Calibre podcasts

Latest books and news for Calibre Audio members.

The latest books and news from Calibre Audio.

This podcast contains news, new audiobooks and updates from Calibre Audio. The newsletter is intended for Calibre members.

Audio version of the December 2023 newsletter for Calibre Audio members. This newsletter is not designed for public listening.

Special guest Ellie Wallwork joins the Calibre team to chat about her experience on the set of Doctor Who in celebration of the show's 60th anniversary.

Ellie is an actress with a visual impairment who starred in episode 9 of the 11th series, "It Takes You Away", as the character of Hanne, a blind girl who'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.

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.

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

This is the October edition of our newsletter for members

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!

This is the September edition of our newsletter for members

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.

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

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.

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.

We're thrilled to have an interview with Tom Palmer, the author of D-Day Dog. Tom was our very worthy 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. It features the true story of a D-Day paratrooper and his dog that was trained to parachute beside him.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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