After more than a year of LibriVoxing and articles in lots of fancy newspapers in other countries, and interviews and stories on many radio stations, my hometown newspaper decided to do a story on LibriVox! Unfortunately, the Gazette decided not to put the article online, but the writer put it up on his own site. [...]

Read by Denny Sayers.
Denny’s reading of “Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children” is a great introduction to some of our children’s literature at LibriVox. He does a great job drawing the listener into the story. This classic story has been adapted for children and Denny’s love of children comes through in how he tells the [...]

Read by Kristin LeMoine (Luoma).
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has been interperted many different ways since its publication in 1899. It has been the inspiration for T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocolypse Now. Given the varying reactions to the text, this reading by Kristin avoids the potential pitfalls of over-interpertation, [...]

Read by Gordon Mackenzie, Kristen McQuillin, Jean O’Sullivan, and Miette.
A considerable portion of projects in our catalog here at LibriVox are what we call collaborative works. These are completed works that have been read by multiple people, often one person to each chapter or two. If you’re unfamiliar with these collaborative works, Call of the [...]

Read by William Coon.
This week we present William Coon reading the story of the Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry. In this short story you’ll hear the very funny tale of Major Pendleton Talbot “of Mobile sir” in which William personifies the ante-bellum southern noble so well. William gives us a wonderful reading of a [...]

Read by Mark F. Smith
In The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame presents a cast of colorful animal characters having adventures along the banks of the River. Mark Smith reads about the lives of these characters in the style of a bedside storyteller, giving each animal its own voice that clearly reflects the animal’s personality. [...]

Read by John Greenman.
Mark Twain’s humor, sometimes blunt and sometimes subtle, presents a particular problem for an audio book. The narrator must simultaneously play both the straight man and the joker while balancing Twain’s characters between realistic and quirky. In The Prince and the Pauper, Twain switches the place of Prince Edward of England with [...]

Read by Peter Yearsley.
This week’s focus is on our poetry, and Peter Yearsley’s reading of the Lament of the Irish Emigrant is a great example of a heartfelt reading from our first poetry collection. It is beautifully and subtly read. His interpretation makes you feel the pain and loss of the narrator and is delivered [...]

Craig Silverman writes about LibriVox, and a few other public domain projects, in the NY Times today.
There is also a nice guide to some suggested LV recordings, and suggestions from some other projects as well.

Read by John Greenman.
As the summer draws to a close, let reader John Greenman introduce you to Tom Sawyer, the boy who best represents the freedom and fun of summer. John’s enthusiastic reading complements Mark Twain’s ear for dialog to bring to life the voices of Tom, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher and the rest. With [...]