About The Reading Martha Cooley, the American author of Guesswork and The Archivist, reads “The Hole” from Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa’at—a father contemplates the loss of his son,...
Out now, our recording of House Of Incest by Anaïs Nin, narrated by Sofia Willingham. Get it. Listen to it. Love it, and enjoy the excerpt below. ABOUT THE...
The Talking Book gang is currently producing Elle Nash's (soon to be released) ANIMALS EAT EACH OTHER from Dzanc Books. It's our first recording with the author and her publisher...
Below is an excerpt from the upcoming novel Imagine A Death by Janice Lee. Her most recent book, The Sky Isn't Blue was published by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2016. You...
Below is a reading of Old Open by Alex Higley, narrated by the author. Tortoise Books, May, 2017. It's really cool and so is Alex Higley so please listen...
In the recent episode of The Talking Book Podcast, we played an excerpt of Clarice Lispector's The Passion According to GH. Here is the piece read by the talented Sofia...
Beginning in January, Talking Book will release three titles by Clarice Lispector, in collaboration with the legendary New Directions. Needless to say we're beyond pumped for this team-up, and the...
Sometimes music is enough. His father's massive 1970s headphones with the auxiliary jack that only fits the turntable left behind when he disappeared a decade ago. He drags it with its oversized speakers into his...
(audio recorded by the author, Sean Kilpatrick) God plucked up every wolf, so the moon wouldn’t go deaf, and, holding them all aloft, clapped both hands together. Emboldened...
The Talking Book Podcast is the official podcast of the weirdo audiobook publisher Talking Book. Every episode we talk to an author, and hear an excerpt from their book.
Tales of Falling and Flying by the great Ben Loory (and narrated by Andy Harrington) is alive and well and living in audio! In stories that eschew...
It wasn’t until I filled an ice tray yesterday that I understood what it was to be sad. It was a deeply saddening experience and I wanted to...
Gilbert Glavel is one of Erik Wennermark’s Evil Men, a short story collection of 26 stories newly available for ebook on Amazon, iBooks, and elsewhere. Two...
Today we're releasing the long awaited recording of Michael Bible's SOPHIA. Producing this book was truly an experience. Much thanks to the author Michael Bible and the print...
The new novel WEST VIRGINIA by Joe Halstead from Unnamed Press: When Jamie Paddock learns of his father's suicide, memories of his childhood in West Virginia come...
kaya’s texts are short and her tone is cold; without saying so, it’s clear she’s bailing on the vague plans to “watch another movie or something”...
You are thirteen. You and your friend have a crush on the same boy. He is about two feet tall and sings like a terrible angel....
Old people freak me out.
I think that started back in 6th grade, when I stayed at my grandma’s place for a few weeks while recovering from...
