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
Mar 29, 2019 • 58min
112: Judy Leigh, Marcus Berkmann and Simon Mahoney
This week we’re laughing in the face of adversity.
Judy Leigh takes us on the run with three generations of women in ‘The Age of Misadventure’. (Starts at 1.17)
Marcus Berkmann suggests confronting your mid-life crisis in ‘A Shed of One’s Own’. (Starts at 19.10)
Former Marine Simon Mahony has a field guide to combat negative attitudes to sight loss. (Starts at 29.47)
Then a return to Judy Leigh for the books of her life. (Starts at 46.10)
Mar 22, 2019 • 58min
111: Doctor Who, Star Trek and Pokemon with Louise Jameson, Ellie Wallwork, Marcus Berkmann and Veronica Taylor
Louise Jameson talks about her time in the TARDIS playing Leela, and her reincarnation as a narrator. (Starts at 1.26)
Blind actor Ellie Wallwork discusses her recent role in Doctor Who and her love of reading. (Starts at 19.18)
We 'Set Phasers to Stun' as Marcus Berkmann takes us through the history of Star Trek. (Starts at 31.35)
We chat to audiobook narrator and the voice of Ash Ketchum in Pokemon, Veronica Taylor. (Starts at 43.30)
And a return to Louise Jameson for the books of her life. (Starts at 48.00)
Mar 15, 2019 • 58min
110: Fionnuala Kearney, Chris Stewart and Esther Freud
This week, Author Fionnuala Kearney explores relationships and marriage in ‘The Book of Love’. (Starts at 1.12)
We journey to Spain with writer and farmer Chris Stewart. (Starts at 18.00)
20 years since the film version was released, Esther Freud revisits her childhood memoir ‘Hideous Kinky’. (Starts at 35.45)
And a return to Fionnuala Kearney for the books of her life. (Starts at 49.00)
Mar 8, 2019 • 58min
109: Topical Non-Fiction with Ece Temelkuran, Jonathan Haskel and Trina Beckett.
Political journalist Ece Temelkuran confronts rising populism in ‘How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship’. (Starts at 1.20)
Bank of England advisor Jonathan Haskel introduces us to the dark matter of investment in ‘Capitalism without Capital’. (Starts at 20.22)
Trina Beckett uncovers the fascinating lives of ‘The Wives of The Generals’ in her biography ‘Deadlier Than the Male’. (Starts at 45.10)
Mar 1, 2019 • 58min
108: Onjali Q Raúf, Anthony McGowan and World Book Day
Today we're opening our satchels for some great contemporary children’s books.
Onjali Q Raúf introduces us to ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. (Starts at 1.08)
Anthony McGowan takes us onto The Moors in a snowstorm in his new novel ‘Lark’. (Starts at 20.55)
We go behind the scenes to discover how RNIB is celebrating World Book Day. (Starts at 34.55)
Then return to Onjali Q Raúf for the books of her life. (Starts at 49.30)
Feb 22, 2019 • 58min
107: Crime and thrillers with C. J. Tudor, Ian Skewis and Kate London
A thrilling episode this week as C. J. Tudor reveals her new novel, 'The Taking of Annie Thorne' (Starts at 1.20)
Ian Skewis tells Robert Kirkwood about the brooding background to 'A Murder of Crows' (Starts at 25.50)
Ex cop and now novelist Kate London tells Red Szell about 'Gallowstree Lane' (Starts at 39.15)
And finally a return to C.J. Tudor for the books of her life. (Starts at 46.05)
Feb 21, 2019 • 13min
RNIB Library and World Book Day 2019
World Book Day on 7 March 2019 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 14 new titles available in audio and braille.
Lynne Livingston from RNIB Library tells us more.
Find out more here
Feb 15, 2019 • 11min
Andrea Levy - The Long Song
At Read On and RNIB Talking Books we were saddened to hear of the death of British author Andrea Levy at the age of 62.
In 2010 the Long Song was nominated for the Booker Prize, and at the time she joined Robert Kirkwood down to line to talk about the book.
Feb 15, 2019 • 58min
106: Limmy, Joanna Toye, Sophie Hannah and more
On this week’s Read On we’ve got some brand new books to share
Joanna Toye considers romance, retail and air raids in her novel ‘A Store at War’.
Comedian Limmy gets surprisingly down-to-earth and very funny in his autobiography. (Starts at 17.40)
Crime novelist Sophie Hannah considers holding a grudge. (Starts at 38.10)
And, with a nod to Valentine’s Day, Red reviews Sally Rooney’s millennial love story - ’Normal People'. (Starts at 43.20)
Feb 8, 2019 • 58min
105: Travel with Jason Roberts, Jasper Winn, John Keay and China Vision.
Jason Roberts talks to Red Szell about his biography of the blind traveller James Holman (Starts at 1.00)
Jasper Winn on his sea kayak adventure documented in his book 'Paddle, A Long Way Around Ireland' (Starts at 28.00)
John Keay chats to Robert Kirkwood about his books China, and Eccentric Travellers. (Starts at 38.00)
Chris McMillan talks about China Vision and the importance of literacy (starts at 43.00)
