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World Book Day Children's Writing Competition
The year 2026 is National Year of Reading and this along with World Book Day 2026 on March 5, is a great chance for every child, including those wit…
6 months, 1 week ago
Katie Kitamura - Audition
Episode 461
In today's episode Robert Kirkwood chats to Katie Kitamura about her novel Audition, an exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrew Miller - The Land in Winter
Episode 460
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller is an atmospheric novel set during a famously freezing 1960s winter, exploring the minutiae of married life throu…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Kiran Desai - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Episode 459
A book 19 years in the making, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai is a spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Best of the Fests
Episode 458
A listen back to the times I was set free at both Boswell and Wigtown Book Festivals featuring Rupert Everett, Louise Minchin, Wayne Sleep, Dom Joly …
7 months ago
Review of 2025 - Part 2
Episode 457
A listen back to some 2025 highlights from later in last year including Percival Everett, Yael van der Wouden, Nate Lessore, Margaret McDonald, David…
7 months, 1 week ago
Review of 2025 - Part 1
Episode 456
A listen back to some 2025 highlights from early last year including AJ West, Yael van der Wouden, Rachel Kushner, Clare Mackintosh, Lucy Edwards and…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones - Christmas with the Map Men Part 2
Episode 455
In today's Read On, Robert Kirkwood chats to the Map Men, also known as Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones about their debut book This Way Up - When M…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones - Christmas with the Map Men Part 1
Episode 454
In today's Read On, Robert Kirkwood chats to the Map Men, also known as Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones about their debut book This Way Up - When M…
8 months ago
Best-selling author Joanna Trollope has died aged 82
Author of many favourites in the RNIB Library, Joanna herself was very aware of the importance of accessibility as she had an eye condition that made…
8 months ago