Interview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks
Discussing Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawlings
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.
Narrator Joniece Abbott-Pratt joins AudioFile’s Robin Whitten to tell listeners about narrating Nightcrawlings. Leila Mottley’s powerful debut novel is one of AudioFile’s 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks for its immersive listening experience crafted beautifully by Joniece. Listen to hear about the emotional intimacy of Joniece’s performance, how she prepared to narrate the moving dialogue, and what’s stayed with her about Nightcrawlings.
AudioFile’s 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks:
The Angel of Rome by Jess Walter, read by Edoardo Ballerini, Julia Whelan
I Walk Between the Raindrops by T.C. Boyle, read by T.C. Boyle, Cheryl Smith, Jason Culp, Derek Perkins, Jeremy Arthur, Stephen Mendel, Johnathan McClain, Ewan Chung, Pete Simonelli, David de Vries, Nan McNamara, Rex Anderson
Joan is Okay by Weike Wang, read by Catherine Ho
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell, read by Genevieve Gaunt, Maggie O’Farrell [Afterword]
Nightcrawlings by Leila Mottley, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, read by Marin Ireland
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