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Welcome to the summer issue of For Your Ears Only, featuring lots of new titles for you to choose from so hopefully you will find some books to enjoy in the sunshine or for one of those rainy summer days. We have added new authors like Sophia Tobin and Jane Harper as well as topping up on old favourites such as Bernard Cornwell and H.G Wells.

Welcome to the summer issue of For Your Ears Only listing all of the titles added to the library in the last few months. The main article featured at the beginning of this edition focuses on book news for this summer including highlighting new releases, celebrating the bicentenary of Emily Bronte’s birth, and giving Zoe Ball’s new TV Book Club a mention…

Welcome to the autumn issue of For Your Ears Only featuring all the new books that have been added to the library over the last few months. In this edition, there is a short article from our Editorial Co-ordinator Denise James who celebrates some favourite books from childhood and highlights some titles that you may like to re-visit or discover for the first time.

Welcome to the winter issue of For Your Ears Only listing all of the new books added to the library in the last few months. 2017 was a bumper year with a staggering 800 new titles made available to borrow. In this edition are familiar authors and those that are in print for the first time. Among the more recognisable names is Rosamunde Pilcher with her popular title “September” and bestseller Dan Brown is back with his new thriller “Origin” featuring professor Robert Langdon. Peter James is well known for his Brighton based Roy Grace detective series but before this he wrote several ghost stories of which “Sweetheart” is one. The new names on the block are Daryl Gregory with his title “Spoonbenders” as featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and T A Cotterell with the contemporary thriller “What Alice Knew”. Finally “Our Zoo” tells the true story of George Mottershead the founder of the world renowned Chester Zoo.

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.

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

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.

Exciting news! The first episode of our brand new podcast, Book Bites, is available now. On the show, the team discussed All the Light We Cannot See 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.

On the first review from Calibre Audio, we have our Head of Library and Audiobook Production, Emma Scott, giving her review of "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas. The book is available in our collection: Catalogue No. 617559

A quick rundown of some of the new titles added to the library for this month.

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2019! With the year well and truly underway and the nights starting to ever so slowly get a little lighter, we have been hard at work with a whole range of new things to keep you up to date on books, authors and news related to Calibre Audio Library.

Welcome to our first proper podcast.  To get the ball rolling, three of our team; Emma, Denise and James, talk about an author they each want to champion, plus books they plan to read in the next year.

This is just a quick note to let you know that For Your Ears Only has moved.  Just head to For Your Ears Only for all of the latest editions. Thank you. 

This month, we have the usual highlight of three new books, plus another review from St Alban's Talking Newspaper, and a small selection of Winter Warmers – books that will have you hoping it snows a lot so you have an excuse to keep on listening.

Welcome to the autumn issue of For Your Ears Only featuring all the new books that have been added to the library over the last few months. The main feature in this edition is all about asking for your help to spread the word on behalf of Calibre Audio Library and telling anyone you know about Calibre’s services. We also have an article highlighting some books that are in keeping with the autumn season.

For this October edition, we have highlights from all of the titles added in the last few weeks plus an interview with celebrated author Alison Weir, who discusses our continuing love of the Tudor period. As it’s nearly Halloween, this month’s theme is ghosts, ghouls, and vampires as we pick out six of the scariest books in the library that should help the night go with a scream.

For this September edition we have highlights from all of the titles added in the last few weeks plus a Hidden Gem, plucked from our library that we feel everyone should read – One Hundred Years of Solitude. We also have an interesting article on Banned Books to help celebrate Banned Books Week.

For this August we have highlights from all of the titles added in the last few weeks and a profile of one of the giants of literature – Julian Barnes. Plus – if you have the travelling bug – we also look at some of the great books in our library that are set in capital cities around the world.

In this month's newsletter, we have highlights from all of the titles added in the last few weeks, an in-depth review of "Alone in Berlin" by Hans Falada by the wonderful team at St Alban's Talking Newspapers, and we help celebrate the winner of the one-off Golden Man Booker Prize!

In this month's newsletter we have highlights from all of the titles added in the last few weeks, a wonderful interview with James Runcie, author of (amongst other things) the evergreen Grantchester Chronicles, and we highlight previous winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction that are available in our library.