W.F. Howes Ltd, the UK’s leading independent audiobook publisher, is delighted Grown Ups by Marian Keyes has been nominated for British Audiobook of the Year. The prestigious prize has shortlisted the self-narrated novel, with the winner to be announced on the 13th of May.     Shooting to the number one spot as an Audible bestseller…

W. F. Howes today announced a surge in downloads for its longtime bestselling Bridgerton series audiobooks following the hit Netflix adaptation. Produced by Recorded Books and published by W. F. Howes, RBmedia’s flagship publishing brand in the UK, Julia Quinn’s historical romance series is a collection of eight novels, each featuring one of the Bridgerton children.…

Bestselling author Polly Samson and husband David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, have collaborated for the release the audio edition of Samson’s bestselling novel A Theatre for Dreamers. The library audio edition of A Theatre for Dreamers, released 1st September 2020, includes David Gilmour’s new single, Yes I Have Ghosts. The new song was inspired by a character from the novel…

Listen to four chapters from Gender Rebels Scroll down to listen! Suranne Jones, Maya Jama, Gemma Cairney and Anneka Harry have joined forces to narrate Harry’s debut audiobook; Gender Rebels: 50 Influential Cross-Dressers, Impersonators, Name-Changers, and Game-Changers. The all-female narrator line up will give voice to 50 defiant and daring (wo)men who changed their identities and the rules. Spanning politics, religion,…

Silver is your hugely anticipated second novel following your bestselling crime debut Scrublands. How similar or different was the inspiration behind this book?   Both novels grew from a small germ of an idea. With Scrublands, it was imagining a journalist (Martin Scarsden) arriving in a drought-stricken town. With Silver, the initial idea was different: why was…

The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle is your second novel following your bestselling debut The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Bookclub. How similar or different was the inspiration behind this book? The inspiration is similar in that this is also a story about friendship between women – but in this case all the women are strangers…

You have written a wonderful book Raising Readers that outlines how to nurture and encourage reading from birth through to adolescence. What was your motivation/inspiration for writing this?  My motivation for writing the book was the wonderful children’s publisher Kristina Schulz, who gently encouraged me to write the book. I never saw myself as a writer (despite…

We recently spoke to voice actor Steve Shanahan known for his work with Jane Harper on her audiobooks The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man, and his most recent work with Katherine Johnson for The Better Son.   You are now famously the voice behind Jane Harper’s acclaimed audiobooks The Dry, Force of Nature and The…

The shortlists for the ABIA Awards’ Books of the Year have been revealed, with two of our exclusive Wavesound titles making the shortlist for the ABIA Audiobook of the Year. See below all the titles that have made it onto the shortlists that are available in audiobook through Wavesound.   Audiobook of the Year Boy…