Corine Farguson

We recently launched a free listening experience for children who are isolated and away from school and friends during these troubled times. Only days after the launch of stories.audible.com, many millions of children are listening around the world. The collection includes audio in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. If you know of young children and families who would appreciate the opportunity to listen to hundreds of Audible titles, or parents who want some time to themselves while kids are positively occupied with transporting storytelling, please pass the link along. 

Thanks to Audible’s partnership with J. K. Rowling and thanks to her thoughtful Harry Potter At Home offering, I thought I would share that Stories now includes Britain’s “national treasure,” Stephen Fry’s brilliant performance of the first Harry Potter title:  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. For years devoted Audible listeners have enjoyed comparing and contrasting different artistic interpretations of an unforgettable story. Since so many Americans are already familiar with the great Jim Dale’s equally brilliant and nuanced rendition of Harry’s adventures, I wanted to make members aware that Stephen Fry’s version is now on Stories. 

As the entire world faces a historic crisis, thousands of Audible colleagues around the world are all working virtually to be a positive part of your lives at this time so rife with fear and, in too many cases, pain. Audible’s core principles call for us to ceaselessly pursue what a company can mean in ways that transcend what it does. For years our collective spirit and hard work has been sustained by listeners who tell us that the well-performed words we convey got them through the most profound personal challenges as well as devastating natural disasters and acts of terrorism. 

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