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10 Spooky Audiobooks for Kids to Enjoy This Halloween

10 Spooky Audiobooks for Kids to Enjoy This Halloween

With the night’s drawing in and the kids off for half term, now is the perfect time to celebrate the spooky season with a family-friendly audiobook. Whether they love re-listening to a classic or prefer something new, there’s plenty to choose from - especially if they’re taking part in a reading challenge.

October 29, 2025

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ADHD Awareness Month: How Audiobooks Can Transform Reading

ADHD Awareness Month: How Audiobooks Can Transform Reading

Struggling to focus on a page? You’re not alone. Millions of people with ADHD face challenges that make traditional reading exhausting.

October 20, 2025

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Celebrate Black History Month 2025 with Must-Listen Audiobooks & Kit de Waal Q&A

Celebrate Black History Month 2025 with Must-Listen Audiobooks & Kit de Waal Q&A

October is here, and with it comes Black History Month – a time to champion Black history, artistry, culture, and identity through an excellent array of literature, along with an exciting upcoming author Q&A.

October 20, 2025

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Dyslexia Awareness Week: Supporting Dyslexic Readers with Audiobooks

Dyslexia Awareness Week: Supporting Dyslexic Readers with Audiobooks

Dyslexia is estimated to affect around 10% of people in the UK. For many children and adults, reading print can be a daily concern – but with the right support and mediums, stories can become a joy again.

October 8, 2025

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10 reasons why your school should join Listening Books

10 reasons why your school should join Listening Books

Here at Listening Books, we’re passionate about everybody having access to stories – no matter how they read. And with The National Literacy Trust reporting that 1 in 2 children and young people said listening to audio enabled them to better understand a story or subject (48.4%), audiobooks are undoubtedly an important resource for this age range.

September 2, 2025

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Brain Tumour Awareness Month

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and an opportunity to shine a light on this neglected condition.

March 19, 2025

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Listening Books: A Game-Changer for Dyslexia

Listening Books: A Game-Changer for Dyslexia

Imagine really, really wanting to read a story, but just not feeling that you’re able to? Or finding that when you do read it, it takes such hard work that you just can’t enjoy it? These are challenges that dyslexic learners often face. This Guest Blog from Dyslexia Sparks talks all about just how much audiobooks can help dyslexic learners to enjoy reading!

February 4, 2025

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How We Choose Books for Our Catalogue

How We Choose Books for Our Catalogue

Find out how we choose books for our eclectic catalogue of over 8,000 titles from our Publisher Relations Manager, Amy!

June 26, 2024

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Our Top PressReader Picks and Tips

Our Top PressReader Picks and Tips

Did you know that you have access to thousands of newspapers and magazines as a Listening Books member? That’s right – we don’t stop with audiobooks. Through PressReader, you can find almost any newspaper or magazine you can imagine! There are absolutely no restrictions, no extra charges, and – best of all – it won’t affect your audiobook allocation! With so much choice, it might be hard to know where to start, so the Listening Books Team have got together to highlight just some of our favourites in the catalogue and provide some helpful tips you might not know about. Simply log-in via the Listening Books website to access all of our recommendations and thousands more!

October 25, 2023

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Listen Up: Why Your Book Needs to Sound as Good as it Reads

Listen Up: Why Your Book Needs to Sound as Good as it Reads

When you're writing your book, think about the accessibility of the story, the way it sounds when it is read out loud. Think about all the different audiences that might access your book in different ways. After all, we are not just writing words on a page, we are writing stories for people to hear.

June 14, 2023

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