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The Costa Book Awards with Jon McGregor, Rebecca Stott and Katherine Rundell
We talk to three winners of The Costa Book Award 2017.
The Costa Book Awards with Gail Honeyman, Ali Smith and Sebastian Barry
We have a listen to all of the category winners as we wait for the announcement of the Costa Book of the Year and chat to First Novel winner Gail Honeyman. We also chat to previous winners Ali Smith and Sebastian Barry and review Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree.
Peter Ross, Ali Smith, Philip Reeve and the Book Group.
We explore Daunderlust with journalist Peter Ross, Ali Smith talks Autumn, which is then reviewed by the RNIB Connect Radio Book Group plus Philip Reeve on the books of his life.
Mark Miodownik, Laurence Bouvard and more.
A listen back to three interviews from last year, one fiction, one non-fiction and one from an RNIB Talking Book narrator.
Philip Pullman - 'The Book of Dust'
The author of 'His Dark Materials' joins Red Szell in the Talking Book studios to talk about his new trilogy, 'The Book of Dust' and the first book which is out now, 'La Belle Sauvage.'
Philip Pullman, Andy Miller and Andy Secombe
Philip Pullman joins Red Szell in the Talking Book studios to talk about 'The Book of Dust' Book 1: La Belle Sauvage. Andy Miller tells Robert Kirkwood about 'The Year of Reading Dangerously' and narrator and author Andy Secombe tells Red about growing up with the Goons and a few of his famous voices.
Eddie Izzard's Lost Christmas and 'The Robin: A biography'
Stephen Moss tells us the history behind the Robin's connection to Christmas, Steven Scott and Red discuss some reading technology, Robert Kirkwood delves into RNIB Library for some festive books and chats to Eddie Izzard about narrating 'Lost Christmas'.
John Bew, Marian Veevers and Jonathan Dimbleby
John Bew talks to host Red Szell about the Orwell Prize winning Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee ... at the Wigtown Book Festival we chat to Marian Veevers, author of 'Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility' and Robert Kirkwood hears Jonathan Dimbleby's Churchill impression.
Book Week Scotland (2017)
With the Scottish Book Trust we hear tales from this year's free book, 'Nourish'. Stories from Dave Myres, Mary Contini and much more on Nourishment for body and soul. We also talk to the Scottish Book Trust and hear what they do to encourage reading and writing.
Mountains, Horses and Guns with Chris Bonington, Gary Younge, and Susanna Forrest.
Red Szell visits the Petworth Literary Festival and meets his hero, Chris Bonington and finds out about the festival from artistic director Stewart Collins. We hear about 'Another Day in the Death of America' from journalist and author Gary Younge and at the Wigtown Book Festival we hear the remarkable history of horses from Susanna Forrest.