Episodes

  • 440: Books in the Garden

    440: Books in the Garden
    Sep 5 2025
    Today we're taking some books into the Garden. Ruth Scurr tells us about Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows, Monty Don tells us about sensory gardening and Victoria Bennett discusses All My Wild Mothers: Motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden. All that plus we've got some new books on all things gardening in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 439: Caroline James - The Cruise Club

    439: Caroline James - The Cruise Club
    Aug 29 2025
    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.

    We get some self-help recommendations from the team at the Happy Hour and find some new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 438: Clémence Michallon - Our Last Resort

    438: Clémence Michallon - Our Last Resort
    Aug 22 2025
    Today Robert Kirkwood is joined by journalist and author Clémence Michallon from her home in New York, as we explore Our Last Resort, the brand new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant

    We also find some brand new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 437: Charlotte Butterfield - The Sister Switch

    437: Charlotte Butterfield - The Sister Switch
    Aug 15 2025
    Charlotte Butterfield joins Robert Kirkwood to talk about The Sister Switch, the brand new hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking book club read about twin sisters who make a bet to switch lives for a week

    We also find some brand new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins
  • 436: Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky - The Light of Day - plus Dave Steele, Matt Hopkins and Matt Goodfellow

    436: Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky - The Light of Day - plus Dave Steele, Matt Hopkins and Matt Goodfellow
    Aug 8 2025
    "The Light of Day" by Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky, tells the story of Roger Butler, a man who came out as gay in the British press in 1960, before the decriminalization of homosexuality. The book explores Butler's life, his activism, and his later struggles with blindness and isolation.

    Plus Blind Poet Dave Steele and filmmaker Matt Hopkins discuss 'The Film I'll Never See' and we get some book recommendations from poet and Carnegie Shortlisted author Matt Goodfellow.
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    58 mins
  • Author Dame Stella Rimington dies aged 90

    Author Dame Stella Rimington dies aged 90
    Aug 5 2025
    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 featuring both Liz Carlyle and Manon Tyler. She spoke to RNIB Connect Radio's Read On show about her latest novel, her career and her membership to RNIB Talking Books.
    For that full interview you can download Read On episode number 420 from wherever you get your podcasts, just search for RNIB Read On
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    5 mins
  • 435: Alis Hawkins - The Oxford Mysteries

    435: Alis Hawkins - The Oxford Mysteries
    Aug 1 2025
    Today Robert Kirkwood is joined by Alis Hawkins as we explore 'The Oxford Mysteries' with her books A Bitter Remedy and The Skeleton Army, plus we explore her past series on 'The Teifi Valley Coroner' with blind protagonist Harry Probert-Lloyd.
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    58 mins
  • 434: Charlie English, Mo Wilde and Adam Nicholson - Boswell Book Festival

    434: Charlie English, Mo Wilde and Adam Nicholson - Boswell Book Festival
    Jul 25 2025
    In today's final visit to Dumfries House and the Boswell Book Festival we get out in nature as we forage for Free Food with Mo Wilde and find the Wilderness Cure, we go to Bird School with Adam Nicolson and we travel behind the former Iron Curtain with Charlie English and the CIA Book Club.

    Plus we'll find some new books in the RNIB Library.
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    58 mins