I have news! The short e-books I have written in the PhD Guides series are being produced as audiobooks! They are being voiced by the excellent Leigh Forbes who is a joy to work with. As with the print books, the first one – Starting Your PhD: What You Need To Know – is free of charge, and it is available now. There are currently multiple distributors working to make the audiobook available. As each platform goes live, the links will be added below — so please check back regularly for updates.

I know many people prefer listening to reading. Some find it more accessible, and for others it is simply more convenient because they can listen as they run, drive, clean their home or do other activities that don’t require much brainpower. I have been wanting to produce audiobooks for years so I am delighted to have reached this stage.

There are various reasons I made this e-book free in both formats. Partly it’s a marketing decision: the first e-book in a series is often free because (a) people are more likely to take it up and (b) if they then enjoy listening or reading, they are more likely to buy other books in the series. And partly it’s a gift to the research community which has given me so much. It includes all the information I wish I’d had before I started my own PhD. Though one of my aims for the book is that it can help people, for whom a PhD is not the best course of action, to figure that out before making a financially, mentally, and emotionally costly commitment. I loved my PhD, but it’s not right for everyone, and finding that out before you start is infinitely preferable to finding out a year or two into the process.

I’m hoping that one day some of my other books will be produced as audiobooks, but that is beyond my control. If it does happen you can be sure I will write about it here. In the meantime, if you decide to listen to any of my audiobooks, please do let me know what you think.

Available links so far:

Kobo, Walmart
NOOK Audiobooks
Libro.FM
Google Play
Storytel
Everand
Chirp