Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB
RNIB Connect Radio
A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios.
We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks.
Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group.
Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and children. Find out more by searching for RNIB Library.
Get involved and join the conversation by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk or find Robert on Twitter @Talking_Books
Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio
Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss.
Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics.
Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sighted people.
Sport - See sport differently.
The Happy Hour - Mental health, mindfulness, and overall wellbeing.
Tracks of My Life - Take a journey through our guest's life.
Support - Other podcasts from RNIB.
TV Guide - Daily audio TV listings
We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks.
Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group.
Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and children. Find out more by searching for RNIB Library.
Get involved and join the conversation by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk or find Robert on Twitter @Talking_Books
Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio
Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss.
Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics.
Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sighted people.
Sport - See sport differently.
The Happy Hour - Mental health, mindfulness, and overall wellbeing.
Tracks of My Life - Take a journey through our guest's life.
Support - Other podcasts from RNIB.
TV Guide - Daily audio TV listings
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 26, 2020 • 58min
175: Simon Stephenson, Lori Nelson Spielman and Tony Hawks
Simon Stephenson talks to Red Szell about 'Set My Heart to Five', the tale of a robot learning to love, which has already been sold to Hollywood. (Starts at 1.00)
Lori Nelson Spielman takes us on a virtual romantic trip in 'One Italian Summer' and we hear the books of her life (18.55)
From the archives Tony Hawks talks to Robert Kirkwood about his second book, 'Playing The Moldovans At Tennis' (37.47)
And we return to Simon Stephenson for the books of his life. (45.19)
Jun 19, 2020 • 58min
174: Afia Atakora, Sara Collins, Andrea Levy and Eric Motley
Afia Atakora explores Black Lives in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War in her new novel Conjure Women (Starts at 1.04)
We follow a servant and former slave girl from a Jamaican plantation to Georgian London in The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (16.00)
We travel back in time to hear from the late Andrea Levy about her book The Long Song and how her father arrived in the UK on the Empire Windrush (31.14)
And travel from racially charged Alabama to the Oval Office with Eric Motley (40.45)
Plus there's a return to Afia Atakora for the books of her life. (49.00)
Jun 12, 2020 • 58min
173: Salman Rushdie, Nicola Cornick, Bella Osborne and Sue Lawrence's Cabin Fever Fables
Nicola Cornick takes us back to 1560 in her Tudor-set dual time book, The Forgotten Sister (Starts at 1.00)
Cookery writer and winner of Masterchef, Sue Lawrence joins Saraband books for Cabin Fever Fables (17.10)
Bella Osborne tells us about her new novel, Meet Me At Pebble Beach (28.00)
There's an update on the reopening of the RNIB Braille Library from Ali Long (42.06)
And we get the books of your life from Sir Salman Rushdie (48.08)
Jun 5, 2020 • 58min
172: Caroline Lawrence, Tim Finch and Cabin Fever Fables with Nicola Martin
Caroline Lawrence takes us to Ancient Greece in her 'Time Travel Diaries' (Starts at 0.45)
Author Tim Finch and Red Szell negotiate some 'Peace Talks' (19.00)
Nicola Martin reads from her debut novel, the thriller Dead Ringer for Saraband Books in her Cabin Fever Fable (31.30)
And we return to Caroline Lawrence for the books of her life (48.15)
May 29, 2020 • 58min
171: Sarah Morgan, Alistair Petrie, Lucy Scott and more Cabin Fever Fables
Sarah Morgan escapes to the Lake District in her new novel, 'Family for Beginners' (Starts at 1.10)
Narrator couple Al Petrie and Lucy Scott talk about narrating for RNIB and the Talking Book as a theatre for one. (17.28)
Saraband Books have more Cabin Fever Fables, this time with Marion Dunn (36.00)
And we return to Sarah Morgan for the books of her life. (57.45)
May 22, 2020 • 58min
170: Ellen Alpsten, L.D. Lapinski and Gary Bridson-Daley
Ellen Alpsten tells us about 'Tsarina', the most powerful woman that history forgot. (Starts at 0.50)
L. D. Lapinski takes us on a journey via the 'Strangeworlds Travel Agency' and gives us the books of her life. (21.45)
Gary Bridson-Daley talks about his book 'The Last Heroes: Voices of British and Commonwealth Veterans' (37.15)
And we return to Ellen Alpsten for the books of her life. (50.18)
May 15, 2020 • 58min
169: Hayley Doyle, Molly Flatt and David Farrier
In this week's show from the broom cupboard and bedroom,
Hayley Doyle on her new rom-com, Never Saw You Coming (Starts at 1.00)
Molly Flatt on the recording of her book, The Charmed Life of Alex Moore, plus we hear the books of her life (14.30)
David Farrier explores what traces we will leave for the very deep future in his book 'Footprints' (31.05)
And we return to Hayley Doyle for the books of her life (48.52)
May 8, 2020 • 58min
168: Raven Smith, Chris Devon and The Big Book Weekend
Author Molly Flatt tells us all about a virtual book Festival, The Big Book Weekend (Starts at 1.30)
We hear about The Poetry Generation and hear a poem read by David Blunkett (12.10)
Narrator Chris Devon talks about recording books from home (19.32)
And Instagram sensation Raven Smith tells Red about Yoga, relationships and Ikea meatballs ... and gives us the books of his life (30.34)
May 1, 2020 • 58min
167: Holly Watt, Peter Kenny and Sue Moorcroft
Holly Watt talks to Red Szell about her new thriller 'The Dead Line' (Starts at 0.45)
Narrator Peter Kenny chats to Robert Kirkwood about accents and recording books at a social distance (16.10)
Sue Moorcroft tells us about a summer romance, 'Summer on a Sunny Island' (34.00)
And we return to Holly Watt for the books of her life. (48.30)
Apr 24, 2020 • 58min
166: Joanna Briscoe, John le Carre and Chris Dolan's Cabin Fever Fables
Joanna Briscoe talks exclusively about her new novel 'The Seduction', and gives us the books of her life (Starts at 1.24)
Saraband Books have more Cabin Fever Fables, this time with Chris Dolan - Listen to more episodes here (26.20)
And never heard before John le Carre gives us the books of his life (44.10)
