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Salon.com: Audio - http://www.salon.com/audio/index.html
Free spoken word recordings from hundreds of authors. Includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and live author events. |
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John Adams Institute - http://www.john-adams.nl/
Promotes American literature and culture in Europe by bringing authors and other speakers to Amsterdam to give lectures. With lecture details and membership information. |
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Wired for Books - http://wiredforbooks.org/
Features modern and classic literature and literary criticism and discussion. Works are available in RealAudio, RealVideo, and multimedia presentations. |
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ZBS - http://www.zbs.org/
Features contemporary audio drama, from original and published sources. (Requires Apple QuickTime 4.) |
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Seeing Ear Theatre - http://www.scifi.com/set/
Features classic and contemporary science fiction and fantasy--in fully dramatized form (many programs from old radio shows), and also read by authors. Requires RealPlayer. |
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NetRead's EventCaster - http://netread.com/calendar/
"Broadcasts up-to-date literary events nationwide to event editors at newspapers and web sites that subscribe . . . book readings, author signings, book conferences, open mics, and literary contests." |
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Wollcott & Sheridan - http://wsapl.com
Aural performance library offering free streaming, downloadable audio performances of contemporary and classic works such as Poe, Shakespeare, Frost, Marlowe, and Yancy. |
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Great Books ~ A Chapter a Day - http://www.greatbooksaudio.com
A chapter-by-chapter podcast of classic fiction and poetry. |
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Spoken Interludes - http://www.spokeninterludes.com/
A monthly salon for stories featuring writers and actors reading their own work and the work of others. |
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Telltale Weekly - http://www.telltaleweekly.com/
Seeks to record, produce, and sell performances of at least 50 public domain texts per year, with the intention of releasing them under the Creative Commons Attrubition Non-Commercial License five years after their first appearance on the site (or after a hundred-thousand purchases of the recording, whichever comes first). |