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
May 25, 2018 • 58min
69: Mark Billingham, Matthew Parris, Emma Swan and Chris Brookmyre
In today's show, Mark Billingham on 'The Killing Habit', Matthew Parris on 'Scorn', Chris Brookmyre on 'Want You Gone', Emma Swan on narrating 'That'll Be The Day' and reviewing 'Trunk Music' by Michael Connelly
May 25, 2018 • 7min
Book Review - Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
Following a recommendation from a past guest, Red Szell reads and reviews Trunk Music by Michael ConnellyClipped from Read On 69
May 18, 2018 • 58min
68: Fay Weldon, Garrick Hagon, Joanne Harris and Ruta Sepetys
Garrick Hagon discusses audiobooks, acting and Star Wars.
Fay Weldon takes the long view of feminism.
Joanne Harris reveals some extreme reactions to her novel about a blind character.
And the winner of last year’s CILIP Carnegie Medal for children’s fiction shares the books of her life.
May 11, 2018 • 58min
67: Live at the Boswell Book Festival (2018)
A packed show recorded live at the Boswell Book Festival featuring ...
Dame Judi Dench on acting and how Macular Degeneration has robbed her of books and reading.
Andrew O'Hagan on his new book and how formative an early job at Blind Veteran's UK was for his writing.
Jackie Kay - Scotland's Poet Laureate on the importance of poetry in audio.
Anthony Horowitz - On his new book writing Bond as Ian Fleming.
Shaun Bythell - On his book and audiobook, The Diary of A Bookseller.
Dr. Gordon Turnbull - From Yale University, Gordon told us about the history of James Boswell and his eponymous festival.
May 4, 2018 • 58min
66: CILIP Carnegie with Marcus Sedgwick, Anthony McGowan and Lauren Wolk
In our first CILIP Carnegie show of 2018 we chat to three of the shortlisted authors
Marcus Sedgwick on Saint Death,
Anthony McGowan on Rook,
And Lauren Wolk on Beyond the Bright Sea.
May 4, 2018 • 16min
Author Interview - Anthony McGowan
We chat to Anthony about 'Rook' his book shortlisted for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal.Clipped from Read On #66
Apr 27, 2018 • 58min
65: Laura Barnett, Minette Walters and 617 Squadron.
Laura Barnett blends writing and music in her new multi-media bestseller ‘Greatest Hits'.Minette Walters reveals the parental dilemma at the heart of her latest novel.And listener Jacqueline Brown recommends an account of wartime heroism by the RAF.
Apr 20, 2018 • 58min
64: Marion Rankine, Lucy Worsley and a listener's hidden gem.
Marion Rankine unfurls a history of the umbrella. (apologies for audio quality in some of this item)
Historian Lucy Worsley tells us why she thinks Jane Austen failed to find success in her own lifetime.
And listener John Banfield reveals how a classic tale of imprisonment and escape inspired him to write his own memoirs.
Apr 20, 2018 • 14min
Lucy Worsley - 'Jane Austen at Home: A Biography'
Historian Lucy Worsley tells us why she thinks Jane Austen failed to find success in her own lifetime.Clipped from Read On 64
Apr 13, 2018 • 58min
63: Dave Steele, Liz Pichon and poetry from RNIB
In this episode Red Szell chats to Dave Steele about his poetry collections 'Stand by Me RP'.
Robert Kirkwood finds out about Liz Pichon's character Tom Gates.
And we hear some notable poems from last year's RNIB Writing Competition.
