The popularity of crime books is huge and this genre constantly tops the polls as the nation’s favourite. We bring you some of the best...

The natural world provides the inspiration and backdrop for fantastic stories, whether dealing us facts or spinning a wonderous work of fiction. These books can cover everything from the weather to warthogs, how to start a zoo to how to save the planet. So, if you have a passion for the world around you and a taste for adventure, we have just the books for you to explore.

It can be a challenge to find science fiction and fantasy books for adults, not least because they are often soooo long. But, this month, we have a handful to share with the die hard fans who can’t get enough of the genre.

More and more books written by and about the black experience are becoming available, so it’s great to see that many of them have made their way into Calibre's collection. In this first of two articles, we celebrate this year’s Black History Month with a look at our newest non-fiction works on the subject.

We love this time of year with the trees decked out in their orange and red autumn leaves and bonfire night following hot on the heels of halloween. Here's some great autumn reads for our younger members...

Here at Calibre we are celebrating National Poetry Day 2021 with a look at a form of poetry that has spanned not only the centuries, but also a couple of millennia

Banned Books Week is with us again, the annual reminder to celebrate the freedom to read. Originating from the USA, it remains to be relevant as books continue be restricted in schools and libraries across the States.

This month's big batch of books is brimming with fantasy, including the companion novel to Stephenie Meyers' Twilight series Midnight Sun.

There’s so much non-fiction in amongst this bumper crop of books for September that I can only give a taste of what’s available...

With the return of the ITV drama series Grantchester this month, we're delighted to feature an interview with the author of the Grantchester mysteries, James Runcie.

Here at Calibre we love it when some of our favourite books make it to the small or big screen and 2021 has been a great year for that...

For our next Meet The Narrator we have the lovely Hilary Spiers, who has been a narrator for Calibre for 6 years. 43 books later (and counting) she still loves her work as much as she did when she started...

There may not be as many new books as usual this month but the ones we do have are brilliant and well worth spending your last few weeks of the summer holidays reading...

We are adding nearly a hundred new books to our collection this month, so no excuses that you have nothing to read. Come rain or shine, and currently it is mostly rain, you are sure to find something to keep you happy for the month of August.

The school holidays are just about to begin; time to stock up on lots of lovely books to read and we have some great suggestions for you!

This Summer why not settle back and immerse yourself into what we are calling 'Cosy Summer Crime'. Think Agatha Raisin, Marple and Poirot.

After the strict regulations on social distancing in 2020 which prevented most major sporting events going ahead, 2021 is proving to be a real sporting summer...

On our podcast this month we are so excited to have an interview with Elly Griffiths, author of some of our favourite crime novels.

We have it! The much-requested Troubled Blood, the latest in the Robert Galbraith series featuring Cormoran Strike and his now business partner Robin Ellacott, is here at last. If you thought the previous installment Lethal White was long at 22 hours, you’ll be delighted, or appalled, to hear that Troubled Blood comes in at a whopping 32 hours.

Sometimes you finish a book and just don’t want the story to end. You want to keep reading, needing to know what happens to the characters next. We’ve found some brilliant series where you can start from the beginning, happily content in the knowledge that it’s so good the author decided to write more.

With a great summer of sport to look forward to, we've searched our collection for the best sports-related stories to inspire, amuse and enthrall you throughout the summer.

There are several books by prize-winning authors this month including one by the youngest ever winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing...

Here at Calibre we are always so excited when Harry Potter Book Night comes around as it gives us an excuse to dig out our favourite Harry Potter title to read all over again (because let's face it, most of us have read them more than once!)

So many books, so little space to talk about them! The crime and thriller selection added to the shelves this month is exceptional, but if that's not your genre we have plenty of others too!

In our interview with the lovely Kate Griffin, the author of The Kitty Peck Mysteries, she talks all things Kitty and how she came to create the series.

Hi VIS fortnight is in full swing and seeks each year to highlight the wonderful world of accessible reading. Reading is something that brings us together, regardless of what or how we read. Hi VIS fortnight provides an opportunity to raise the profile of accessible library services, collections, and activities, and to connect people with a vision or print impairment to reading.

Our youngest members are in for a real treat this month with a great story from the wonderful Julia Donaldson...

David Walliams has fast become one of our best-loved children's authors. We are delighted that we have been able to get so many of his books into our collection so that our members can gasp, giggle, snort and laugh out loud at the adventures of aunts who are awful, grannies who are ganstas, dentists who are demons and beasts who are lurking around Buckingham Palace.

This month’s collection of new books is especially strong on non-fiction titles, with an emphasis on biographies.

In celebration of World Book Night 2021, we have gone back through all 10 years of World Book Night's featured books and brought you 10 of the best that are available from our collection.

We are delighted to have six titles by Cressida Cowell currently in our audiobook collection. Currently the Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Cressida is one of our best-loved children's authors, bringing fantasy and mythical creatures alive for a generation of youngsters.

New books for April include an exciting collection of tales of vampires, time-travel, magic, myths and legends!

This month’s wonderful range of new books will hopefully provide some entertainment while we wait for the weather to get better!

Three key ingredients for any Easter-themed reads are chicks, bunnies and, of course, chocolate! We have checked our nests, scoured the hedgerows and pilfered the treat cupboard and have come up with some cracking Easter break audiobooks to keep you entertained whilst we’re all waiting for the sunshine to come back.

The concept that laughter can be an aid to better physical and mental health has been well-known for centuries. As part of our Reading for Wellbeing month, we have scoured our collection for the funniest titles we could find to provide you with some laughter. Stories that will make you unfurrow your brow and smile from ear to ear.

We have plenty of new books this month for our young members and our youngest members, from the Castle of LLyr to Superdad's Day Off. Whatever your age, we have some great reading suggestions!

It is only fitting that in the month in which we celebrate International Women’s day, and Women’s History Month, we start with the literary giant that was Jane Austen...

As part of our introductions to some of our lovely narrators who work mainly behind the scenes, we will be bringing you podcasts and interviews from the people you have often met only by voice. Next, the amazing Mark Campbell.‍

World Book Day is here again! When book tokens are distributed to children across the country so they can choose which of the brilliant selection books on offer they will purchase. So our members don’t miss out, we were able to add several of last year’s contributions to our library

It’s January, it’s lockdown, and it’s cold, thank goodness for David Walliams and Jeff Kinney to tickle our funny bones!

Four great new titles that have been added to our collection this month, available to members on USB memory stick only.

It's February, and with a blanket of snow across much of the country, it's the perfect time to stay in and read. The highlight of this month’s new books has to be Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day by Captain Tom Moore.

National Storytelling Week is an iniative by the Society for Storytelling and this year runs from 30th January to 6th February. We are hugely grateful to one of our lovely narrators, Grace Dives, for allowing us to tell her story 'The Dragon Who Came in from the Cold' across this week.

As the recent snowfall and continued cold weather have reminded us, there is still plenty of time to start that audiobook you’ve been meaning to. Or if you’ve managed to listen your way through your whole playlist: firstly, well done! Secondly, read on! There has never been a better opportunity to escape the boredom during lockdown than by delving into one of our lockdown listens.

Now that many children are homeschooling, we thought it only fair that the grown-ups joined in and refreshed some of their skills in the core lessons that our youngsters are working so hard at. So once again, we took the subjects and gave them a subtle twist to make them more interesting. See if you can go to the top of the class by reading as many as you can…

Now we're back to homeschooling, we've taken the core subjects and glittered them up a bit to produce the alternative lockdown school timetable. Lessons have never been so interesting!

At Calibre we’re fighting back against the January blues by listening to some of the most inspirational stories from incredible people, so if you’re in need of a spark of inspiration or want to learn how to regain motivation for workouts or the year ahead, limber up, take your pick from this selection and prepare for a grueling adventure.

Following Calibre Audio being recently added to the Dolphin EasyReader app, we are delighted to invite our members to an exclusive free webinar. Join Dave Salisbury and Colin Shales from Dolphin and Emma Scott from Calibre Audio to discover how to use the EasyReader app to find, download and read titles from Calibre Audio.

An unexpected Christmas gift to Calibre that has resulted in some new and exciting books being added to our collection. 

This month’s new books list has something for every age group, and even some that can be enjoyed by adults too. We are especially excited about a particular offering for our youngest members - The Big Mog Collection by Judith Kerr, about Mog, the much loved cat.

This month’s new books list is choc full of crowd pleasers, including a handful of love stories and family sagas.

Not an exhortation to reinvent yourself in the style of a New Year, New You magazine article, but simply a chance to gather together an interesting collection of Calibre books related to making a new start, or being forced to move on to a new country, or a new way of life.

For those of you bursting to know the answer to the one question you couldn't get, we're happy to oblige! Here's the answers to our Christmas Family Quiz 2020.

12 festive and captivating books to read over the Christmas season. With best wishes for Christmas from us to you!

Winter is here, and don’t we know it, and what could be nicer than sitting in the warm whilst reading a book where a cold, wintry environment plays as much a part of the story as any of the characters.

We may not have many new books for young people going into the library this month, but to make up for it every single one is an absolute cracker! Although primarily aimed at Key Stage 2, I defy anyone not to enjoy them, even the grown-ups.

This month our list of new books is especially rich in contemporary fiction, 20th century classics and crime.

Two new books by Alex Wheatle, some fantasy fiction with a Celtic twist and a book containing four short stories about a family of mice living in Brambly Hedge. Our November books really have provided for all!

Non-fiction titles are to the fore again this month with books on food, cricket, football, nature, travel, and philosophy. Couple them with some cracking good fiction, and there's something for everyone.

With Halloween on Saturday, we've searched the library for some book suggestions that will have you quaking in your boots, hiding behind your sofa, avoiding black cats on your walk to school or failing that, curling up on the sofa with a hot chocolate ready for a spookingly good read!

If you’ve started GCSE English this year, you may have been given a pretty big reading list! But don't worry, we have many of these texts in our audiobook collection and are here to help you stay on top of your workload so you can focus in the classroom.

October is Black History Month in the UK, a time to celebrate the culture, history and achievement of Britain’s African and Caribbean communities. Across the country a wide variety of events are being held, from exhibitions of art and photography, to film screenings and poetry workshops.

A round up of all the new books that we have recently added to our collection, specifically for children and young members.

If you're in need of a laugh (and who isn't) then this month we have just the thing with two new books in the Mr Majeika series and a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

As part of Libraries Week, we spoke to Calibre Audio member and author Lynne Reid Banks about one of the books that helped shape her world.

With autumn now officially here, we have a bumper harvest of new books going into the library this month.

Banned Books Week UK is a nationwide campaign held in the last week of September to celebrate the freedom to read.

Today is National Poetry Day, the perfect opportunity to either embark on a deeper exploration of the subject, or just dip your toe in the water. Here are some the wonderful poetry books that we have added to our collection this year.

There seems to be a bit of a theme emerging in our new fiction for younger members this month with tales of swapping or choosing family members, rather than having to put up with the ones you’ve got.

Although the high temperatures and blazing sun of this summer are beginning to fade like a dream, we can console ourselves with the prospect of spending more time reading as the days draw in, not that we need an excuse to enjoy a good book! This month’s list of new books is a great place to start with a selection of non-fiction, horror and contemporary fiction to choose from.

This Roald Dahl day find out exactly how much you know about his books with our whizzpopping quiz...

With school still a distant memory, and the new term a little while off, it’s time to listen to some great stories before the compulsory reading list appears on the horizon!

With another month comes another intriguing and entertaining selection of new books for the Calibre library.

Tradition demands that now July is here, we should all be enjoying the quintessentially British pastimes of cricket and tennis, relaxing in the summer sunshine with our strawberries and cream and glasses of Pimms.

It’s a new month, with new books, and we have a new author for you to try whose tale of an extraordinary gorilla sailing the high seas has been described as providing ‘several hours of joy’ by no less than Philip Pullman...

The Black Lives Matter movement has left a lot of people wanting to better understand what it means to be black in a society where white privilege is the norm. To support this, we've been adding new black authors to our diverse collection of audiobooks.

This month we have a great selection of non-fiction titles to suit even the most jaded reader, and more! See the full list here for books on the environment, sport, pop culture, self-help, and biographies.

For the second week of Hi VIS Fortnight 2020 we are highlighting the BBC’s list of 100 ‘Novels that Shaped the World’ which can be accessed in alternative formats.

Our new books for young people this month include one from this year's Greenaway Prize shortlist and wait for it - two books about poo written by members of the band McFly in their hugely successful Dinosaur books. I think it's fair to say we have something for everyone!

Summer is here, so why not put your feet up and get stuck into some of the new books on offer this month. We have a tremendous selection for you to choose from, despite the fact most of us are working from home, all thanks to the magic of technology.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, readers are being asked to vote for their favourite of the past 24 winners, and to join in the conversation around the amazing prize winning books on the list.

Here is a complete list of the children and young adult books that we have added to our collection so far this year.

This month we have a real mix of titles from a football legend, a fairytale adventure in a world of mermaids and pirates and a hilarious tale about the Bolds, a family of hyenas in disguise...

We may all be in lockdown but Calibre staff are working as hard as ever to add new books to the library, whilst maintaining their social distance, of course. This month’s offer may be fewer in number but the range and interest are as good as ever.....

April 23rd, what a day! Not only is it St George’s Day and Shakespeare’s birthday but it’s also a time to celebrate books, and for sharing the benefits that reading for pleasure has on our lives. Something that is more important than ever in these times of social isolation.

For those of you who are able to entertain yourselves at this time of increased leisure time (for some) by watching films, here are some suggestions of screen adaptations of books that have caused some controversy.

It’s Easter, the chocoholics’ favourite time of year! So we have put together some books themed around Easter, featuring easter eggs, easter bunnies and chocolate galore...

There are some tasty treats for April from the latest titles added to the Calibre children’s collection....

The new crop of books we’ve added to the Library over the last month is so chock-full of brilliant titles that we're having trouble limiting our list of highlights to a manageable number....

Keep your young people occupied with our vast collection of childrens books - all free to stream to your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

Discover our new selection of March titles for chidren and young people, all now available to borrow.

One of the latest offerings from Netflix which has got everyone talking is The Stranger but did you know this was based on a book by Harlan Coben?

2020 is set to be a bumper year of bestsellers and classics getting the onscreen treatment, be it television adaptations or big budget movies.

Women in Science Day gives us the opportunity to stop and look at those women who played pioneering roles in an industry that has historically been, and still is, dominated by men. Lets's celebrate the women in these books as role models for young women and girls today....

Following on from this fascinating BBC video article about a small town in India which is home to hundreds of pairs of twins, we have searched out 8 of our best books about twins