Listening Books is a national UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for anyone with an illness, physical or learning disability, mental health condition, or learning difficulty, who finds that it impacts on their ability to read or hold books in the usual way.
Listening Books - a national audiobook lending service
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Claire Bell
- Contact Position
- Deputy Membership and PR Manager
- Telephone
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020 7407 9417
020 7234 0522 - info@listening-books.org.uk
- Website
- https://www.listening-books.org.uk/
Where to go
- Name
- Listening Books
- Address
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Listening Books
12 Lant Street
London
London - Postcode
- SE1 1QH
- Notes
Office hours and membership support is available Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Our online audiobook service is available 24/7.
Other Details
- Table of costs
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Table of costs Amount Cost Type £20 a year - Cost(s)
- Cost details
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We have a number of free memberships available for anyone who would find our annual membership fee difficult to cover for any reason.
No financial proof is required
just a self-declaration that the annual membership fee would be a barrier to joining the service.
Please be assured that we are a charity and there are no hidden costs involved in our free memberships and no charges to borrow individual books. - Referral required?
- No
- Referral and availability notes
Become a member by:
- Visiting: https://www.listening-books.org.uk/join
- Calling: 020 7407 9417
- Downloading and filling in our free membership application leaflet. Return it by email to info@listening-books.org.uk, or by post to Freepost LISTENING BOOKS
- Notes
Our service is not only for people with visual impairments, but for anyone with anxiety, depression, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, ASD, Cerebral Palsy, Down's Syndrome, stroke, dementia, diabetes, migraines, CFS/M.E., Fibromyalgia, cancer, problems with manual dexterity and many other conditions.
Listening Books has thousands of wonderful fiction and non-fiction titles, including popular authors such as J. K. Rowling, David Walliams, Malorie Blackman, Khaled Hosseini, Agatha Christie, Jojo Moyes and many more. You can view our full catalogue at: https://www.listening-books.org.uk/library. Members also have access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from our partner service PressReader at no additional cost.
Members can listen to our audiobooks in easily accessible ways:- Streamed online over WiFi on computers, laptops, tablets, or smartphones.
- Downloaded through the Libby app on portable devices
- Members also have access to thousands of newspapers and magazines through Pressreader
A free membership provides access to all options above, so members can choose what works best for them.
- Age Range
- Suitable for all ages
- Disablities:
- Communication and interaction, Language difficulty, Learning difficulty,