The Speakies - 2025 Nominations

We’re delighted to share that United Voices and United Agents Books have a great presence in the shortlist for the inaugural British Audio Awards aka The Speakies.

United Voices are also sponsoring the event, this coming November. 

Best Audiobook: Fiction

Precipice by Robert Harris, narrated by Samuel West (Penguin Random House Audio)

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (Penguin Random House Audio)

Best Audiobook: Crime & Thriller

Panic by LJ Ross, narrated by Richard Armitage (WF Howes)

The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer, narrated by Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Paul Whitehouse and Julie Maisey (Simon &

Schuster Audio UK)

Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent (Bonnier Books UK)

Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, narrated by Rosamund Pike (Macmillan Audio)

Best Audiobook: Romance

Bad Publicity by Bianca Gillam, narrated by Lucy Boynton (Bloomsbury)

Best Audiobook: Children’s Book

Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart  (Bolinda)

Choose Your Own Evolution by Jules Howard (Nosy Crow)

Skandar and the Skeleton Curse by AF Steadman, narrated by David Dawson (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)

Best Performance

Bettrys Jones, Our Mutual Friend, produced by Polly Thomas (Thomas Carter Projects)

Best Performance Ensemble

Our Mutual Friend – Bettrys Jones

Casino Royale – Toby Stephens, John Standing