Beth O'Brien wins the Carnegie Medal for Writing (and the Shadower's Award!)
About this episode
Beth O'Brien discusses her award-winning book 'Wolf Siren' and her experiences as a visually impaired author.
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
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