Listening Books – audiobooks

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An audiobook lending charity for those that find their illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book.

Our service caters to a vast range of disabilities and illnesses which may provide a barrier to reading, such as glaucoma, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, cancer and dyslexia, for example.

Membership

We offer membership to adults, children, those in care homes, hospices and hospitals as well as other organisations such as schools.

We’ve provided further information about membership below, depending on whether you are looking for membership for yourself, a child or adult you support, or membership for an organisation.

Becoming a member of Listening Books is a quick and simple process. You can join online, by post or by telephone. Our audiobooks can be streamed online through our website, or downloaded using the Libby app provided by OverDrive.  You can find out more information about our audiobook formats here.

Membership also includes complementary access to thousands of newspapers and magazines through our partner service, PressReader.

What do I get with a Listening Books membership?

When you take out a membership for yourself or a loved one, you will recieve access to a whole host of audio-related goodies, including:

• Access to a growing collection of over 9,000 audiobooks.
• Thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world at no additional cost.
• Audiobooks that you won’t find anywhere else, such as our Sound Learning titles, which we produce and record in-house to support the national curriculum and learning. 
• Priority access to exclusive interviews with authors and audiobook narrators.
• Friendly support from our dedicated membership team.
• Opportunities to win prizes in competitions.
• Members-only biannual audio newsletter.
• Our Listening Books Bookclub via Facebook.
• The Listening Books audio-themed podcast.