W. F. Howes

W. F. Howes W. F. Howes Ltd. The UK's largest independent publisher of audiobooks

Howes is the UK’s leading audiobook publisher and an international publishing brand of RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world. The brand distributes its catalogue of thousands of titles—including bestsellers, award-winners, and originals—through all leading consumer and library vendors.

07/08/2025

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Unfolding over geological eons, Under the Eye of the Big Bird is at once an astonishing vision of the end of our species as we know it and a meditation on the qualities that, for better and worse, make us human.

Listen to Hiromi Kawakami's International Booker Prize-nominated Under the Eye of the Big Bird now, performed by Ethan Reid, Olivia Darnley, Susan Momoko-Hingley and Arthur Lee.

31/07/2025

Happy audio publication day to GWYNETH, the deeply researched and rigorously reported biography of Gwyneth Paltrow by Amy Odell.

Drawing from extensive conversations with more than 220 sources, including close current and former friends and colleagues, Amy Odell provides insight and behind-the-scenes details of Paltrow's relationships, family, friendships, iconic films and tenure as the CEO of Goop. GWYNETH is the definitive account of how Paltrow rose to prominence, has stayed in the limelight and continues to shape culture - for better or worse.

Download the audiobook now, performed by Chanté McCormick.

24/07/2025

Happy audio publication day to MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, the third book in William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy!

You can download NEUROMANCER, COUNT ZERO and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE now on audio 🎧

Mona Lisa Overdrive is performed by Haruka Abe, Jill Winternitz, Crystal Clarke and Joshua Collins.

23/07/2025

Out now: Super Natural, written and narrated by Alex Riley.

Transporting readers to far-flung environments we could never call home, Super Natural paints an awe-inspiring portrait of life's resilience and ingenuity under the harshest circumstances. We meet creatures exquisitely adapted to endure unimaginable deprivations: of water, oxygen, food, sunlight. Alex Riley shows how, at nature's extremes, the rules of life as we know them are rewritten - and how, here, we can find hope for the future of life on Earth, and beyond.

17/07/2025

Happy audio publication day to BIRDING by Rose Ruane, a Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted novel.

Listen to the audiobook now, performed by Antonia Beamish.

14/07/2025

From the BBC’s cyber correspondent and foremost voice on cybercrime comes the insider exposé of the global rise of teen hackers.

In Ctrl+Alt+Chaos, cyber correspondent Joe Tidy unveils the dark digital underbelly where teenage boys are reshaping cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and organised crime under the noses of their parents.

Out on Thursday - pre-order the audiobook now, read by the author!

11/07/2025

The year is 2272. New York and Buenos Aires were submerged years ago and the Patagonian archipelagos are the only habitable lands on Earth. Here, Dengue Boy is a humanoid mosquito whose monstrous appearance repulses everyone, including his own mother.

Michel Nieva's Dengue Boy is one of 's best Science Fiction books for Summer 2025 - listen now to find out why!

Read by India Jean-Jacques & translated by Rahul Bery.

11/07/2025

Celia Grey appears to have the perfect life: married to Dominic, the man of her dreams, and living on a glorious, thriving vineyard in the south of France. But then she is contacted by a stranger who claims to be her long-lost son, David, the newborn she gave up at twenty and has never spoken of since.

Only Celia can decide how far she will go to hold everything together, to keep her perfect life from unravelling...One Summer in Provence is a story of betrayal and belonging, and of discovering love in unexpected places - from the bestselling author of The Olive Farm.

Listen to the audiobook now, read by the author.

10/07/2025

Happy audio publication day to The Wanton Road, the 3rd book in the Fiskardo's War series by J. C. Harvey.

You can listen to The Wanton Road now, as well as The Silver Wolf and The Dead Men (Books 1 & 2 in the series), all performed by Peter Noble.

04/07/2025

Eco-influencer Fiona hasn't left her apartment since her boyfriend, Ed, died. But when Ed's favourite houseplant randomly appears on her doorstep with an anonymous note, Fiona takes this as a sign. Pouring Ed's ashes into the soil, she finds the plant has vibrantly flowered. And can... talk? There's only one logical explanation: Ed is back. This time as a houseplant. 🌿

With the plant's voice and budding flowers acting as her guiding compass, Fiona is not only urged towards people and places that left her scarred, but also finds herself at the heart of a life-or-death activist plot. How far will she go to keep him blooming? 🌸

Listen to Send Flowers by Emily Buchanan now, performed by Imogen Mackie Walker 🌱

03/07/2025

James Bloodworth journeys into the manosphere in Lost Boys, an exploration of underground subcultures of toxic masulinity, incels and 'alpha males'.

Combining compulsive memoir with powerful reporting, fascinating international case studies, data, cultural analysis and history, this is an essential guide to the crisis in contemporary masculinity.

Download the audiobook now, read by the author.

To round off Audiobook Month, here are our team's recommendations for audiobooks for children 🦔 All available to downloa...
30/06/2025

To round off Audiobook Month, here are our team's recommendations for audiobooks for children 🦔 All available to download now!

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The variety of genre imprints that W. F. Howes offers include: Clipper - Representing award winners, shortlisted titles and top bestsellers from popular genres. AVID - An imprint dedicated to genre fitction - specifically supernatural, horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Jammer - Commerical, mass-market fiction and non-fiction with a contemporary twist. Lamplight - Representing traditional genres such as sagas and mysteries. Nudged - A world of fun spoken word stories, just for children aged 2 to 12 years. Designed to ignite a lifelong love of reading. W. F. Howes also offers a range of digital services to libraries, encouraging library borrowers to make the most out of their visits to their libraries with engaging and worthwhile services. These include: RBdigital - RBdigital is a library service for borrowing eAudiobooks, eBooks, Magazines and Comics. It is the platform created, hosted and maintained by W F Howes. Once linked to your library website, library members download directly onto their devices giving them 24/7 access, anywhere in the world, to the latest bestsellers and award winners. Transparent Language Online - Research-based and experience-driven, Transparent Language Online is a language-learning program for libraries and their users that provides an effective, fun, and engaging experience for language learners of all levels. Universal Class - W. F. Howes' Universal Class is an educational service providing the highest quality online courses for library users interested in the lifelong pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Lifelong learning not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, but also competitiveness and employability. To date, over 300,000 students have benefited from Universal Class state-of-the-art online courses! Atomic Training - This is an online software learning tool which includes over 40,000 easy to understand online learning videos. There is currently over 150 up to date software applications, including: Microsoft Word and Excel Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver iTunes and iPad HTML5 and CSS3 Social Media and WordPress Google Docs and Picasa Library Press Display - Library PressDisplay is a stand-alone web-based portal designed specifically to meet the needs of libraries and educational institutions. Library PressDisplay has become the media destination of choice in more than 7,000 libraries and educational institutions around the world providing full digital replicas of current-edition newspapers and magazines to students, teachers and researchers.