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Today on Read On I talk to a co-founder of the annual Cliveden Literary Festival, Natalie Livingstone, about the book that sparked the idea for the festival and about her latest book, The Nuremberg Women. We also get a self help…
Best Kept Secrets for Travelers With Sight Loss with Lynn Jensen

October 2, 2026 · 58 min

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Wigtown Book Festival Gems

September 25, 2026 · 58 min

Today we look forward to The Wigtown Book Festival, (which starts on the day this episode is first broadcast) by listening to some authors I've previously talked to in Scotland's Book Town including, Maggie O'Farrell on The Marriage…
Stories of Love

September 18, 2026 · 58 min

This week on Read On, we're celebrating love in all its complicated forms. Robert Kirkwood chats to Fiona Lucas about her deeply emotional novel Always and Only You, a story of love, secrets and second chances. Then Jenny Ashcroft joins us…
Val McDermid and Jo Sharp, plus RNIB Talk and Support Book Clubs

September 11, 2026 · 58 min

This week on Read On, Robert Kirkwood watches Jo Sharp and her wife Val McDermid record the introduction to the brand new book in the Darkland Tales series, This Door of the Seas at the Canongate studios in Edinburgh and chats with them…
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Crime Books

August 28, 2026 · 58 min

This week on Read On we investigate some different styles of crime. Anita Frank discusses her WW1 historical fiction murder mystery thriller, The Good Liars, we get cosy with Josie Lloyd in Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency, and from the archive…
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August 21, 2026 · 58 min

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Gavin Francis, Stephen McGinty & Darren McGarvey - Boswell Book Festival

August 14, 2026 · 58 min

This episode of Read On contains subject matter that some listeners may find upsetting. Today Robert Kirkwood is recording on location at the Boswell Book Festival with Gavin Francis on The Unfragile Mind - Making Sense of Mental Health…

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About the show

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 children. Find out more by searching for RNIB Library. Get involved and join the conversation by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk or find Robert on Twitter @Talking_Books Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sighted people. Sport - See sport differently. The Happy Hour - Mental health, mindfulness, and overall wellbeing. Tracks of My Life - Take a journey through our guest's life. Support - Other podcasts from RNIB. TV Guide - Daily audio TV listings