This year Libraries Week is 5-10 October, the annual celebration of the best that libraries have to offer. 2020's theme is 'sharing the books that shaped your world' - we thought this was the perfect opportunity to share different ways members can enjoy Calibre Audio, with our friends at In Your Pocket.

Could you to take part in the 2.6 Challenge and help raise money to help us to continue to run our free audiobook service at this challenging time. Our audiobooks are lifeline to many of our members, particularly as so many are self-isolating.

I hope you are keeping well during these awful times and that, in a small way, we are helping you through the situation. We are passionate about looking after our members and bringing a little joy into your lives.

First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your continued loyalty, support and donations, even during these uncertain times, it is really appreciated that you have taken the time to get in touch with us. Our thoughts go out to all of you who have been affected by this unprecedented situation.

After very careful consideration in these very challenging times, Calibre Audio has today made the decision to temporarily suspend all physical operations to maintain the health and wellbeing of its employees, volunteers and our members.

Thank you for your continued support of Calibre Audio. It means a great deal to us and, as we approach these next few difficult months, we hope that your books will bring you joy and support to what is a tough outlook. We are doing our very best to navigate these choppy waters whilst making sure that you have access to the books that you love to read.

A time to “educate out prejudice and make LGBT+ people visible in all their rich diversity”, as well as a great excuse (not that we needed one) to look at some of our newer LGBT+ books in the Calibre library. So get ready to wrap your ears around these titles.

Here's a list of February's new additions to our library.