Audiobook Café

Thank you for listening this year! New episodes of Audiobook Café will resume on January 10, 2026. In the meantime, enjoy our extensive archive of episodes. Happy holidays and happy listening!  Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays. Fol

In this year-end special, host Jacob Shymanski and Red Széll reflect on the best interviews of the show from the past year!   Past episodes mentioned in this program include:  Unseen: In Conversation with Author Molly Burke   Flesh: In Conversation with David SzalayWayback Playback: In Conversation with Author Waubgesh

In this year-end special, Jacob Shymanski hosts a roundtable discussion with three friends of the program: Ramya Amuthan, Aamer Khar and Sara Hillis.   Together, they reflect on their favourite audiobooks of the year. Plus, they share their favourite discovered titles in 2025!   This episode was produced by Andrika De

“Local Heavens” is K.M. Fajardo’s reimagining of the classic novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book was a readers’ favourite in the category of science fiction for 2025’s Goodreads Choice Award.   Host Jacob Shymanski chats with the author about how her reimagination relates to modern day and why she

This episode was recorded on December 10, 2025, and is published early to address a recently proposed change in Bill C-15 which would repeal the free 'Literature for the Blind' service under the Canada Post Corporation Act. Host Jacob Shymanski explores the issues, the implications and the circumstances of the proposed

Host Jacob Shymanski and Red Széll, host of the My Life in Books podcast, continue their discussion on the dividing issues between fiction and nonfiction literature.   This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.  Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new podcast episodes a week on