7 reasons you'll want to start listening to Audiobooks | | |
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What’s more nostalgic and satisfying than being read a good story? Unlock the nourishing convenience of audiobooks with a catalogue of entertaining and educational modern Australian classics – all free on the ABC listen app.
- Find optimism and relieve anxious feelings, to counter the stressors in your world. Boost your mood with the right audiobook and replace negative thoughts with Mark Cross’ Anxiety – expert advice from a neurotic shrink who has lived with anxiety all his life.
- Looking for motivation? Get inspired with Magda Szubanski reading her own fearless, intimate and revelatory memoir: Reckoning and Dylan Alcott’s triumphant and action-packed, Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings!
- Don’t let anyone tell you audiobooks are cheating! Stimulate your brain just as you would holding a traditional paperback, with Saroo Brierley's sweeping story of survival against incredible odds, Lion: A Long Way Home . Plus, when it comes to who has the upper hand, audiobooks give the convenience of living on your mobile device… Take your favourite read with you on the go, forget worrying about losing your bookmark, and even juggle multiple books at once!
- Use an engaging audiobook story to master your time management, by working out your brain while achieving mundane tasks like cleaning, commuting or exercising. Make these chores a more enjoyable, stress-free experience with former NRL player and world boxing title holder, Joe Williams and his powerful autobiography Defying The Enemy Within.
- Take the strain off of your eyes. Whether it’s video calls, work computers, or binging the latest trending show; screens and the eye-straining blue light behind them are at the forefront of our everyday lives. Keep your brain occupied while giving your eyes a much-deserved break with audiobooks such as Heather Ewart'sBack Roads: The Scenic Route that brings the inspirational rural communities of Australia into splendid, vivid colour.
- Which then helps with sleep… Recharge your circadian rhythm and body clock by giving your eyes a rest and listening to relaxing audiobooks like Alice Pung's rich and irreverent modern family portrait, Unpolished Gem or Johnno, David Malouf’s local odyssey of friendship, love, and travel. Sleep better!
- Have a good laugh and get a hit of serotonin! For a healthy, insightful giggle, hear Kitty Flanagan deliver her trademark wit, with 488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct.
Audiobooks are a useful companion to learn, be inspired, or simply escape with. Open your ears to a world of new friends, unexpected ideas, and curious places with the ABC listen app’s collection of audiobooks from iconic Australian voices. Escape to the fictitious, dusty outback town of Dungatar with Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker , narrated by Rachel Griffiths or take an energetic ride from Glasgow to Adelaide in Working Class Boy with the man himself, rock icon Jimmy Barnes.
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