Nature and the muses are finally awakening in May. What kind of artistic feelings do the following 10 gems from our catalog awaken in you?
Building all kinds of housing – nests, burrows, hives – is a major occupation throughout the animal kingdom. One of the biggest achievements of man in this art is certainly [...]

LibriVox.org, the world’s largest producer of free public domain audiobooks, and the Internet Archive are pleased to announce a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, on the heels of a recent landmark achievement: 100 million downloads free LibriVox audiobooks from the Internet Archive.
A Tech Infrastructure Overhaul
The Mellon grant will go towards rebuilding LibriVox’s [...]

LibriVox is very happy to announce that, thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we are undertaking a tech overhaul, and we are hiring (on a contract basis):
* a technical project manager
* a sysadmin/advisor
* a PHP/Ruby developer
Pay range is “starving non-profit contract price” … or somewhere between $35-50/hour.
The objectives of the [...]

Welcome to the second leg of the 2012 LibriVox World Tour! Go on a roundtrip through the Orient with 10 gems from our catalog.
Henry Morgenthau was the US ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1913 – 1916. He was one of the first and most prominent people to speak out against the Armenian genocide, an [...]

March is Women’s History Month – a perfect time to celebrate all women around you with 10 gems from our catalog.
Arabella, The Female Quixote, is a truly mighty woman. After all, she can kill with a mere look! Or so she believes… Read the wonderful parody of “Don Quixote” by Charlotte Lennox, and who [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #125 hosted by Bob Gonzalez (bobgon55).

Duration: 31m 14s
Multilingual Performances – Part Two of a Two-Part Series.
With contributions from Piotrek81, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, Leni, & Martin Geeson.
Teaser & Intro 0:00
Piotrek81 2:07
“The Ackerman Steppe” read by Piotrek81 in Polish & Algy Pug in English 5:00
Nadine Eckert-Boulet 7:10
Nadine reading “Un Matin” in French 11:32
Martin [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #124 hosted by Bob Gonzalez (bobgon55).

Duration: 29m 17s
Multilingual Performances – Part One of a Two-Part Series.
With contributions from TriciaG, Karen Savage, Lars Rolander, Leni, Martin Geeson, and Kristin G.
Teaser & Introduction 0:00
TriciaG with non-English language catalog statistics 2:06
Karen Savage 3:22
Lars Rolander 5:49
Leni 12:16
Martin Geeson 18:39
Kristin 24:12
Outro 27:50
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Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #123 hosted by Ruth Golding (RuthieG).

Duration: 25m 15s.
Dickens at 200
Charles Dickens – love him or hate him? Why is he still so popular 200 years after his birth?
With contributions from Lucy Perry, Martin Geeson and Andy Minter, and with readings from:
Mrs. Watkins-Tottle from Sketches by Boz read by David Lazarus [...]

Welcome to the first leg ouf our World Tour 2012! Follow 10 gems from our catalog on a round trip through the Old World…
Let’s start in the West, in lovely green Ireland, where Clodagh, daughter of The Gambler Dennis Asshlin fights for her family’s honor – by marrying the wrong man. Find out in [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #122 hosted by Bob Gonzalez (bobgon55).

Duration: 51m. 27s.
Part Two of a Two-Part Series on Performing in LibriVox Dramatic Works.
With contributions from Carol Box, Linny, Elizabeth Klett, Arielle Lipshaw, David Barnes, Ezwa, JemmaBlythe, Denny Sayers, Andy Minter, and Algy Pug. 
Bob Gonzalez: Intro and Preview of the show 00:00
Carol Box (carolb) on [...]