
More to come, we hope. Thanks Daniel.