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The Listening Books Christmas Quiz 2024

The Listening Books Christmas Quiz 2024

So you think you know your literary Christmas trivia? We'll be the judge of that! Take our quiz to test your knowledge of all things festive in these titles.

December 12, 2024

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How Audiobooks Can Help Us Manage Feelings of Loneliness  

How Audiobooks Can Help Us Manage Feelings of Loneliness  

Marmalade Trust, an award-winning charity dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness, shares how audiobooks can help people to reduce feelings of loneliness and promote mental wellbeing.

December 3, 2024

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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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Top 10 Downloads 2021

Top 10 Downloads 2021

Many of you were avid listeners last year, borrowing over 100,000 audiobooks! You listened your way through lockdowns, journeys, sleepless nights and busy days - but what were the titles you favoured the most? Without further ado, we present to you: the Top Ten Downloads of 2021.

January 10, 2022

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Catch Your Death: Wintery Crime Reads

Catch Your Death: Wintery Crime Reads

Have you read Murder on the Orient Express more times than you can count? We've put together a list of great wintery crime reads that you can turn to when you want a snowy setting for your murder mystery!

November 30, 2020

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13 Scary Books to Really Frighten You

13 Scary Books to Really Frighten You

A good story will take you on a journey and immerse you in its world. A good scary story will do those things and frighten you silly!

October 21, 2019

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10 Audiobooks to Add to Your Library This Autumn

10 Audiobooks to Add to Your Library This Autumn

Here's what audiobooks you'll be listening to this autumn season!

October 14, 2019

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5 Things You May Not Know About Podcasts (And Our Podcast Specifically!)

5 Things You May Not Know About Podcasts (And Our Podcast Specifically!)

Podcasts are having a moment. There's been a massive increase in listeners over the past few years. Since the unprecedented success of Serial in 2014 sparking the fascination with true crime, podcasts have only grown. In 2018, Listening Books created their own podcast, Voluminous, all about reading and audiobooks.

January 28, 2019

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9 New Audiobooks for Autumn

9 New Audiobooks for Autumn

The nights are getting longer, and this autumn we have some excellent new additions to our library. Whether you're commuting to work or school on a chilly morning, or just hiding under the duvet for a few more hours, we've got something for you. There are audiobooks about queens, crime, Christmas, and everything in between, so you're bound to find something you love!

October 1, 2018

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Why The Archers Needs More Disabled Characters

Why The Archers Needs More Disabled Characters

This article was written by Katherine Runswick-Cole, a senior research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. It was originally published on The Conversation.

September 17, 2018

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