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Booker Prize 2016 - Paul Beatty
Before the Booker Prize was announced in 2016, Robert Kirkwood spoke to Paul Beatty before he was declared the winner.
Booker Prize 2015 - Marlon James
From the archives, Robert Kirkwood chats to Marlon James about his book, 'A Brief History of Seven Killings '.
Booker Prize 2014 - Richard Flanagan
From the archives, Robert Kirkwood chats to Richard Flannigan about 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' before it wins the Booker.
Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor Catton
From the archives, Robert Kirkwood speaks to Eleanor Catton, just before she wins the Booker Prize in 2013
Booker Prize 2012 - Hilary Mantel
From the archives, Robert Kirkwood speaks to Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel.
Booker Prize 2011 - Julian Barnes
From the archives, Robert Kirkwood talks to Julian Barnes about 'The Sense of an Ending' before it won the Booker in 2011
Catherine Cookson Week
This week we're exploring the life, legacy and literature of one of the countries best loved authors – Catherine Cookson. We explore her extraordinary life with her biographer, Kathleen Jones. Discover some of the artefacts at the South Shields museum dedicated to preserving her memory. Narrator Elizabeth Proud reminisces about recording Cookson’s novels for the RNIB Talking Books Library. And we immerse ourselves in the harsh realities of the ‘The 15 Streets’.
Catherine Cookson Week - Tom and Catherine
It's Catherine Cookson Week on RNIB Connect Radio and all week we're celebrating one of the UKs best loved authors and thanking the Catherine Cookson Charitable trust for their continued support of RNIB and the Talking Books service. Today playwright Tom Kelly chats about the musical Tom and Catherine, which charts Catherine Cookson and her husband's 50 year marriage.
Continuing the Classics with Sophie Hannah, David Brawn and Lynn Shepherd
This week we’ll be using our little grey cells to investigate some new developments in classic crime... Sophie Hannah tells us why Hercule Poirot is working with a new partner, and her publisher talks about how the collaboration came about. Lynn Shepherd discusses adding crime scenes to stories inspired by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. And Red finds the book in The Library that made me want to be a crime writer. Join the conversation by emailing [email protected]
Tessa Fontaine, Deborah Harkness, and a nuclear reaction.
This week we’re going transatlantic with some great contemporary tales from America. Tessa Fontaine tells us about running away to join the circus, in her memoir ‘The Electric Woman’. Paul Birchard recounts the remarkable story of ‘The Boy Who Played With Fusion’. And Deborah Harkness talks about transforming ‘A Discovery of Witches’ from best-selling books to primetime TV. Join the conversation on [email protected]