Calibre is a member of the Right to Read Alliance

In addition to providing a lending service, Calibre also campaign with other charities to press the government to do more to end discrimination against people who have a sight problem or other disability. For example they can listen to Calibre’s audio books on portable equipment (like a Walkman), so that they can take books into the garden, on holiday or on long journeys. This means that members can select a machine that suits their needs. Working with the Hachette UK Accessibility Network, Calibre Audio is helping us to reach a wider audience and to make it easier for everyone to access our content.One of their guiding principles has always been to supply books in a format that can be played on ordinary household equipment.

Jasmine Palmer, Co-chair of the Hachette UK Accessibility Network, added: ‘We are delighted to be extending our partnership with Calibre Audio to allow its members to access more of our audio offering.

Partnerships such as this play a huge part in providing the highest quality service for these members.Īnthony Kemp, CEO of Calibre Audio, said: ‘With Calibre’s widening membership and embracement of recent technological advancements, this is the perfect time to address how we can best serve our members, and we are thrilled Hachette UK is giving them access to this incredible pool of books and authors in whichever format works for them.’ Members rely on the service whether it is for stimulation, companionship, education or simply escape. This builds on our long-standing relationship, updating our previous agreement to provide Calibre members with access to more than 10,000 Hachette UK titles across all its platforms so that members can listen to titles such as Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, and audiobooks by authors such as Elly Griffiths, Cressida Cowell, Ian Rankin, and Mark Billingham via Calibre's streaming, download, and memory stick services.Ĭalibre Audio is the only national charity in the UK to provide a completely free for life audiobook service to anyone who has a print disability, connecting its 17,000 members to books in the format they require. We delighted to announce today a new agreement with Hachette UK which extends our existing partnership so that all of Hachette UK’s audio titles are now available in all formats for Calibre members donated free of charge.

Calibre audiobooks