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Talking Books

The best of the spoken word from RNIB's Talking Book Studios.

New episodes every Monday to Friday at 2pm and repeated every night at 10pm.

Enjoy an unabridged audiobook, serialised over a number of days and weeks, only on RNIB Connect Radio or listen again to every episode here. Our current book is The African Queen by C.S. Forester and read by Anthony Parker.

Gripping tale of a prim woman missionary thrown together with a Cockney mechanic during World War I. Marooned in German Central Africa, they battle their way down the river in the African Queen, a 30 foot long, squat, flat-bottomed boat.

This book runs for 9 episodes until the 22nd of April.

The African Queen by C.S. Forester

9 episodes

Book cover of "The African Queen" by C.S. Forester. The top of the cover features the title in large green letters with the author's name below. The illustration shows a small steam-powered boat traveling along a river surrounded by dense, vibrant green jungle. Two people are aboard the boat, and white smoke rises from its chimney. A large tree with hanging moss frames the scene on the right side.