Entries Tagged as ‘Audio Books’

December 18, 2008

A Christmas Carol

Since the beginning of December, my reading groups in Liverpool, Manchester, Leicester, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Banbury have been reading a selection of Christmassy poems and stories to raise everyone’s festive spirits. One of the most popular texts has been A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens in 1843. This book tells the tale of miserly Mr [...]

October 10, 2008

Do you like to listen?

During a recent visit to the Bibby Distribution depot in Lutterworth, I met a lorry driver who told me that in his ten years driving for Bibby, he’s listened to well over 4000 audio books! It seems that lots of you like listening to books just as much as you like reading them! So with [...]