Listening Books is a national UK charity providing an audiobook library service catering for anyone who finds that an illness, disability, learning difficulty or mental health condition, impacts on their ability to read or hold books in the usual way.

Our service does not just cover visual impairments, but many other difficulties that can make reading complex, including learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, other conditions such as Autism and ADHD, mental health conditions like depression and anxiety which may affect concentration when reading, Down’s Syndrome, problems with manual dexterity, arthritis, heart or neurological conditions and many other conditions.

We have over 8,000 fiction and non-fiction audiobooks in our library for adults and children, from bestselling authors such as: J. K. Rowling, David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl, Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman and many more. Members can borrow titles in three easily accessible ways:

• sent directly through the post on MP3 CD with no postage costs or late fees
• downloaded to a portable device like a phone or tablet
• or streamed online via a laptop or computer