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484: Summer Books
Jul 10, 2026
57m 44s
483: Bec Manser - Wildheart
Jul 3, 2026
57m 44s
482: Gordon Buchanan at the Boswell Book Festival
Jun 26, 2026
1h 02m 47s
Beth O'Brien wins the Carnegie Medal for Writing (and the Shadower's Award!)
Jun 23, 2026
7m 07s
481: Penny Lancaster at the Boswell Book Festival
Jun 19, 2026
57m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/10/26 |  484: Summer Books | Today on Read On, three summer themed books, One Girl One Summer with Isabel Ashdown, Hot Girl Summer with Sophie Gravia and Summer on a Sunny Island with Sue Moorcroft. All that plus some new books in the RNIB Library. | 57m 44s | ||||||
| 7/3/26 |  483: Bec Manser - Wildheart | Today on Read On we hear from half spooky, half sparkly debut author Bec Manser on her debut novel Wildheart and we ask about RNIB's involvement in sensitivity reading around a blind character in the book, Amelia Hilton explores some books about myth and legend, we get a whoop of joy from Carnegie Medal winner Beth O'Brien and find some brand new books in the RNIB Library. | 57m 44s | ||||||
| 6/26/26 |  482: Gordon Buchanan at the Boswell Book Festival | Today on Read On we hear a full talk, sponsored by RNIB Connect Radio, from the Boswell Book Festival. Natural history cameraman Gordon Buchanan is in conversation with Robert Dawson Scott live on stage as he discusses his book In the Hide - How the Natural World Saved my Life, and how dangerous animals were not the only thing he was hiding from.NB The podcast version of this is a slightly longer edit than the one broadcast on RNIB Connect Radio | 1h 02m 47s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 |  Beth O'Brien wins the Carnegie Medal for Writing (and the Shadower's Award!) | Visually Impaired author Beth O'Brien has won the Carnegie Medal for Writing, the most prestigious award for authors of children's and young adult books.Wolf Siren reimagines Little Red Riding Hood as a girl with vision impairment, and the audiobook, recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios, even has a narrator with vision impairment.Beth has been a frequent flyer on our Read On programme, her last visit being just two weeks ago, but here she is telling Robert Kirkwood about her sight condition and her award-winning book, Wolf Siren | 7m 07s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  481: Penny Lancaster at the Boswell Book Festival | Today on Read On we hear a talk from the Boswell Book Festival with Vice President of RNIB Penny Lancaster, on her book Someone Like Me. She chats to Janet Smith live on stage about surviving childhood as a dyslexic and being the tallest pupil in the room, about her job as a Special Constable, about her charity work and much more.Image shows: Penny speaking during her panel and making Janet laugh. She's sitting on the right in front of a green banner with "Boswell Book Festival" branding. | 57m 45s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  480: Beth O'Brien - Wolf Siren and Feather Vane - Carnegie Medal for Writing and Scottish Book Trust✨ | audiobookswriting+3 | Beth O'Brien | Scottish Book TrustWolf Siren+2 | — | Beth O'BrienWolf Siren+3 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 6/5/26 |  479: J.P. Rose - Birdie - Carnegie Medal for Writing✨ | Carnegie Medalchildren's fiction+3 | J.P. Rose | BirdiePaddock Grove | — | J.P. RoseBirdie+6 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 5/29/26 |  478: Jason Reynolds - Twenty-four Seconds from Now - Carnegie Medal for Writing✨ | fictionmale sexuality+3 | Jason Reynolds | RNIB LibraryTwenty-four Seconds from Now+1 | — | Carnegie MedalJason Reynolds+4 | — | 57m 44s | |
| 5/22/26 |  477: Katya Baylen - Ghostlines - Carnegie Medal for Writing✨ | audiobooksCarnegie Medal+3 | Katya Baylen | RNIB LibraryGhostlines+1 | — | Katya BaylenGhostlines+3 | — | 57m 44s | |
| 5/15/26 |  476: Tia Fisher - Not Going to Plan - Carnegie Medal for Writing✨ | sexual consentunplanned pregnancy+3 | Tia Fisher | Not Going to Plan | — | Tia FisherNot Going to Plan+4 | — | 57m 45s | |
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| 5/8/26 |  475: Best of the Boswell Book Festival✨ | Boswell Book Festivalaudiobooks+3 | Jen StoutAlexander McCall Smith+2 | — | — | Boswell Book FestivalJen Stout+3 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 5/1/26 |  474: Julie Caplin - The Hotel by the Sea✨ | audiobooksbook reviews+3 | Julie Caplin | RNIB LibraryRead On+2 | — | Julie CaplinThe Hotel by the Sea+3 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 4/24/26 |  473: Rob Harrell - Popcorn - Carnegie Medal for Writing✨ | audiobookswriting+3 | Rob Harrell | RNIB LibraryPopcorn+1 | Texas | Rob HarrellPopcorn+5 | — | 57m 44s | |
| 4/17/26 |  472: Lucy Roth/Lucy Nichol - The Party To End All Parties✨ | musicmental health+3 | Lucy RothLucy Nichol | RNIB Library | — | Lucy RothLucy Nichol+5 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 4/10/26 |  471: Carnegie Medal Winners✨ | Carnegie Medalchildren's fiction+3 | Manon Steffan RosJoseph Coelho+1 | Carnegie Medal | — | Carnegie Medalchildren's literature+3 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 4/3/26 |  470: Ben Markovits - The Rest of Our Lives✨ | road tripaffair+3 | Ben Markovits | The Rest of Our Lives | Pittsburgh | Ben MarkovitsThe Rest of Our Lives+6 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 3/27/26 |  469: Lisa Timoney/Kate Storey/Naomi Williams - The Last Page Cafe✨ | audiobooksfamily drama+3 | Lisa TimoneyKate Storey+1 | The Last Page CafeThe Lies Our Children Tell+1 | — | Lisa TimoneyKate Storey+7 | — | 57m 44s | |
| 3/20/26 |  468: Comicbooks as Audiobooks featuring Daredevil: Born Again✨ | audiobookscomic books+4 | — | MarvelDisney+3 | — | audiobookscomic books+5 | — | 57m 44s | |
| 3/13/26 |  467: Talking Books at 90 - The First Recorded Voices (and the equipment used)✨ | history of recordingRNIB Talking Books+4 | — | phonautographphonograph+5 | — | RNIB Talking Booksrecording history+7 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 3/6/26 |  466: World Book Day 2026✨ | World Book Daychildren's literature+3 | — | RNIBPaddington | — | World Book Day2026+5 | — | 57m 45s | |
| 2/27/26 |  465: 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.Historian Matthew Rubery and Robert Kirkwood explore everything from the first Talking Book machines, some failed technology, how books were chosen and much more. | 57m 45s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 |  464: Talking Books at 90 - Recording Pride and Prejudice with Ben Willbond, Phil Dunster, Lisa George and Shazia Mirza | An all-star ensemble comes together to celebrate RNIB Talking Books 9th decade of bringing the joy of reading to blind and partially sighted people. A special recording of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice features some of the UK’s best-known actors and today we chat to four of them. Ben Willbond, Phil Dunster, Lisa George and Shazia Mirza talk about narrating Jane Austen and give us some great book recommendations. | 57m 45s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 |  463: Love Stories for Valentine | A love themed show for Valentine's Day featuring Fiona Lucas on Always and Only You, Joanna Toye on The Little Penguin Bookshop, Rachel Greenlaw on The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells, and audio describer Liz Gutman on writing spicy AD for Bridgerton. Plus we find a handful of books on all sorts of love in the RNIB Library. | 57m 45s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  Talking Books at 90 - Pride & Prejudice multi-cast recording | James Bartlett, Reading Services Manager at RNIB tells Robert Kirkwood about a new recording of Pride and Prejudice with many famous narrators, made to celebrate 90 years of Talking Books. We also hear the foreword by Julian Fellowes.Full book - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635906-talking-books-at-90-pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen | 9m 18s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 |  462: Susan Choi - Flashlight | Today we continue our deep dive into last year's Booker shortlist as Robert Kirkwood has a long chat with Susan Choi on her novel Flashlight. They chat about the significance of the title, the importance of historical research and even end up chatting about ashtrays from McDonalds and smoking in the office! | 57m 44s | ||||||
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