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
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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
Aug 19, 2022 • 58min
285: Funny People Special (Part 1) Robin Ince, Susan Calman, Tony Hawks, Michael Palin, Jo Brand and Phill Jupitus.
A listen back to some funny people who've popped up on Read On, featuring Robin Ince, Susan Calman, Tony Hawks, Michael Palin, Jo Brand and Phill Jupitus.
Aug 12, 2022 • 58min
284: Lexie Elliott, Juliet Stevenson and Elsewhere
Lexie Elliot joins Robert Kirkwood to discuss her psychological thriller, How To Kill Your Best Friend.
We travel back in time to discover the origins of a hidden gem in the Talking Books library, the specially commissioned book series, Elsewhere.
Plus Juliet Stevenson talks to Red Szell about narrating for RNIB.
Aug 5, 2022 • 58min
283: Star Trek with Bruce Horak and Marcus Berkmann
Bruce Horak is the first blind actor with a lead role in Star Trek. He talks to Robert Kirkwood about his life, from losing his sight as a toddler to cancer, through his career as an artist and performer, to stepping onto the bridge of the Enterprise.We also learn about Marcus Berkmann's book Set Phasers to Stun, and hear books narrated by William Shatner and the late Nichelle Nichols.
Jul 29, 2022 • 58min
282: Elissa Soave, Ross Armstrong and some Talking Books narrators
Elissa Soave tells Robert Kirkwood about her debut novel Ginger and Me, actor turned author Ross Armstrong takes Red Szell to a luxury private island in his murderous new thriller The Getaway and Robert asks some Talking Book narrators about what keeps them coming back.
Picture shows the cover of Ginger and Me by Elissa Soave. Orange text on a black and white photo of a young lady balancing on a tram track in the city with a Tunnock's sign in the background
Jul 22, 2022 • 58min
281: On his last show, a trip down memory lane with Red Szell
In Red Szell's last show as presenter, Robert Kirkwood takes Red back through some of his favourite interviews with John LeCarre, Natalie Haynes, Lucy Scott and Al Petrie, Jessica Townsend and more.
Jul 15, 2022 • 58min
280: Frances Liardet and Rebecca Stott
Frances Liardet explores old wounds and new beginnings in the follow-up to her international bestseller 'We Must be Brave' .Rebecca Stott transports us back to derelict London, 100 years after the Roman withdrawal from Britain, in her new novel 'Dark Earth'.And we return to Frances Liardet for the Books of Your Life.
Jul 8, 2022 • 58min
279: 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)
Jul 1, 2022 • 58min
278: Ruta Sepetys, Varsha Shah and David Farrier
This week we'll be considering some of the less savoury consequences of human civilization:
Ruta Sepetys takes us behind the Iron Curtain and back to Ceausescu’s Romania, in her gripping new novel 'I Must Betray You'.
We visit the slums of modern day India through the pages of Varsha Shah’s dazzling debut 'Ajay and the Mumbai Sun'.
David Farrier considers how the items that we discard will inform on us for generations to come in 'Footprints'.
And we return to Varsha Shah for the Books of Your Life.
Jun 24, 2022 • 58min
277: Yoto Carnegie Medal Ceremony: Yusef Salaam, Jason Reynolds and the winner!
This week we're coming from The British Library, and the award ceremony for this year’s Yoto Carnegie Medal.
Yusef Salaam tells us about his experience as a member of the Exonerated Five and how it fed into 'Punching the Air'.
We go back to 2021 winner, Jason Reynolds, who examines the walk home from school in 'Look Both Ways'.
Lynne Livingstone, Manjeet Mann and Derek Atta stop by for a quick chat at the awards.
And we speak to the 2022 winner on the excitement of winning - and the Books of Their Life!
Jun 17, 2022 • 58min
276: Thriller Special: Scott Kershaw, CJ Tudor & Femi Kayode
A Thriller Special!Scott Kershaw reveals how a spate of dog-nappings inspired his chilling high-concept thriller ‘The Game’.Femi Kayode transports us to Nigeria for his tense thriller, ‘Lightseekers’.CJ Tudor tells us how an innocent game with her daughter morphed into her creepy debut 'The Chalk Man'.And we return to Scott Kershaw for the Books of His Life.
