October 2025

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

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Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

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Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

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Strike is back! Discover the entire Strike Series today.

Strike is back! Discover the entire Strike series with no delay, No wait audiobooks. Only available on uLibrary.

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Changes to how hold suspensions work in OverDrive / Libby

Find out about the changes to how you manage your suspended holds in OverDrive / Libby

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Top picks by customers and librarians

Speaking my language Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo Mike McRoberts, read by the author [BorrowBox]

"This is a memoir, but it's not simply a depiction of life's events for one of Aotearoa's most well-known tv presenters. That would be interesting in its own right, but this pukapuka is more. It is also the story of reconnection to te ao Māori and te reo Māori. This works beautifully in audiobook format - it's special and inspiring to hear Mike tell of his journey in his own words."

Hekate by Nikita Gill, read by the author [Libby / AWA]

A magical journey through the Greek Underworld, populated with gods and titans and narrated in dream-like poetry, Hekate is a unique creation and the most original addition to the retelling genre I have read in a while. A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war.

New audiobooks

Listen to hot new fiction and non-fiction, or tune into a classic with audiobooks from uLibrary, BorrowBox and AWA / Libby.

New releases: uLibrary

New releases: BorrowBox

New releases: AWA / Libby

uLibrary Bookclubs

Talking Books Book Club

Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. December's title is Dramatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony.

Bookworms Book Club

Join Bookworms Book Club, uLibrary's kids audio bookclub. December's book is Midnight Swan by Catherine Fisher

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