W.F. Howes, RBmedia’s international publishing brand, has announced the UK and Commonwealth audiobook release of Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, the ninth book in Diana Gabaldon’s hugely popular bestselling Outlander series. With close to 100,000 global pre-orders already clocked up, the author’s new work is set to become an instant bestseller when the…

W.F. Howes, a leading RBmedia’ international publishing brand, today launched its new imprint WFH ORIGINAL, which will publish the company’s audio original titles as it rapidly expands into the world of exclusive audiobooks.   The publisher has snapped up seven high-profile authors and front-list titles to springboard the imprint’s launch, three of which will publish…

W.F. Howes has secured the audio rights for the first three titles in the DC Ruth Hunter Murder Case series, by one of the UK’s most popular crime writers, Simon McCleave.   Launching in late July, the three audiobooks – Diary of a War Crime, The Razor Gang Murder, and The Imitation of Darkness – take readers back in time to the…

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…