

Audiobook Café
Accessible Media Inc.
Jacob Shymanski shares the latest audiobook and literary news, and features in-depth conversations with authors, narrators and industry experts.
Episodes
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Nov 27, 2021 • 24min
Episode 13: Guilty pleasure reads
What are your guilty pleasure listens? Aamer Khan lets us in on some of his.
Plus, we press Pause or Play on It Ends With Us, written by Colleen Hoover. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
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We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
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AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
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Nov 20, 2021 • 26min
Episode 12: Recipe book throwbacks
Chyvonne Emile is currently listening to Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina, written by Georgina Pazcoguin. We hear her impressions of the Audiobook. We also chat about recipe audiobooks! Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
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We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
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Nov 13, 2021 • 25min
Episode 11: Audiobook highlights with Debbie Williams
Debbie Williams loves her fix of Audiobooks! She highlights her recommendation, Stay, by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Plus, we hit Pause or Play on The Dark Remains, By Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
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Nov 6, 2021 • 25min
Episode 10: Literature Award season
Karen McKay and Theresa Power from the CELA Library highlight Literature Award season, and give us some notable recommendations. And, we hit Pause or Play on The Audacity, by Katherine Ryan. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
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Oct 30, 2021 • 25min
Episode 9: Engaging narrators
Can an engaging narrator make any text worth the read? Ian White, President of Toronto Visionaries, gives us his thoughts. Plus, we hit Pause or Play on Red X: A Novel, by David Demchuk. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
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Oct 23, 2021 • 26min
Episode 8: October top picks
Ready for a little scare? We crack open the October picks for Classic Horror reads, Halloween Romances, and Suspense Thrillers with Audiobook Worm Aamer Khan. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
- X /Twitter @AccessibleMedia
- Instagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audio
- Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
- TikTok @AccessibleMediaInc
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Oct 16, 2021 • 26min
Episode 7: Book listening habits with Bernard Akuoko
Bernard Akuoko joins us to chat about his book-listening habits, and he shares some recommendations. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
- X /Twitter @AccessibleMedia
- Instagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audio
- Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
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Oct 9, 2021 • 25min
Episode 6: Beyond the Orange Shirt Story
We check in with Karen McKay and Theresa Power from the CELA Library, and chat about the service’s milestone of passing 1 million books. Plus, we preview the Memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance, by Jesse Wente. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
- X /Twitter @AccessibleMedia
- Instagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audio
- Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
- TikTok @AccessibleMediaInc
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Oct 2, 2021 • 25min
Episode 5: Indigenous fiction
We preview Probably Ruby, By Lisa Bird-Wilson, a work of Indigenous fiction. Plus, we meet avid Audiobook listener Karoline Bourdeau, and hear her book recommendations. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
- X /Twitter @AccessibleMedia
- Instagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audio
- Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
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Sep 25, 2021 • 25min
Episode 4: The Audiobook Journey of Aamer Khan
Aamer Khan is an audiobook worm, and leaves no book conversation off the table. We chat about the challenges of picking up books, and how to encourage ourselves and our friends to explore the wonderful world of literature. Plus, we take a closer look at Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, written by Robert Kolker, and recommended by Oprah's Book Club. Audiobook Café is broadcast on AMI-audio in Canada and publishes two new
podcast episodes a week on Saturdays and Sundays.
Follow Audiobook Café on Instagram @AMIAudiobookCafe
We want your feedback!
Be that comments, suggestions, hot-takes, audiobook recommendations
or reviews of your own… hit us up!
Our email address is: AudiobookCafe@ami.ca
About AMI
AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians
with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and
AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform
AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of
accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities
through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal.
To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:
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