Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB episodes
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Joely Richardson, Philip Pullman and Danielle McLaughlin
In today's Audiobook Show, we talk to Danielle McLaughlin about winning the UK's richest short story prize – The Sunday Times Audible Award. (Starts at 1.10)
Book Week Scotland (2019)
The Scottish Book Trust, for Book Week Scotland, distribute a free book of new writing around a chosen theme ... this year's it's "Blether."
Chris Lintott, Jane Clarke and Robin Kermode
On this edition of The Audiobook show, Chris Lintott discusses ‘The Sky at Night’ and the astronomical power of The Zooniverse. (Starts at 0.57)
Sita Brahmachari, Laura Ellen Anderson, Gary Younge and The Blind Mechanic
On this week's show, Marilyn Davidson Elliot introduces us to ‘The Blind Mechanic: The Amazing Story of Eric Davidson, Survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion’ - NB recorded on the phone from Canada, sorry about the sound quality. (Starts at 1.19)
Benjamin Myers, Lucy Ellmann, Stephanie Ellyne and The Greatcoat
In today's audiobook show, Benjamin Myers discusses his haunting coming-of-age novel ‘The Offing’. (Starts at 0.54)
Patricia Cornwell, Lynne Truss and narrating Ducks, Newburyport
Lynne Truss tackles crime and bad grammar in 1950s Brighton. (Starts at 1.03)
The Booker Prize 2019 and more from the Wigtown Book Festival
In today's show we listen to the Booker winning audiobooks, 'Girl, Woman Other' by Bernardine Evaristo and 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood (Starts at 1.07)
Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak and Margaret Atwood
In our second Booker Prize special,
Live at the Wigtown Book Festival (2019)
In a packed show Red Szell and Robert Kirkwood report from the Wigtown Book Festival with ...
Bernardine Evaristo, Lucy Ellmann and Joanna MacGregor
We’re checking out some of the titles short-listed for this year’s Booker Prize.