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.
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."
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.
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).
ZBS - http://www.zbs.org/ Features contemporary audio drama, from original and published sources. (Requires Apple QuickTime 4.)
Spoken Interludes - http://www.spokeninterludes.com/ A monthly salon for stories featuring writers and actors reading their own work and the work of others.
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.
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.
LibriVox - http://librivox.org/ Extensive collection of free audio books read by volunteers; the goal is to record every book in the public domain.
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