Sharon Bala’s new novel “Good Guys” challenges ideas of philanthropy and charity by telling the story of a fictional NGO that operates in Central America.

Host Jacob Shymanski chats with Sharon about the inspiration behind the book and the extensive research she did into developing its story.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Author Uzma Jalaluddin’s mystery novel “Detective Aunty” was a Globe and Mail top 100 book of the year in 2025.

Host Jacob Shymanski chats with Uzma about the inspiration of the book’s main character and setting, as well as the choice behind her audiobook’s narrator.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Blind ice hockey player Craig Fitzpatrick dropped his brand-new audiobook this week, “Finding the Puck: Leadership Lessons from My Journey Through Blind Hockey.”

Host Jacob Shymanski chats with Craig about his experience with vision loss, his discovery of the sport, and why he chose to release his audiobook before the print edition.

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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What did you read over the holiday season?

Host Jacob Shymanski and Red Széll, from the “My Life in Books” podcast, reflect on some of the audiobooks on their must-read list that we were finally able to catch up on!

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• “The Last Murder at the End of the World” by Stuart Turton

• Audible’s full-cast audio editions of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

• “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman

• “Heated Rivalry” by Rachel Reid

• “Flesh” by David Szalay

The episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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Highly acclaimed narrator and author Julia Whelan is bridging the gap in audiobook royalties for narrators.

She tells you all about Audiobrary, an independent and audio-first publishing platform that she designed to correct industry inequities.

She also explores the stark differences of human narration to AI and explains why it’s important to protect human narration in the audiobook sphere.

The episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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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!

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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 Szalay
• Wayback Playback: In Conversation with Author Waubgeshig Rice
• Fair Pay, Fair Play: Royalty Issues at Audible
• According to Alina

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

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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 Lanerolle.

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