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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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Why Audiobooks Are Important for Teens

Why Audiobooks Are Important for Teens

Imagine a teenager who’s never finished a book but listens to entire fantasy sagas, such as George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones or Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher novels, on their phone. Audiobooks are quietly revolutionising how young people experience literature.

October 14, 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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Murder, Mystery & Cosy Mayhem: Top Cosy Crime Audiobooks to Curl Up With

Murder, Mystery & Cosy Mayhem: Top Cosy Crime Audiobooks to Curl Up With

With the eagerly awaited adaptation of the beloved group of sleuthing retirees arriving on Netflix this week, we thought it the perfect moment to recommend some of the finest cosy crime titles to curl up with. 

August 18, 2025

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10 YA Audiobooks for International Youth Day

10 YA Audiobooks for International Youth Day

Launched by the UN in 2000, International Youth Day (12th August) shines a light on the voices, creativity, and achievements of young people worldwide. And what better way to celebrate than with the bold, brilliant world of YA fiction in audio form?

August 12, 2025

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Summer Reading Challenge: 8 Tips For Keeping Your Child Motivated To Read This Summer

Summer Reading Challenge: 8 Tips For Keeping Your Child Motivated To Read This Summer

Listening to audiobooks is a great way for you or your child to read more. Often it can be hard to keep your child entertained, especially over the long summer holidays, and books are a great solution. So, here are a few tips to keep your child engaged and reading over the summer.

June 29, 2023

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Books For Young People Who Don't Like Reading

Books For Young People Who Don't Like Reading

We’ve compiled some creative lists of book ideas for kids who don’t typically enjoy reading! We've got buckets of brilliant titles that we’re sure will get the young folks in your life hooked on a good book.

March 22, 2023

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The Best Audiobooks Read By Famous Voices

The Best Audiobooks Read By Famous Voices

Having someone read to you is great. It's part of what makes audiobooks so magical. A voice can really add to the story and sometimes it's as though the reader is there in the room with you. What if a few of those voices were famous actors? 

March 22, 2023

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The 20 Most Popular Audiobooks Added To Our Collection In 2022

The 20 Most Popular Audiobooks Added To Our Collection In 2022

The Listening Books Members' Choice Award is back for a second year! We recently released a shortlist of twenty audiobooks added to our collection this year that have been most popular with our members. Just one of them will be crowned the winner of our Members' Choice Award 2022! So, which books are in with a chance of winning this year? In case you missed the announcement, here are the shortlisted titles.

October 5, 2022

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25 Reasons To Get Your Kids Listening To Audiobooks This World Book Day

25 Reasons To Get Your Kids Listening To Audiobooks This World Book Day

On the 3rd of March 2022, World Book Day will be celebrating its 25th anniversary, with the message for all children, ‘you are a reader’! To mark this special occasion, we’ve compiled a list of 25 compelling reasons why your children should listen to audiobooks this World Book Day. 

February 22, 2022

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