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
Apr 17, 2020 • 58min
165: Beth O'Leary, Narrator John Banks and more Cabin Fever Fables
Recorded in a bedroom and a cupboard under the stairs, this week we have ...
Beth O'Leary tells us about her follow up to 'The Flat Share', 'The Switch'. (Starts at 0.48)
There's more Cabin Fever Fables from Sarah Hunt at Saraband, this time with Olga Wojtas. Listen to more episodes here. (16.50)
And narrator John Banks goes through the books he's narrated for RNIB. (32.00)
Apr 10, 2020 • 58min
164: Juliet Stevenson, Leighton Pugh and Cabin Fever Fables
In our first properly home-made episode,
Narrator Leighton Pugh on recording books, including Samuel Pepys views on the plague (Starts at 1.30)
Robert Kirkwood finds some great books to self isolate with (13.30)
Juliet Stevenson on narrating books for RNIB (23.40)
Sara Hunt from Saraband books talks to Graham MacRae Burnet in episode 1 of Cabin Fever Fables ... listen to more episodes here (37.27)
And Frances Hardinge gives us the books of her life (50.30)
Apr 3, 2020 • 58min
163: Julian Fellowes on Belgravia, Maribel Steel on Blindness for Beginners and Lady Audley's Secret
We go down-under to meet Maribel Steel and her new book ‘Blindness for Beginners’ (Starts at 1.27)
Julian Fellowes on the writing and publication of Belgravia (20.00)
Publishers Orion on the making of Belgravia (26.45)
Red Szell reviews Lady Audley's Secret (40.30)
And we return to Maribel Steel for the books of her life (48.30)
Mar 27, 2020 • 58min
162: J.M. Joseph, Onjali Q Rauff, Dave Steele and Tendai Huchu
J.M. Joseph introduces us to ‘Fire Boy’, a superhero whose superpower comes with unfortunate consequences (Starts at 0.50)
Dave Steele shares the latest chapters in his life as The Blind Poet, including plans for a series of children’s stories. (10.25)
Tendai Huchu introduces us to ‘The Hairdresser of Harare’. (26.50)
Onjali Q Rauff mixes light and dark in her new book ‘The Star Outside My Window’. (35.00)
And we return to J.M. Joseph for the books of his life. (45.40)
Mar 20, 2020 • 58min
161: Beth Morrey on Saving Missy, Egmont Publishing on Storytime and Holly Tuke on Matt Haig
On this weeks show, Beth Morrey reveals the strands she wove together to create her breathtaking debut novel ‘Saving Missy’. (Starts at 1.06)
We hear from author Jenny McLachlan and Alison David from Egmont publishing about a petition to make Storytime part of the national school curriculum. (16.04)
Blogger Holly Tuke shares her thoughts about ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ by Matt Hague. (27.50)
There’s important news about how you download your books from the RNIB Library. (34.20)
And we return to Beth Morrey for the Books of her Life. (47.38)
Mar 13, 2020 • 57min
160: World Book Night 2020 with Brian Wood, Sally Nicholls and The Reading Agency
NOTE - The audio in this show has been slightly updated to reflect the current situation
This week we look forward to World Book Night by exploring some of the top titles in its great book giveaway.
Debbie Hicks of The Reading Agency sets the scene and tells us all about World Book Night. (Starts at 1.20)
Brian Wood takes us from the battlefields of Iraq to the trials of the courtroom in his memoir ‘Double Crossed’. (8.00)
Robert Kirkwood tells us about the free World Book Night audiobooks and goes hitchhiking through some other rollicking reads in the RNIB Library. (28.30)
Sally Nicholls imagines the lives of three young Suffragettes in ‘Things a Bright Girl Can Do’. (37.10)
And we return to Brian Wood for the Books of his Life. (48.30)
Mar 6, 2020 • 58min
159: Hilary Mantel, Ade Adepitan and World Book Day
This week, for World Book Day Robert Kirkwood guides us through all the great titles available from RNIB Library. (Starts at 1.17)
Ade Adepitan joins us again with another Cyborg-Cat adventure. (18.30)
We celebrate the long-anticipated publication of ‘The Mirror and The Light’ the concluding volume in Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy with a look back at Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. (25.50)
Feb 28, 2020 • 58min
158: Liz Mistry, Caroline Lennon and reviewing A Thousand Ships
This week, It’s murder in Bradford, as thriller writer Liz Mistry introduces us to her new detective. (Starts at 0.55)
Author NB Dixon tells us what she thought of ‘A Thousand Ships’. (21.45)
Narrator Caroline Lennon discusses her love of Irish literature, and her role in The Archers. (29.45)
And a return to Liz Mistry for the Books of her Life (48.10)
Feb 24, 2020 • 17min
World Book Day 2020 with RNIB Library
World Book Day on 5 March 2020 is all about celebrating the magic of books and reading. RNIB is proud to support World Book Day's mission to give every child and young person a book of their own, by making 13 titles available in audio (DAISY CD) and braille.
Robert Kirkwood finds out what books are available, for free, from RNIB Library.
Organised by UNESCO, World Book Day is marked in more than 100 countries around the world, with 2020 being the 23rd year of celebrations.
RNIB Helpline 0303 123 9999
RNIB and World Book Day
Feb 21, 2020 • 58min
157: Kika and Me by Amit Patel, Costa Book of the Year and some shaggy dog tales.
This week we talk to the winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Jack Fairweather (Starts at 1.00)
We celebrate the publication of ‘Kika and Me: How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My Life’ we have an in-depth conversation with Dr Amit Patel - the other half of a winning team. (10.00)
And to keep Kika happy Robert Kirkwood chases up some of the other shaggy dog stories in the RNIB Library (39.30)
Then a return to Amit Patel for the Books of his Life. (50.50)
