Gail Honeyman - 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'
The author tells Robert Kirkwood about her debut novel and how it came to be one of the biggest releases of 2017
16m Jun 09, 2017
16m
20: Gail Honeyman and Tony Parsons on Chic Lit and Man Lit
Tony Parsons and Gail Honeyman talk about their work and the labels that can hinder it. Dave John talks about narrating Mand and Wife and Red reviews Lady Audley's Secret.
58m Jun 09, 2017
58m
Andrew Cullum - Narrating for RNIB
Red Szell bumps into Andrew Cullum, a narrator he'd previously heard reading some terrifying books, and finds out he's not scary at all ... and that he's covered 2,500 years of history!
10m Jun 01, 2017
10m
Giles Abbott - Narrating for RNIB
Giles Abbott, the UK’s only professional blind storyteller, tells Red Szell about his work for RNIB Talking Books.
12m Jun 01, 2017
12m
19: The voices of RNIB Talking Books
Giles Abbot talks about his sight loss and narrating, Penelope Freeman gives some tricks of the trade and Paul Birchard talks Fusion.
58m May 30, 2017
58m
18: Live at the Boswell Book Festival (2017)
With Nigel Havers, Private Eye co-founder and editor Richard Ingrams and bomber pilot George Dunn, Robert Kirkwood records this week's show at the Boswell Book Festival. Also with Festival Director Caroline Knox, Paul Tankard and Gordon Turnbull, there's a look at the life and works of James Boswell himself.
58m May 19, 2017
58m
17: RNIB Writing Competition
Host Red Szell listens to the winning entries of this year's RNIB Writing Competition and we look back some previous winners.  WARNING - This is the uncensored version and contains an expletive.
58m May 12, 2017
58m
Julian Fellowes - Behind the scenes of Belgravia
Robert Kirkwood talks to the team behind the innovative serialisation of Julian Fellowes Belgravia in audio and e-text.
13m May 09, 2017
13m
16: Stories of Love with Sarah Mallory and Francesca Segal.
In today's show Red and Robert get intimate! In a love story special, Red chats to Francesca Segal about her new novel and Robert gets the scoop on Mills and Boon from author Sarah Mallory. Plus we explore the Talking Books library for books on love in all its forms.
58m May 09, 2017
58m
15: Jane Harris, Alexander McCall Smith and Julian Fellowes
Red Szell chats to Jane Harris, Robert Kirkwood talks to Alexander McCall Smith and we discover more about the making of Julian Fellowes Belgravia.
58m Apr 28, 2017
58m
Kate London: Post Mortem and Death Message
The author chats to Red about her books Post Mortem and Death Message.
21m Apr 21, 2017
21m
14: Crime with Peter Robinson, Kate London and remembering Colin Dexter.
Kate London talks to Red Szell and provides evidence that crime is alive and kicking with her new novel ‘Death Message’, Peter Robinson gives us the intel on DCI Banks and we say a long goodbye to Colin Dexter.
58m Apr 21, 2017
58m
Book Review: The Lie Tree
Red finds out if Frances Hardinge's book 'The Lie Tree' lives up to the hype that surrounded it on release.
8m Apr 07, 2017
8m
13: Joanne Harris and Tanya Landman on what makes a prizewinning book
Red Szell talks to Joanne Harris about being a judge on the RNIB writing competition, Robert chats to Tanya Landman about winning the CILIP Carnegie Medal and Marc Macree talks about RNIB being nominated as the library of the year.
58m Apr 07, 2017
58m
12: Days That Changed The World
Red is joined in the studio by John Carlin, author of 'Playing The Enemy', Sherri Baines, narrator of Emmeline Pankhurst's autobiography and Kate Hamer, who shares the books of her life
58m Mar 31, 2017
58m
Booker 2016 - Paul Beatty: 'The Sellout'
Robert Kirkwood talks to Paul Beatty about his prize-winning book. #RNIBConnect, #readonair
9m Mar 24, 2017
9m
11: Through The Looking Glass of Satire
Howard Jacobson talks to Red about his latest title, 'Pussy', and the critical role of satire in understanding the world we live in. RNIB Librarian Nuala gives her thoughts on the modern classic 'Brave New World' and Red passes through the portal to Discworld as he reads Terry Pratchett for the first time.
58m Mar 24, 2017
58m
10: Sam Hepburn, Kate Hamer and Graeme Macrae Burnet on the Psychological Thriller
Sam Hepburn, Kate Hamer and Graeme Macrae Burnet join Red Szell as he dips his toes into the murky and dark world of psychological thrillers.
58m Mar 20, 2017
58m
Ruth Rendell: Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
Red reviews one of his favourite Ruth Rendell novels and Robert Kirkwood digs a little deeper into her reasons for writing some of her books as Barbara Vine
11m Mar 20, 2017
11m
Verity Smith - The Groper's Guide
Bonus Content - Verity talks to Red about the perils of writing when you can't see the page and shares some of the books of her life.
13m Mar 10, 2017
13m
9: Blind Authors with Verity Smith, Mike Brace and Dianne Woodford.
Red talks to international dressage rider Verity Smith, Paralympian Mike Brace MBE and single mum Dianne Woodford about their biographies of blindness.
58m Mar 10, 2017
58m
Jo Brand - Look Back in Hunger
Bonus Content - Jo Brand talks to Claire Carson about her experience of writing as opposed to doing the rounds on the comedy circuit and the challenges of both! #readonair #RNIBConnect
9m Mar 06, 2017
9m
World Book Day 2017
In celebration of World Book Day, Read On Air digs into the archive to bring you Roald Dahl, with his own reading of his classic story. #readonair #RNIBConnect
5m Mar 06, 2017
5m
Limmy - That's Yer Lot
Bonus Content - Limmy talks to Robert Kirkwood about his new book and gives Read On Air a world exclusive preview of the audiobook. #readonair #RNIBConnect
11m Mar 06, 2017
11m
8: Comedy in books with Limmy, Jerome K Jerome and Jo Brand.
Make 'Em Laugh: What do Limmy, Rum Doodle and Jerome K Jerome have in common? They've all made Red laugh out loud. Find out what tickles his funny bone.
59m Mar 03, 2017
59m
7: Piers Plowright and the Talking Book narrators on what makes a good book?
What makes a good book? Red and the panel discuss this as a theme on this week's episode, plus we eavesdrop on a book group who talk about 'The Essex Serpent'. And the RNIB Librarians talk about romantic fiction. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
58m Feb 25, 2017
58m
6: Childhood memoirs with Esther Freud on Hideous Kinky
This week we return to the age most often viewed as a time of innocence and simplicity, and reflect on memoirs written of childhood. Esther Freud tells Red Szell about the writing of ‘Hideous Kinky’ from the perspective of her 4 year old self, Poh Sim Plowright revisits one of her favourite books and the rites of passage at the heart of To Kill A Mockingbird and the RNIB Library team review Sue...
58m Feb 17, 2017
58m
Books On Film: Brokeback Mountain
Red finds out about the various books that take the written word and turn it into movie blockbusters. But which is better? We take the case in point of Brokeback Mountain. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
8m Feb 10, 2017
8m
5: Irvine Welsh, Kate Summerscale and translating a book for the screen.
This week we feature a host of books from the movies including the most recent book to be made into a movie - T2: Trainspotting - plus classics available in the RNIB Talking Book library. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
58m Feb 10, 2017
58m
4: Non Fiction with Mark Miodownik, Lynne Reid Banks, Stephen Grosz and John Aitchison
This week we take a look at non-fiction books in the RNIB Talking Books library including Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik and The Shark and the Albatross by John Aitchison. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
58m Feb 04, 2017
58m
Narrator Interview: Kate & Penelope
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a talking books narrator? Red decided to find out and spoke to two of RNIB's narrators at the Talking Books studio in Camden. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
7m Jan 27, 2017
7m
3: Sebastian Barry, Joanne Harris and The Kilmarnock Edition of Robert Burns
We talk to Costa Award winner Sebastian Barry, Joanne Harris talks about her writing and Robert Kirkwood finds out about the printing of the Kilmarnock Edition of Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns.
58m Jan 27, 2017
58m
2: The Great Spy Debate, Narrator David Thorpe, Creating a Book Group
In the second episode Red finds out which is the best spy writer - John le Carré or Ian Fleming. Also we hear from David Thorpe, the narrator of Red's book 'The Blind Man of Hoy', and there's another chance to 'Educate Red' from one of your chosen books this week. #RNIBConnect #ReadOnAir
58m Jan 23, 2017
58m
1: The History of the Talking Book
Welcome to the first edition of Read On Air. In this first episode we learn all about how blind people were ahead of the curve with audio technology, we educate our presenter Red with a book he would never normally choose, Kate London tells us about her first novel Post Mortem and community member Graham shares some of his poetry. #ReadOnAir #RNIBConnect
58m Jan 13, 2017
58m