Today on Read On, Robert Kirkwood talks to Frances Wilson about Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark, and author Adam Hart about Operation Pimento: My Great-Grandfather's Great Escape. @rnibradio.bsky.social @bozzybookfest.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8925809

Frances Wilson - Electric Spark & Adam Hart - Operation Pimento - Boswell Book Festival

Today on Read On, two biographical tales recorded at the Boswell Book Festival. Robert Kirkwood talks to Frances Wilson about Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark, and author Adam Hart about Op...

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Och, that's a shame

Read On talked to Carnegie winner Beth O'Brien last year when Wolf Siren came out ... so yeah, I liked it before it was cool! 😉 audioboom.com/posts/870369...

Beth O'Brien - Wolf Siren

This week on Read On a captivating chat with Beth O'Brien, visually impaired author of new HarperCollins Children’s Book 'Wolf Siren', which also has a visually impaired narrator. Beth tal...

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On Read On today: a @bozzybookfest.bsky.social talk with Vice President of RNIB Penny Lancaster, on her book Someone Like Me. She chats to Janet Smith about her childhood with dyslexia, job as a Special Constable, charity work and more. Full episode: https://bit.ly/3Qp5lEp #Audiobooks #BookSky

Congrats to partially sighted author Beth O'Brien who just won the Carnegie Medal for Writing! Wolf Siren reimagines Little Red Riding Hood as a visually impaired girl, and the audiobook was recorded at RNIB Talking Book studios by partially sighted narrator Niamh Longford. #BookSky #Carnegies2026

Read On with partially sighted author Beth O'Brien on her Carnegie Shortlisted book Wolf Siren and her brand new book Feather Vane, and a recent tour she was on with Scottish Book Trust, and much more ... audioboom.com/posts/8911369 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social

Beth O'Brien - Wolf Siren and Feather Vane - Carnegie Medal for Writing and Scottish Book Trust

Today on Read On we talk to partially sighted author Beth O'Brien about her Carnegie Shortlisted book Wolf Siren and her brand new book Feather Vane, and about a recent tour she was on with Scotti...

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Close but unfortunately no cigar, but at least there's a free bar

Please note this ... #booksky www.rnib.org.uk/news/please-...

Please be aware of a scam that is targeting authors and publishers by inviting them to appear on RNIB Connect Radio and 'Read On – The Audiobook Show'

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First @bozzybookfest.bsky.social interview done and it's only Dougie Donnelly (I am aware people south of the border might not appreciate this as much, but still Dougie Donnelly!)

New episode of Read On - The Audiobook Show Today we escape to Julie Caplin's Hotel by the Sea, we visit a fairy tale exhibition, and we find some books in the RNIB Library. Plus there's some news about an Aria nomination for Read On! audioboom.com/posts/8897493

Julie Caplin - The Hotel by the Sea

Today we escape to the Algarve in Julie Caplin's brand new book The Hotel by the Sea, we visit a fairy tale exhibition in London, we review Ruth Ozeki's Timecode of a Face and we find some boo...

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AUTHORS #booksky Okay, update on the Scam emails that have been impersonating RNIB Connect Radio - they've started using my name! SO, if you get an email from me asking to talk about your book and it doesn't have a @ rnib dot org dot uk address or if they ask you for money - do not engage!

That one time our book expert Robert and author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith, had a good laugh. Robert had a great chat with the author amidst the frenzy of the Boswell Book Festival in 2024. Follow Read On: The Audiobook Show: https://bit.ly/ReadOnRNIB

Congrats to Robert @talking-books.bsky.social! Read On The Audiobook show is nominated for Best Speech Entertainment at #UKARIAS and we are so proud. From latest audiobook news to lively discussions with beloved authors and narrators. This is the show for the bookworms out there! Fingers crossed!

News! Read On - The Audiobook Show is up for an Aria!

Today on Read On - The Audiobook Show, Lucy Nichol talks music, mental health, and learns how to hide a body as we go to The Party To End All Parties. Plus we find some new books available from RNIB Library. audioboom.com/posts/888564...

Lucy Roth/Lucy Nichol - The Party To End All Parties

Today on Read On - The Audiobook Show, Lucy Roth, who also writes under the name Lucy Nichol, talks music, mental health, and learns how to hide a body as we go to The Party To End All Parties. Plus w...

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Someone said it looks like the Tardis is in mid transport - which is both great and yet blasphemous! May Obi Wan climb down from Mt Doom himself and hit you with Mjölnir.

Robert T Kirkwood@talking-books.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TIL the Temu TARDIS decanter isn't dishwasher safe ... But to be honest it looks a bit better, a bit interdimensional

TIL the Temu TARDIS decanter isn't dishwasher safe ... But to be honest it looks a bit better, a bit interdimensional

Framed my back-of-a-cupboard find!

SCAM ALERT FOR AUTHORS #booksky If you get am email about 'author packages' from RNIB Connect Radio that doesn't come from me, or at least from a rnib dot org dot uk address it's a SCAM. I don't have a team, it's just me, and I don't charge any money! audioboom.com/channel/read...

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB

A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios.

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Dario Scardapane and Sana Amanat, showrummer and producer of Daredevil: Born Again join me on this episode of Read On as I listen to some Comicbooks as Audiobooks #BookSky Also includes the first Dalek and some 2000AD! audioboom.com/posts/887017...

Comicbooks as Audiobooks featuring Daredevil: Born Again

In today's Read On we listen to some 'Marvel - Age of Comics' audiobooks, take a deep dive into the full cast audio versions of some 2000 AD graphic novels, listen to the voice of the orig...

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New Read On - The Audiobook Show From the phonautograph to a smart speaker, today's Read On not only looks at the history of 90 years of RNIB Talking Books recording (and the equipment used), but goes back to the invention of recording as a whole. audioboom.com/posts/886651...

Talking Books at 90 - The First Recorded Voices (and the equipment used)

From the phonautograph to a smart speaker, today's Read On not only looks at the history of 90 years of RNIB Talking Books recording (and the equipment used), but goes back to the invention of rec...

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Chestita Baba Marta

New Read On - A special (updated) documentary about the origins of the Talking Books service, recorded at the original locations around London, and featuring many voices from the past. audioboom.com/posts/886107...

Talking Books at 90 - Ian Fraser and the first Talking Books

A special (updated) documentary about the origins of the Talking Books service, recorded at the original locations around London, and featuring many voices from the past.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a special service in possession of a long and illustrious history is in want of celebration. Our esteemed Talking Books service is a remarkable 90 years old! 😍

Talking Books is 90 years old! To celebrate, we’ve recorded a special anniversary edition of Pride and Prejudice with an all-star cast – including Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, who lends his voice to the story. Listen now: rnib.in/TalkingBooks90

@jayforeman.bsky.social Just listened to you and @gralefrit.bsky.social on #Comfortpod Did you know that Danger Mouse was dubbed into Scots Gaelic. BUT Danger in Gaelic is Cunnart and Mouse is Luch, but there's a big DM on his suit and a not a CL So ... youtu.be/y-5hII715_s?...

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Happy Burns Night!