Congratulations to David Szalay for winning #BookerPrize2025 with his novel Flesh 📖 Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below. New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.

Congratulations to Booker winner 2025, David Szalay. Full interview coming Friday - here's an extract @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social @thebookerprizes.com audioboom.com/posts/880453...

Today on Read On - All six authors on The Booker Prize shortlist. @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8800978

@syqlone.bsky.social Happy Birthday Beardy :)

In today's Read On we chat to friend of the show Vivian French @vivianji.bsky.social, we chat survival with author Robert Twigger and hear from The Royal Butler, Grant Harrold @rnibradio.bsky.social @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8796267

Recorded at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Read On this week features Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social on Overnight and Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis. Plus books in RNIB Library by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8792883 @danzep.bsky.social

Everything's coming up Milhouse!

Recorded on location at the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social, I chat to @louiseminchin.bsky.social about Isolation Island, and to historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett about her book The Scapegoat @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8789760

Winners of the Booker Prize With the Booker shortlist released recently we look at who is up for the prize this year, and listen to some past winners including Shehan Karunatilaka, Paul Lynch, Douglas Stewart, Sam Harvey and more. audioboom.com/posts/878181...

Great to chat to @talking-books.bsky.social about These Mortal Bodies, its audiobook and some of the audiobooks that have shaped me as a reader and writer! #BookSky

Here's the latest Read On with @elspethwright.bsky.social on her atmospheric and dark debut 'These Mortal Bodies' @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/878176...

Just a taste of the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social shows to come with @louiseminchin.bsky.social, The Royal Butler and the two heads of @ambroseparry.bsky.social and much more on @rnibradio.bsky.social

This week on Read On I'm joined by Ali Harris as we discuss her new novel, This Wasn't Meant to Happen, a book described to be for anyone who has ever lost, longed, or held on when letting go felt impossible. audioboom.com/posts/8778190 @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social

New episode of Read On - Looking forward to this year's @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social festival by listening to chats with Graham McRae Burnett, Stuart Kelly, Alex von Tunzelmann, Henry Manse, Paula Hawkins and Maggie O'Farrell. audioboom.com/posts/8769381

I’m so pleased to be featured on Read On with Robert Kirkwood, the audiobook show from RNIB. Give it a listen here ⬇️

In the latest Read On @lisatimoneywrites.bsky.social joins me in The Forgotten Book Club audioboom.com/posts/876824...

Big thanks to @rnibradio.bsky.social & @talking-books.bsky.social for hosting me & #TheCruiseClub - lovely chatting about books 📚🎧🎤

New Read On with @carolinejames1.bsky.social Today we set sail with author Caroline James and hear all about her new book, The Cruise Club, plus we dive into her background and back catalogue. Plus new books in @rnib.bsky.social Library @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8762659

New episode of Read On - The Audiobook Show Clémence Michallon on her books Our Last Resort and The Quiet Tenant audioboom.com/posts/876159... @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social

New episode of Read On The Audiobook Show Charlotte Butterfield on The Sister Switch, the hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking read about twin sisters who switch lives for a week Plus new books in @rnib.bsky.social Library @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8758547

Author Dame Stella Rimington has died at the age of 90. As the first female director of MI5 she poured years of lived experience into her spy novels. She spoke to @rnibradio.bsky.social about her latest novel, her career and her love of @rnib.bsky.social Library audioboom.com/posts/8702434

New epidote of Read On - The Audiobook Show Today Alis Hawkins on 'The Oxford Mysteries' plus we explore her past series on 'The Teifi Valley Coroner' with blind protagonist Harry Probert-Lloyd. @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/875086...

New Read On recorded @bozzybookfest.bsky.social @charlieenglish1.bsky.social‬ on The CIA Book Club Adam Nicolson takes us to Bird School and we go foraging with Mo Wilde @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8748297

New episode of Read On @bozzybookfest.bsky.social Andrew O'Hagan on Caledonian Road and the humour of the blind veterans he used to work with Plus John Suchet goes In Search of Beethoven @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8748246

Read On from @bozzybookfest.bsky.social with Wayne Sleep on Just Different, Juano Diaz on Slum Boy, and with @realdomjoly.bsky.social we ask if Finland exits! Plus some book recommendations from @clarefurniss.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8744136

Recorded at @bozzybookfest.bsky.social today's episode of Read On features actress and writer Helen Lederer, Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten and we get 'The American No' from Rupert Everett. audioboom.com/posts/8742668

Love it when a plan comes together. Final @carnegiemedals.bsky.social show just so happens to feature Shadowers' Choice winner Nathanael Lessore and Medal for Writing Winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/873426...

Thanks Robert, it was lovely to chat to you!

Here's the new Read On with more on the shortlist for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Today, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year, plus we find some new books in @rnib.bsky.social RNIB Library audioboom.com/posts/873100...

Frederick Forsyth has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness. He was a great supporter of @rnib.bsky.social, visiting the studios many times. On one visit, I grabbed him for a chat about his books and his dangerous research trips - audioboom.com/posts/8733049

More @carnegiemedals.bsky.social interviews on today's Read On, Luke Palmer on Play and Brian Conaghan ‪‪@bconaghanauthor.bsky.social‬ on Treacle Town Plus some new books in the RNIB Library @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8726899

I had a great time doing this! Thank you Robert and @rnibradio.bsky.social for a great chat 😊

A Carnegie Medal @carnegiemedals.bsky.social show on Read On this week with Blessing Musariri on her book All That It Ever Meant and @clarefurniss.bsky.social on The Things We Leave Behind @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8724054

@syqlone.bsky.social Let's face it, we've got the best facial hair in our extended family :)

Norm!

As an employee of RNIB and producer presenter of Read On - The Audiobook Show on @rnibradio.bsky.social I'm against this for 90% of books. But the other 10%, the obscure text book a blind student needs, some niche non-fiction that wouldn't otherwise be available in audio, why not? pod.link/ROTAS

First @bozzybookfest.bsky.social interview of the year done ... Rupert Everett!

Ahead of this weekend's Boswell Book Festival, listen to some past highlights, including Lady Anne Glenconner, Richard Ingrams, Ben McIntyre, Andrew Cotter and more ... @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @bozzybookfest.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/871008...

New Read On with Celia Silvani chatting about Baby Teeth, a cautionary tale about being lured into toxic communities and the catastrophic consequences. @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/870676...

Full show out now! audioboom.com/posts/870369...

New book starts today! 🏰 Hear a recipe for happiness: four women and the medieval Italian castle of their dreams in The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin. Listen to Talking Books weekdays at 2 pm or find all the episodes on our website: www.rnib.org.uk/.../rnib-con...

I hate gaming at Easter. Three days to respawn!

Stella Rimington was the first female DG of MI5. She talks to Robert Kirkwood about her career, Liz Carlyle books and her imagined end And for episode 420, we also find some influential musical biographies in the RNIB Library @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8702434

This week in Read On, author Nydia Hetherington tells us how living with a chronic yet hidden illness inspired her to write the untold story of Shakespeare's witch, Sycorax. @nydiawriter.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8698550

New Read On Today a chat with Chris Bridges on his debut novel Sick To Death And we find some brand new books the @rnib.bsky.social Library, one written and read by actor, Brian Cox @rnibradio.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @chrisbridgeswriter.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/869436...

I had such a good time chatting about The Grapevine with Robert for the Read On podcast. 🍇📞🧡🦶🏼🐜

New Read On, today with @katekemp.bsky.social on her debut 'The Grapevine' plus Mark McCree and @savidgereads.bsky.social Share The Vision of accessible libraries with ReadingSight All that and some new books in @rnib.bsky.social Library @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/866940...

What a beautiful half hour’s listening, thank you.

While writing and researching a small feature about the audio versions of Spike Milligan's War Diaries I stumbled across the man who had recorded them ... and phoned him up! audioboom.com/posts/702292...

In today's Read On author Clare Mackintosh on her brand new book, Other People's Houses. We also listen back to earlier books from Clare and find some brand new books in the RNIB Library @claremackwrites.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8668590