Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB episodes
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Little Deaths, Clover Moon and The Theory of Everything
In today's show Red Szell talks to Emma Flint about her book 'Little Deaths' retelling a shocking New York murder, Madeline Brolly talks about accents for Talking Books, Robert Kirkwood discovers some Stephen Hawking works in the Talking Books library and Jacqueline Wilson talks about her latest book.
Ben MacIntyre, Ruta Sepetys and Lin Anderson on Bloody Scotland,
Lin Anderson tells Red Sell about Bloody Scotland, Ben MacIntyre talks about spies and espionage and Ruta Sepetys talks about winning this year's Cilip Carnegie medal.
Travel Special with Bill Bryson, Jasper Winn, and John Keay.
Red Szell talks to Jasper Win about his book Paddle where he circumnavigates Ireland in a kayak. Robert Kirkwood chats to historian John Keay about blind traveller John Holman and to Bill Bryson about America in 1927. Ken Reid gives us the books of his life and the books he raised money for by cycling around the UK and Red reviews a spoof travel guide.
The Death of Diana - A Talking Books Special read by Jim Broadbent
Read by Jim Broadbent exclusively for RNIB Talking Books, the Death of Diana by David Lodge is the author's reflections of Diana as a public figure and an attempt to understand the outpouring of grief felt 20 years ago.
Graeme Macrae Burnet - Live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (2017)
Author of the year 2017, Graeme Macrae Burnet, joined Robert Kirkwood on stage for a live recording of Read On Air and told us the story behind 'His Bloody Project', The Disappearance of Adele Badeau' and the upcoming 'Accident on the A35'.
Live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with Red Szell
As we look forward to this year's event in Edinburgh, let's go back to 2016 with Robert Kirkwood interviewing the host of Read On, Red Szell about his book, 'The Blind Man of Hoy'.
Oscar Winning Books
A short history of the Oscars and a listen to some books that have been adapted into winners of the Best Picture Academy Award.
Children's and YA with Jonathan Meres, Zana Fraillon and Lari Don.
In another look at books for a younger audience we chat to Zana Fraillon about The Bone Sparrow, Jonathan Meres about the end of 'The World of Norm', and Lari Don about Mind Blind.
Michael Bond, Sebastian Faulks and Laurence Bouvard
Sebastian Faulks talks about 'Where My Heart Used to Beat, we remember Michael Bond, there's the story of an Indian epic and more from narrator Laurence Bouvard.
Recording The Ramayana
Two brothers wrote and recorded a version of The Ramayana, and donated it to RNIB Talking Books .. Clare Carson has their story.