x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB

RNIB Connect Radio

A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you"ll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group. Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and

arts books

All Episodes

57:45

357: Book Festival Special

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2024/02/02

In today's show we re-visit some Boswell Book Festival favourites and chat to Frank Skinner, Denise Mina, Nigel Havers, Giles and Mary from Gogglebox and Winston Churchill's granddaughter, Emma Soames. Plus we find some brand new books in the RNIB Talking Books library.

en

57:45

356: Mari Hannah - The Longest Goodbye

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2024/01/26

This week Mari Hannah joins Robert Kirkwood to talk about her brand new Kate Daniels thriller, The Longest Goodbye, a book she didn't want to write. Also among some new books entering the Talking Books library we find one written and read by Cliff Richard and one that goes behind the scene of the Disney plus show, Welcome to Wrexham.

en

57:44

355: Hester Musson - The Beholders

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2024/01/19

This week Robert Kirkwood is joined by Hester Musson to discuss her gothic, historical debut thriller about power and corruption, The Beholders. Plus, as always, we find some new gems in the RNIB library.

en

57:45

354: Books of 2023 - Part 2

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2024/01/12

Read On this week has more of the best interviews of 2023 with Joe Haddow, Charlotte Levin, Victoria Bennett, Carnegie Winner Manon Steffan Ros, and a round up of new books for January

en

57:46

353: Books of 2023 - Part 1

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2024/01/05

We listen back to some interviews from last year including Randee Dawn on Tune in Tomorrow, C.K. McDonnell on The Stranger Times, Catherine Simpson on One Body and hear from narrator Gabriel Woolf. Plus we find some brand new books for January.

en

57:44

352: Christmas Special

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/12/22

On today's show we curl up with some Christmas TV, or at least the books that they came from. Julia Donaldson and Charlie Mackesy talk about turning very visual books into audiobooks, we hear about the science behind James Bond, and listen to books about both Doctor Who and Ghosts.

en

57:45

351: Rachel Greenlaw - One Christmas Morning

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/12/15

Another festive book on The Audiobook Show, this week Rachel Greenlaw tells Robert Kirkwood about her groundhog day inspired novel, One Christmas Morning. We also dive into the history of fairy tales and find some new listens in the RNIB Talking Books library.

en

57:45

350: Peter Swanson - The Christmas Guest

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/12/08

In today's show Robert Kirkwood talks to Peter Swanson about his festive novella The Christmas Guest, and how the murder mystery at Christmas genre is unique to Britain. We also listen back to Tony Hawk's tennis adventure in Moldova and find some new books in the RNIB Library, one of which is written by Judy Dench.

en

57:47

349: Science Special

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/12/01

In today's show a round up of some of the best science writing we've had on the show including Stephen and Jane Hawking, Chris Lintott, Marcus du Sautoy and The Boy Who Played with Fire. Plus we find some new science books in the RNIB Library.

en

5:03

Paul Lynch wins the Booker 2023

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/11/26

Winner of the Booker 2023, Paul Lynch. For the full interview head to episode 345.

en

57:46

348: Booker Prize Winners Special

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/11/24

In today's show we listen to some previous winners of the Booker, the youngest ever winner Eleanor Catton on The Luminaries, Marlon James on his winning book, A Brief History of Seven Killings plus last year's winner Shehan Karunatilaka with The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Plus we listen to some brand new books available in the RNIB Library.

en

57:46

347: Jonathan Escoffery - Booker Prize 2023

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/11/17

In today's show we chat to Jonathan Escoffery about his debut novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, If I Survive You. We also find some new books in the talking books library and discover why Google recently held a conference on accessible publishing.

en

57:46

346: Paul Murray - Booker Prize 2023

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/11/10

In today's show we talk to Paul Murray about the multiple narrators in the audio version of his Booker shortlisted book, The Bee Sting, plus we hear a clip from Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. We'll also hear about some new books entering the Talking Books library.

en

57:46

345: Paul Lynch & Sarah Bernstein - Booker Prize 2023

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/11/03

In today's episode we chat to two authors on the Booker Shortlist 2023. Paul Lynch takes us to a dystopian Ireland in Prophet Song and Sarah Bernstein spins a web of culpability and criminality in Study for Obedience.

en

57:46

344: Rachel Hore - The Hidden Years

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/10/27

In today's show Robert Kirkwood finds out about Rachel Hore’s captivating new novel of secrets, loss and betrayal - set on the beautiful Cornish coast during World War Two and the heady days of the 1960s, The Hidden Years. Plus we find four brand new books entering the Talking Books Library.

en

57:44

343: Nigel Planer, Kate Mosse and Rory Cellan-Jones -...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/10/20

Three more authors interviewed at the Wigtown Book Festival in this week's show. Ex-BBC technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones tells Robert Kirkwood about his memoir Ruskin Park, we go swashbuckling with Kate Mosse and her book The Ghost Ship, and we time travel with actor and writer Nigel Planer as he tells us about Jeremiah Bourne in Time. Plus we find some new books entering the Talking Books Library.

en

57:44

342: Maggie O'Farrell, Kathryn Harkup and Jo...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/10/13

In a second visit this year to Wigtown, Robert Kirkwood talks to comedian Jo Caulfield about her moving memoir The Funny Thing About Death, we get poisons, monsters and some secret lairs in Kathryn Harkup's Superspy Science and we take a trip during the Italian Renaissance with Maggie O'Farrell and her book, The Marriage Proposal. All that plus four new gems in the Talking Books library, one of which is narrated by Meryl Streep!

en

57:44

341: Louise Doughty, Lynsey May and Ruth Scurr -...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/10/06

This week Robert Kirkwood travels to Scotland's Book Town and talks to novelist Lynsey May about her debut book, Weak Teeth, Stuart Paterson reads his viral poem, Here's the Weather, historian Ruth Scurr talks about Napoleon: A Life told in Gardens and Shadow and author Louise Doughty talks about her brand new thriller, A Bird in Winter. Plus we find four new gems in the Talking Books Library.

en

57:46

340: 20 Years of RNIB Connect Radio with Read On -...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/09/29

As RNIB Connect Radio turns 20, Read On this week looks back at some of the first authors, narrators and looks behind the scenes we've had on the show. Actor Allan Tall talks about preparing a Christopher Brookmyre book for narration and being thrown from his horse during the filming of Braveheart. Author Alan Bissett joins Robert Kirkwood after narrating his book, The Incredible Adam Spark. And former manager of the Talking Book Studios, Ian Turner, talks about all the famous narrators who

en

57:46

339: M.A. Kuzniar - Upon A Frosted Star and Midnight...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB ·

2023/09/22

This week author M.A. Kuzniar joins Robert Kirkwood to talk about her bestseller Midnight in Everwood, a magical retelling of The Nutcracker, and her brand-new book, Upon a Frosted Star where The Great Gatsby meets Swan Lake. We also find some new gems in the RNIB Talking Books library.

en

562 results

Similar Podcasts

Start The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!

thebookvoice.com

Get Hooked On The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!

thebookvoice.com

西四五条

主播郑捕头

Podcast Patapoe

0d0a

On Mic Podcast

Jordan Rich