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Volunteering with Listening Books has been an incredibly rewarding experience for Victoria, one of our dedicated volunteers. In this blog, she shares how simple actions - like posting a leaflet or sharing a link - can make a big difference in helping people with illnesses or disabilities access the joy of audiobooks. Discover why she chose to volunteer and how you can join her in breaking down barriers to reading.
December 7, 2025
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Audiobooks were firmly in the spotlight at last night’s inaugural British Audio Awards - known as the Speakies - with audiobooks featuring Ncuti Gatwa, David Tennant, and Nicola Coughlan among the evening’s big winners.
November 25, 2025
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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 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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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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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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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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Christopher Paolini is one of the biggest living fantasy authors, having shot to fame with Eragon and The Inheritance Cycle. We interviewed him back in 2015, when he was working on his next great epic, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. To celebrate the book's paperback release, we decided to revisit our conversation with this brilliant author.
November 4, 2021
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It's a new season and that means new audiobooks added to the Listening Books catalogue!
April 14, 2021
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Sally Green is the bestselling author of the Half Bad trilogy, where witches and humans live alongside each other. The Smoke Thieves is the first book in her new historical fantasy trilogy, which was published in May 2018.
May 21, 2018
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