For Your Ears Only is a quarterly bulletin available for our adult members giving details of titles we have recently added to the Calibre Audio. It also gives reading suggestions on specific themes each quarter.

Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only which is brimming with book choices that will hopefully become part of your summer reading.

For Your Ears Only: Summer 2019

Calibre For Your Ears Only

Calibre Audio brings the joy of audiobooks to anyone struggling to access print. We feel passionately that a print disability, or any difficulty in holding a book should not be a barrier to the pleasure and enrichment of reading. Everyone, no matter their personal social or financial circumstances, deserves to immerse themselves in a good book, and unleash the power of their imagination. 

These podcasts cover new books, author interviews and a whole load more…

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Audio newsletter for August 2024, for Calibre members.

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For Your Ears Only Summer 2024 edition is the one stop shop for Calibre Audio members to find a huge list of all the new audiobooks we have in our catalogue.

FYEO Summer 2024

This is a recording of Calibre&#39;s newsletter for members use only. Includes updates on audiobooks and news from Calibre.

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News and new books from Calibre this April. This audio is intended for Calibre members only.

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Latest books and news for Calibre Audio members.

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The latest books and news from Calibre Audio.

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Special guest Ellie Wallwork joins the Calibre team to chat about her experience on the set of Doctor Who in celebration of the show&#39;s 60th anniversary.
Ellie is an actress with a visual impairment who starred in episode 9 of the 11th series, &quot;It Takes You Away&quot;, as the character of Hanne, a blind girl who&#39;s been abandoned by her Father in a cabin in the woods.
Ellie talks to us about the auditioning and casting experience, as well as her time on set. She also chatted to us about being a volunteer audiobook narrator for Calibre.

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary with Ellie Wallwork

The November edition of our members newsletter contains new books and the latest updates from Calibre Audio. 
 
This podcast is intended for Calibre Audio members only.

Members Newsletter - November 2023

All the audiobooks added to Calibre&#39;s collection this summer/autumn. This list is designed for Calibre Audio members.

FYEO - Autumn 2023

This is the October edition of our newsletter for members

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Jack and Emma from the team at Calibre Audio chat to children&#39;s authors Lisette Auton and Cerrie Burnell about their Adrien Prize-nominated novels for the Reading is Magic Festival 2023.
 
Lisette and Cerrie&#39;s books, The Secret of Haven Point and Wilder than Midnight, are available on Calibre Audio now!

Calibre and Reading is Magic Festival 2023

This is the September edition of our newsletter for members

Members Newsletter - September

Jack chats to author and broadcaster Simon Mayo about his latest thriller, Tick Tock, the themes of the book, his writing and reading habits, and how audiobooks can shape the way you write. Emma and Denise join Jack in the studio afterward to dissect Tick Tock.

Book Bites: Tick Tock with Simon Mayo

Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only, including plenty of titles to keep you entertained.

FYEO - Spring 2023

Exciting news! The first episode of our brand new podcast, Book Bites, is available now. 
On the show, the team discussed <a href="">All the Light We Cannot See</a> by Anthony Doerr, its characters and their ties with World War Two, and the role of visual impairment in the book. Join Jack, Emma, and Denise as they discuss their thoughts and share your reviews.

Book Bites: All the Light we Cannot See

We're so thrilled to have an interview with author Sairish Hussain on our Podcasts this month. Sairish was the worthy winner of our 'hidden gem' category in our book awards this year. Here she speaks to Denise from our editorial team about her book The Family Tree, which was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award.

Author Interview: Sairish Hussain

We're thrilled to have an interview with Tom Palmer, the author of D-Day Dog. Tom&nbsp;was our very worthy&nbsp;winner of Best Children's Audiobook in the first-ever Calibre book awards. D-Day Dog is a fabulous book, and not just for our younger members.&nbsp;It features the true story of a D-Day paratrooper and his dog that was trained to parachute beside him.

Author Interview: Tom Palmer

To end our wonderful ‘Meet the Narrator’ set of podcasts this year, we’re finishing with the delightful Pamela Todd.

Meet The Narrator - Pamela Todd

To mark the 246th birthday of Jane Austen, on 16th December, we’ve delved into the Calibre Archives and found an interview from 2017 with Mary Guyatt. Up until 2017, Mary was the Director of the Jane Austen Museum in Chawton.&nbsp;

An interview from our archives...

This year we decided that we would introduce you to some of our lovely narrators who work mainly behind the scenes, but without them our books would not be recorded, and we would not be able to provide the service that we do. Our newest offering is Tim Redman.

Meet the Narrator - Tim Redman

Following on from our recent focus on crime books, we're delighted to have discovered this interview in the Calibre archives with author Kate Ellis, in discussion with our Director of Commissioning and Editorial, Emma, from back in 2017

Interview with author, Kate Ellis

This month on 'Meet the Narrator', David Hobbs takes us into his studio to share his recording secrets...

Meet the Narrator - David Hobbs

An interview with Ann Stutz, one of our lovely Calibre narrators.

Meet the Narrator - Ann Stutz

Our Director of Commissioning and Editorial interviews James Runcie, author of The Grantchester Mysteries.

Interview with author, James Runcie

For our next Meet The Narrator we have the lovely Hilary Spiers, who has been a narrator for Calibre for 6 years. 43 books later (and counting) she still loves her work as much as she did when she started...

Meet the Narrator - Hilary Spiers

On our podcast this month we are delighted to feature an interview with Alison Weir, historian and author of some of our favourite historical novels and biographies.

Interview with author, Alison Weir

In an interview with our Director of Editorial and Production, Emma, Elly Griffiths discusses the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries, as well as her books written under the name Domenica de Rosa.

Interview with author, Elly Griffiths

An interview with one of our longest -serving narrators, Bob Rollett.

Meet the Narrator - Bob Rollett

An interview with the author, Kate Griffin, about her life as a writer and the hugely successful Kitty Peck series.

Interview with author, Kate Griffin.

Our Meet the Narrator episode for May is the very talented Alice Barclay.

Meet the Narrator - Alice Barclay

April's episode of Meet The Narrator, the voices behind Calibre's audiobook collection.

Meet The Narrator - James Murphy

This episode introduces you to Katherine Shaw and is the 3rd podcast of our Meet The Narrator series which gives listeners the chance to meet the voices behind our audiobooks.

Meet the Narrator - Katherine Shaw

Our second Meet The Narrator podcast, featuring the amazing Mark Campbell.

Meet the Narrator - Mark Campbell

The first of a new series of Meet the Narrator, the voices behind Calibre's audiobook collection.

Meet the Narrator - Kim Ismay

Interview with Alan Pickering, former government pensions advisor, and the subject of 'Look Where You're Going' by Paddy Briggs.

Podcasts

Calibre Audio library produces a range of podcasts for our members and supporters. They are available wherever you normally get your podcasts from, or you can listen here.

Calibre podcasts

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