March 2025

Haere mai, welcome to our Audiobooks newsletter. Pop on your headphones - there's plenty of new fiction and non-fiction to listen to.

New audiobooks

Listen to the freshest audiobooks from Libby and BorrowBox, or tune into a classic tale.

New releases: BorrowBox

New releases: Libby

Listen now

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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

Blog Post

QUIZ: Directories

A directory is an index or list of individuals and/or organisations that also includes contact details. Great for local history research.

2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

More eAudiobooks

Staff List

eAudiobooks with multiple narrators

If you are looking for a different eAudiobook experience, try one with a lineup of voices. Lincoln in the Bardo has 166 voices!

Multiple narrator audiobooks

New and Interesting

The Pool by Hannah Tunnicliffe, read by Jamie Oxenbould and Melanie Vallejo [Libby]

Can you make a murderer? Dive into this deep and tangled mystery by Hannah Tunnicliffe.

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito, read by Anna Burnett [Libby]

The Sunday Times calls it "Jane Eyre meets American Psycho". It's also being made into a movie by the producer of the horror Longlegs and is set to star Margaret Qualley (The Substance) and Kiwi actress Thomasin McKenzie.

Book Sale coming soon!

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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

More about the book sale

uLibrary Bookclubs

Talking Books Book Club

Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. This month's title is Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan

Bookworms Book Club

Join Bookworms Book Club, uLibrary's kids audio bookclub. This month's book is Call Me Lion by Camilla Chester

More uLibrary eAudiobooks

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