Episodes

  • 393: Gareth Brown - The Book of Doors - Wigtown Book Festival

    393: Gareth Brown - The Book of Doors - Wigtown Book Festival
    Oct 11 2024
    In a talk sponsored by RNIB Connect Radio, Gareth Brown talks to Teddy Jameson live on stage at the Wigtown Book Festival about his best-selling time-travelling page turner, The Book of Doors. Plus we find some brand new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 392: Wigtown Hidden Gems

    392: Wigtown Hidden Gems
    Oct 4 2024
    As I'm down in Wigtown recording next week's show, here's a collection of hidden gems we've recorded at the festival over the years.
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    58 mins
  • 391: Lucy Ellmann, Stephanie Ellyne and Tia Fisher

    391: Lucy Ellmann, Stephanie Ellyne and Tia Fisher
    Sep 27 2024
    Another collection of narrators in today's show as we celebrate the voices who bring RNIB Talking Books to life, including two very personal tales for becoming a narrator, how an epic stream of consciousness was recorded over months, and we get the Books of Your Life from Yoto Carnegie Shadower Award winner, Tia Fisher. Plus some new books entering the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 390: Jesse Sutanto - You Will Never Be Me

    390: Jesse Sutanto - You Will Never Be Me
    Sep 20 2024
    Influencer Meredith Lee didn't teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite.

    Jesse Sutanto joins Robert Kirkwood to talk about her new black comedy thriller, You Will Never Be Me. Plus we'll find some brand new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 389: Read On - Live on Stage

    389: Read On - Live on Stage
    Sep 13 2024
    A compilation episode today of the times Read On was recorded live on stage in front of an audience. We hear from Booker Shortlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet, former presenter Red Szell, comedian Juliette Burton and there's an extended interview with actor and writer John Gordon Sinclair.
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    58 mins
  • 388: Julia Donaldson and Elizabeth Proud

    388: Julia Donaldson and Elizabeth Proud
    Sep 6 2024
    Two tales of recording books today. Julia Donaldson works out how to make an audio version of a very visual book, and Elizabeth Proud talks about how audiobook narration has changed over the years. Plus we'll find some new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 387: Sophie Gravia - Hot Girl Summer and the Glasgow Kiss Trilogy

    387: Sophie Gravia - Hot Girl Summer and the Glasgow Kiss Trilogy
    Aug 30 2024
    This week Robert Kirkwood chats to Sophie Gravia about her Glasgow Kiss trilogy and her new book Hot Girl Summer, and why she started writing while working as a nurse during the pandemic. Plus we find some new book in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 386: Isabel Ashdown - One Girl, One Summer

    386: Isabel Ashdown - One Girl, One Summer
    Aug 23 2024
    This week, Robert Kirkwood chats to Isabel Ashdown about her new book One Girl, One Summer which sees a return to Highcap in Dorset and a reappearance of DS Ali Samson. We also find some brand new audiobooks available from RNIB.
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    58 mins