“Go All In” with Calibre Audio

We're supporting the National Year of Reading in 2026 with a series of events and activities, bringing our services to a wider audience, with accessibility at the heart of the campaign. 

National Year of Reading is a Department of Education initiative designed to reignite a culture of reading for pleasure across the UK. The aim is to make reading relevant and engage new audiences with an emphasis on reaching early years children, boys (8-18yrs) and families from disadvantaged communities and adults. 

We believe audio is the perfect platform to (re)connect with reading and makes books accessible to those that need it. Audio makes stories come alive, firing imagination and creativity.

We're continuing to organise our programme of events throughout the year. Here's a sneak peak of what we have planned:

• We began our National Year of Reading events with our one-day CPD conference for education professionals in January 2026, “Inspiring a love of reading in children and young adults with SEND” . Read the highlights from Calibre Audio’s SEND Conference.

• Calibre Conversations, our online audiobook festival, is back and bigger than ever with children’s and adult author interviews every month throughout 2026. Watch all of our Calibre Conversations here. 

• Inclusive Voices, our short story competition, is running from June to September, with a new panel of judges. Find out more and submit your short story here.

• Audiobook Reading Challenge will launch in November, asking our members to read a set amount of audiobooks and review them. With prizes!

Keep checking the National Year of Reading page on our website for more information and to keep updated with new activities added through the year.  

Join us and “Go All In” because you never know where reading can take you!