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Well-being coach, writer and presenter George Anderson talks to us about his upcoming audiobook, Beginner’s Luck Guide for Non-runners. Imparting award-winning training advice on how to slowly build up fitness levels, stay motivated and even start to enjoy exercise, George explains the reasoning behind his running programme in this exclusive interview.  

Award-winning journalist and author Emily Koch talks to us about her debut audiobook, If I Die Before I Wake. A compelling and suspenseful psychological thriller, the audiobook has captivated listeners due its original premise and intriguing characters. In this exclusive interview, we ask Emily about her writing process, the source of her inspiration for the story and her plans for future titles.

Born in Dublin, Dolan studied English at Trinity College, followed by a master's in Victorian literature at Oxford. Excerpts of Exciting Times have appeared in The Dublin Review and The Stinging Fly, but the book, which follows protagonist Ava and her relationships with Julian and Edith, can now be read and listened to in full - to great effect!

Getting into the Shine School for Performing Arts is a dream come true for Chloe - she’ll be taking classes in dance and drama every day and surrounded by people just as passionate as she is! But while the talented and extroverted Chloe was the star at her old school, at Shine it’s much harder to stand out. And although the other girls in her year seem nice, she finds it trickier to make real friends than she’d expected it to be.

Eighteen-year-old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There’s a sniper out there. He’s watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk to us about his latest series, Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets, is the man himself, Stephen Fry. A comedian, actor, writer and more, Stephen has narrated the full collection of Sherlock Holmes for audiobook, was one-half of comic duo Fry and Laurie and is well known for his many years presenting QI. His list of accomplishments beyond this would far exceed the word count here! Now he lends his smarts and his voice to delving into the mysterious world of the Victorians in new series Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets.

1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people.

Morgan is a prolific writer, and after a career spanning over 20 years, she shows little signs of slowing. Known for her television works such as The Split and The Hour, as well as the films The Iron Lady, Shame and Suffragette, Morgan's plays are regularly performed in theatres around the country. Now her name will be found on bookshelves too: Morgan's book, This Is Not a Pity Memoir, documents the havoc wreaked on her life over the last few years with her husband in a coma and her own treatment for breast cancer.

An alphabetical exploration of the people, geography, animals, plants, history, and culture of the United States.

Joining us at Audible Studios is author, journalist and screenwriter Sarfraz Manzoor. Manzoor was born in Pakistan and grew up in Luton, UK. Being raised in a Muslim family while attending a mainly white school, Manzoor was more than aware of his differences and was told that white people would never accept him.

Award-winning author Nina Stibbe talks to Audible about the release of her latest audiobook, An Almost Perfect Christmas. Heartwarming, hilarious and poignant, Nina tells us all about her audiobook in this exclusive interview, also offering life-altering tips on how to enjoy (and survive) a hectic family Christmas.

Author of the acclaimed Summoner series, Matharu gained critical acclaim after publishing his first novel, The Novice, on Wattpad.com, garnering over six millions readers through the platform. Matharu continues to write professionally, with his latest release, the fourth book from the Summoner series, being a prequel. Taran Matharu talks to us about his lauded fantasy series and this latest book, fan fiction and what he thinks of it, and what’s next for the series and his writing. It’s also very hard not to be impressed by the stories of his nine-year-old self.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest book, Life 3.0, is renowned physicist and cosmologist Max Tegmark. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and scientific director of the Foundational Questions Institute, Tegmark cofounded the Future of Life institute and has been instrumental in advising on AI research. His latest book, Life 3.0, looks at the new age of artificial intelligence and the consequences of it.

Trish Bartley talks to Audible about the benefits of practicing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in an effort to live kindly with cancer. As a cancer survivor and senior teacher at the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice, Trish offers unique insight into the psychological difficulties of being with a life-threatening condition and how best to deal with them.

Alex Dale is lost. Destructive habits have cost her a marriage and a journalism career. All she has left is her routine: a morning run until her body aches, then a few hours of forgettable work before the past grabs hold and drags her down. Every day is treading water, every night is drowning. Until Alex discovers Amy Stevenson. Amy Stevenson, who was just another girl from a nearby town until the day she was found unconscious after a merciless assault. Amy Stevenson, who has been in a coma for fifteen years, forgotten by the world.

Simon Hooper, social media star, businessman, author and father of four, brings us his debut audiobook, Forever Outnumbered: Tales of Our Family Life from Instagram’s Father of Daughters. Opening a window into real-life parenting through the eyes of a modern-day dad, the audiobook is a comical yet equally emotionally heartfelt ode to family life. Here we talk to Simon about using social media for good, his views on shared parental leave and his favourite parenting moments to date.

In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a 12-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by sevens. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life...until now.

My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek. The fourth book in the award-winning Geek Girl series. Harriet Manners has high hopes for the new school year: She's a sixth former now, and things are going to be different. But with Nat busy falling in love at college and Toby preoccupied with a top-secret project, Harriet soon discovers that's not necessarily a good thing....

New traders are greedy and have unrealistic expectations; Rich traders are realistic about their returns. Follow the journey of New Trader as he learns just how challenging trading can be! Explore psychology, risk management, and methodology in this revised and updated, best-selling classic!

One of Britain's most prolific authors, Horowitz is known for his children’s fiction, such as the Alex Rider series, his mystery novels including Magpie Murders, as well as being a screenwriter and creator of series such as Midsomer Murders and BAFTA winning Foyle's War. We’ll be chatting with Anthony Horowitz about Close to Death, the fifth installment in his Hawthorne and Horowitz detective series. We will be asking how Horowitz how he decides when he’s got a good idea, what the move from children’s to adult’s fiction was like, and why he chose to write a series with himself as a character.