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ME meant I became predominantly housebound and I had to spend much of each day lying down with my eyes closed. I was desperate to find an activity I could manage with my limited energy. This was when I came across Listening Books.
July 21, 2025
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Launched in 2021, our Members' Choice Award provides members with the opportunity to vote for their favourite titles published in the previous 12 months, from a shortlist of 20 titles which includes a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles. A highlight of the year for staff and members, read on to hear from the winners so far, and what winning this award means to them.
November 3, 2024
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In 2016, the book Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave Their Homes? And Other Big Questions was published. Written by children's authors Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young, it also features contributions from others with experiences of immigration like comedian Omid Djalili and poet Benjamin Zephaniah.
March 16, 2022
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Over 200 years on since her death, Austen’s advice on love, relationships and marriage is just as pertinent, because despite never marrying herself, all of her novels have love and relationships at their core.
February 9, 2022
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What food in fiction makes you hungry? From peaches to cake to full meals, here's a list of the best food descriptions in books!
November 18, 2020
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Audiobooks are beneficial for so many people for such a variety of reasons. For Sarah, after she lost her sight, they became a solace and a new way to access reading. She talks about her experience, her favourite audiobooks, and volunteering for Listening Books!
November 20, 2019
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XX is the debut novel by Angela Chadwick. It is the story of a lesbian couple who take part in a groundbreaking clinic trial that enables two women to have a baby together and how the world reacts. It has...
September 26, 2019
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T P Fielden is the author of the Miss Dimont series of mystery novels - including The Riviera Express, Resort to Murder, and A Quarter Past Dead. They are set in the late 1950s, and follow journalist Miss Judy Dimont as she attempts to uncover the truth about murders in the quaint fictional town of Temple Regis in Devon.
September 11, 2019
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Laura Carlin is the bestselling author of The Wicked Cometh, a dark and mysterious tale set against the backdrop of the slums of Georgian London. This is Laura’s debut novel, and it earned her a nomination for the Books Are...
March 18, 2019
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Robyn Hollingworth is the bestselling author of My Mad Dad, her memoir of caring for her father after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. At 25 she was working as a fashion merchandiser/buyer in London, but took a sabbatical to move back to Wales to care for him.
February 18, 2019
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