About Us
Calibre Audio is a national charity providing free audiobooks for everyone with a disability that makes reading print difficult. Calibre has over 17,000 members with conditions including: impaired vision; a learning disability such as dyslexia; a cognitive impairment such as head trauma or stroke; long covid; a physical dexterity problem such as Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson’s, arthritis, paralysis, terminal illness or early dementia.
The charity’s ambition is for an inclusive society where everyone with a reading disability can enjoy free and accessible books. Calibre’s collection of over 13,000 audiobook titles offers fiction and non-fiction titles to suit all interests and ages and is available for members online by download or streaming or by post on USB.
Calibre works closely with publishers to grow its collection of titles including an agreement with Penguin Random House who gifted its audio title to Calibre at no cost.
Calibre’s team of volunteer narrators, all voice professionals, record books that are not commercially available to provide the widest range of books for members.
Calibre needs to raise £1.5m every year to continue to provide its services at no cost to members.
Press releases
Help tackle loneliness and isolation this Christmas by supporting...
National audiobook charity, Calibre Audio, is encouraging local people to give double the joy of reading to those who struggle with the printed... read more
28.11.2023 • By Calibre Audio
Calibre Audio Awards 2023 - Announcement of Winners
National audiobook charity Calibre Audio is delighted to announce the winners of the Calibre Audio Awards 2023. The Awards celebrate the best... read more
02.06.2023 • By Calibre Audio
Calibre Audio and Bonnier Books create audiobook to inspire children...
National audiobook charity Calibre Audio has partnered with Bonnier Books UK to produce a pioneering audio version of Patrick Kane and Samuel... read more
15.05.2023 • By Calibre Audio
Calibre Audio brings World Book Day to young people who struggle to read...
National audiobook charity Calibre Audio is delighted to be supporting World Book Day on 2 nd March 2023 to ensure that young people with... read more
27.02.2023 • By Calibre Audio
Calibre Audio launches appeal to transform lives of people with print...
National charity Calibre Audio has launched a fundraising appeal to raise much-needed funds to transform the lives of those with print... read more
28.11.2022 • By Calibre Audio
Calibre Audio celebrates the contribution of its volunteers
Calibre Audio, the national charity providing free audiobooks for the print disabled, has marked the valuable contribution of its many... read more
23.09.2022 • By Calibre Audio
Take on the Calibre Summer Reading Challenge and spread the love of...
Calibre Audio is challenging people across the country to read five books in eight weeks this summer to help spread the love of books to... read more
20.07.2022 • By Calibre Audio
