“Once scorned by purists as the fake Rolexes of the reading world”, audiobooks are booming, said Nilanjana Roy in the Financial Times. As the industry continues to thrive, the definition of what it ...

Queen tells reading campaign that listening counts too – and the publishing industry increasingly agrees Queen Camilla has met many disreputable characters in her time as a royal, but her encounter ...

Author S.A. Cosby’s southern crime novel “King of Ashes” was a critical hit and a New York Times bestseller earlier this year. But more of Cosby’s fans have listened to the story than read it. The ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

This elegant novel about an actress happily married to an academic is split in half, offering two different narratives about the way a young man might come between the couple. It’s set amid the ...

Booklovers have a new metric to brag about for their 2025 reading: Spotify Wrapped is now including audiobook listening hours and other personalized data. “Everyone loves politely bragging about their ...

Audible says its Harry Potter launch will usher in a new era in audiobooks and has backed its adaptations to surpass the whopping 1.8 billion hours of listening notched by previous audio versions of J ...

The new full-cast audiobook for author J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will be released by Audible this week. Treadway, Lester and Stanton will voice Harry, Ron and Hermione for ...

Pottermore Publishing and Audible have announced additional casting for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions. Bill Nighy (Joy), who portrayed Rufus Scrimgeour in the films, will play Professor ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...