Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB episodes
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Patricia Cornwell, Lynne Truss and narrating Ducks, Newburyport
Lynne Truss tackles crime and bad grammar in 1950s Brighton. (Starts at 1.03) Patricia Cornwall launches her new cyber crime series after conducting her own investigations at NASA. (19.26) Stephanie Ellyne talks about narrating a thousand page novel with just eight sentences. (35.22) And we return to Lynne Truss for the books of her life. (48.22)
The Booker Prize 2019 and more from the Wigtown Book Festival
In today's show we listen to the Booker winning audiobooks, 'Girl, Woman Other' by Bernardine Evaristo and 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood (Starts at 1.07) Salman Rushdie tells us about the joint narratives of 'Quichotte' (13.02) We return to the Wigtown Book Festival where founder of The Big Issue, Lord Bird, reveals how learning to read saved him from a life of crime. (28.02) Journalist Melanie Reid discusses coming to terms with disability and recording her memoir as a Talking Book. (37.00) And Professor Steve Jones shares some fascinating facts about the vital role the sun plays in our lives. (45.42)
Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak and Margaret Atwood
In our second Booker Prize special, Elif Shafak discusses her sensual novel ’10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World’. (Starts at 1.52) Chigoze Obioma reveals the real-life tragedy that inspired his novel ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’. (19.43) Margaret Atwood unveils her sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. (30.14) And we return to Elif Shafak for the Books of her Life (50.10)
Live at the Wigtown Book Festival (2019)
In a packed show Red Szell and Robert Kirkwood report from the Wigtown Book Festival with ... Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on his book, 'In My Life: A Musical Memoir' (Starts at 1.34) Kerry Hudson on Lowborn (Down the Chipper) (7.00) Shaun Bythell has some 'Confessions of a Bookseller' (13.41) Sarah Jane Douglas treats illness and grief as 'Just Another Mountain' (21.08) Chair of RNIB Scotland Sandra Wilson on sponsoring a Talking Book (25.03) Music from, and chat with, The Bookshop Band (27.08) We go 'Under the Wig' with William Clegg QC (36.00) Richard Frazer describes his 'Travels with a Stick' (41.04) Jon Day races pigeons and combines memoir, philosophy and culture in 'Homing' (44.49) And we get the Books of Your Life from stand up classicist Natalie Haynes. (51.03) Thanks to @MarkMcKie1 for the cover picture depicting fireworks over Wigtown.
Bernardine Evaristo, Lucy Ellmann and Joanna MacGregor
We’re checking out some of the titles short-listed for this year’s Booker Prize. Bernardine Evaristo reflects on the vibrant lives of 12 black, British women in her novel ‘Girl Woman Other’ (Starts at 1.00) Joanna MacGregor tells us about the tsunami of books she had to read as a Booker judge. (26.39) Lucy Ellmann takes us into the strange world of her eight sentence novel ‘Ducks Newburyport’ (36.30) And we return to Bernardine Evaristo for the books of her life. (43.30)
Mary Beard, Chris McQueer, Andy Stanton, Booker Shortlist and an audiobook party
A packed show this week with Red Szell out and about at a party and a picnic ... A chat with Eve Smith from the Booker Foundation at the 2019 shortlist party.(Starts at 1.14) Chris McQueer tells Robert Kirkwood how he started writing. (8.35) Mary Beard on history books and contemporary politics. (17.25) From RNIB Library, Lynne Livingston gives us some new book recommendations. (28.28) We hear some familiar voices enjoying The Audiobook Workers Picnic. (34.25) And Mr Gum author Andy Stanton shares the books of his life. (48.05)
Chris McQueer - narrating short stories n' that.
As his books 'Hings' and 'HWFG' are released in audio, author Chris McQueer joins Robert Kirkwood in the RNIB Talking Book Studios to chat about writing, narrating and ending up in Twitter jail.
Booker Prize Retrospective
As the 2019 shortlist is announced, Robert Kirkwood and Red Szell listen back to some past Booker winners 2018 - Red reviews Milkman by Anna Burns (Starts at 1.20) 2017 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (4.38) 2016 - The Sellout by Paul Beatty (15.42) 2015 - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (23.58) 2014 -The Long Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (33.10) 2013 - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (44.50) ... all interviews recorded before the winner of that year was announced.
Celia Anderson, Jackie Kay and Christopher Scott
Today we’re exploring life’s long and winding road ... Celia Anderson transports us to Cornwall for a stroll down to '59 Memory Lane'. (Starts at 1.10) Jackie Kay traces her roots along ‘The Red Dust Road’. (16.45) Christopher Scott reflects on his career as a Talking Book narrator, and how it changed his life. (28.00) And we return to Celia Anderson for the books of her life. (46.30)
Patrice Lawrence, Peter Robinson and Kate London
This week we’re investigating crime fiction: Patrice Lawrence discusses her eagerly anticipated new novel ‘Rose Interrupted’. (Starts at 2.04) Peter Robinson opens the case file on his best-selling detective DCI Banks. (14.10) Former Met Police Officer Kate London tackles knife crime in ‘Gallowstree Lane’. (29.40) Red investigates the crime story that made him want to become a writer. (37.00) And we return to Patrice Lawrence for the books of her life. (45.05)