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For Your Ears Only is a quarterly bulletin available for our adult members giving details of titles we have recently added to the Calibre Audio Library. It also gives reading suggestions on specific themes each quarter.

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    Latest episodes from Calibre For Your Ears Only

    FYEO - Spring 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 168:44


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

    FYEO - Autumn 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 148:08


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

    FYEO Spring 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 116:02


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only. You may have noticed that we have jumped straight to spring and missed out the winter version of For Your Ears Only but never fear you have not missed any of the new books we have added!

    FYEO15 Autumn 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 172:13


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only. We apologise for the delay but hope the Autumn edition of our FYEO is worth the wait and you find some great new books to keep you reading over the next few months.

    For Your Ears Only: Summer 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 125:42


    Welcome to the summer edition of For Your Ears Only packed with lots of recently added titles to tempt you with. The past few months have been difficult for everyone, so we hope you are keeping well and that the books you are receiving from us are helping to bring you some comfort and enjoyment. This season’s picks include the latest in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan detective series by Val McDermid called “How the Dead Speak”, another spine-tingling offer from author Laura Purcell in the form of “Bone China”, plus the first in a new series by Gervase Phinn called “The School at the Top of the Dale”. If you are after some non-fiction choices, then how about “Chastise: The Dambusters Story” by Max Hastings or Sunday Times bestseller “On Chapel Sands” by Laura Cumming.

    For Your Ears Only: Spring 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 183:35


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only. At the time of writing we are still in lockdown and restricted on our everyday social activities so we hope you are all keeping well and hopefully you’ll find some titles to entertain you and to keep you company among this season’s new books. We have the newest titles from Tracy Chevalier with “A Single Thread” and Jojo Moyes with “A Giver of Stars. Perhaps you fancy a classic spy story, so may be tempted with Len Deighton’s “The Ipcress File” or Ken Follet’s “Eye of the Needle”, or just want something to make you laugh, in which case Sue Townsend’s “Queen Camilla” is one to try.

    For Your Ears Only: Winter 2019-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 142:59


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only, packed with an abundance of titles to help you choose your next books, that will keep you company through the rest of the winter. As we enter into the new year you may want to discover some different authors, so how about trying the two new books by cosy crime author T P Fielden, or what about Elaine Roberts with her first family saga book called “The Foyles Bookshop Girls”. Then there is a book to take a chance on in the form of “Little” by Edward Carey, a fictional account of the life of Madame Tussaud, or embark on a quest to find out more about the universe in “The Planets” by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen.

    For Your Ears Only: Autumn 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 96:22


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only with plenty of books to choose from to keep you occupied through those sometimes damp and drizzly autumnal days. We have an enticing selection of books recently added to the library that are just waiting to be borrowed. You could dive into a classic thriller with Alistair MacLean’s “Golden Gate”; pick up Michael Ondaatje’s “Warlight”, longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2018; revisit the Greek Myths in Stephen Fry’s “Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold”; take a chance on “The Binding” by Bridget Collins; or, find out about pioneering geologist Mary Anning in “Jurassic Mary” by Patricia Pierce.

    For Your Ears Only: Summer 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 77:57


    Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Ears Only which is brimming with book choices that will hopefully become part of your summer reading.

    For Your Ears Only: Spring 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 205:31


    Welcome to the Spring edition of For Your Ears Only, bursting with a wide range of titles that we have recently added to Calibre’s Audio Library. In this edition we discuss Calibre podcasts and how you can listen to them and the 200th anniversary of the year Queen Victoria was born. We have used this milestone to select some books from Calibre’s library that feature kings and queens that will hopefully tempt you into borrowing them.

    For Your Ears Only: Winter 2018-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 172:42


    Welcome to a bumper issue of For Your Ears Only with plenty of reading choices to get you through the rest of the winter. You may find that some of the books included in this issue will inspire you to take part in our Reading Resolution challenge which is our featured article.

    For Your Ears Only: Autumn 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 82:47


    Welcome to the autumn issue of For Your Ears Only which lists all of the books that we have added to the library in the last few months. The main feature in this edition is all about asking for your help to spread the word on behalf of Calibre Audio Library and telling anyone you know about Calibre’s services. We also have an article highlighting some books that are in keeping with the autumn season.

    For Your Ears Only: Summer 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 77:34


    Welcome to the summer issue of For Your Ears Only listing all of the titles added to the library in the last few months. The main article featured at the beginning of this edition focuses on book news for this summer including highlighting new releases, celebrating the bicentenary of Emily Bronte’s birth, and giving Zoe Ball’s new TV Book Club a mention.

    For Your Ears Only: Spring 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 119:35


    Welcome to the spring issue of For Your Ears Only listing all of the titles added to the library in the past few months. For fans of classic literature there is Thomas Hardy’s “The Woodlanders” while the detective and mystery admirer might like “The Back Road” by Rachel Abbott and for those who like the more fantastical, then how about “The Children of Hurin” by J R R Tolkien.

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