Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB episodes
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Booker Prize 2022 - NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Shehan Karunatilaka and Claire Keegan
We talk to four of the six Booker shortlisted authors (with the other two coming soon)
Wigtown Book Festival 2022
In a packed show recorded on location at the Wigtown Book Festival, Robert Kirkwood chats to a whole host of writers, including three very different historians, Nick Jubber on the Fairy Tellers, Alex von Tunzelmann on toppled statues in Fallen Idols and Estelle Paranque on Fire, Blood and Gold - the relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici.
Tribute to Dame Hilary Mantel
Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70
Tracy Lien and Garrick Hagon
All That's Left Unsaid is an "unmissable and compelling" debut novel from Tracy Lien, subject to a nine way auction in the UK and USA, she joins Robert Kirkwood to chat about her book and explains the model minority.
Josie Lloyd and Neil MacGregor with the Booker Shortlist
Josie Lloyd chats to Robert Kirkwood about her books The Cancer Ladies Running Club, Come Together and her new book, Lifesaving for Beginners plus fresh from the Booker Shortlist announcement we hear from head judge Neil MacGregor.
Joseph Coelho, John Gordon Sinclair and Bernardine Evaristo
Red Szell chats to Joseph Coelho about becoming the new children's laureate, we listen back to a live interview with John Gordon Sinclair with Robert Kirkwood on stage at the Edinburgh Book Festival and as the Booker shortlist is released we hear from former winner Bernardine Evaristo with the books of her life.
Philip Reeve, Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Riddell, Pamela Butchart and Cressida Cowell
Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines, tells us all about his new book Utterly Dark and the Heart of the Wild plus we listen back to the Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour Jamboree with Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Riddell, Pamela Butchart and Cressida Cowell.
Funny People Special (Part 2) Julian Clary, Helen Lederer, Eddie Izzard, Cariad Lloyd, Richard Herring and Limmy.
Another listen back to some stand ups, comedy performers and funny people who've popped up over the years, this time with Julian Clary, Helen Lederer, Eddie Izzard, Cariad Lloyd, Richard Herring and Limmy.
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.
Lexie Elliott, Juliet Stevenson and Elsewhere
Lexie Elliot joins Robert Kirkwood to discuss her psychological thriller, How To Kill Your Best Friend.