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Continuing the Classics with Sophie Hannah, David Brawn and Lynn Shepherd
Episode 86
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 w…
7 years, 10 months ago
Tessa Fontaine, Deborah Harkness, and a nuclear reaction.
Episode 85
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…
7 years, 11 months ago
Narrator Interview - Paul Birchard
Paul Birchard tells Robert Kirkwood the remarkable story of ‘The Boy Who Played With Fusion’, which he narrated for RNIB Talking Books.
Clipped from …
7 years, 11 months ago
Roald Dahl at the RNIB Talking Book Studios
A listen to Roald Dahl at the Talking Books studios from 1986, introducing and narrating his first children's book, 'James and the Giant Peach'.
7 years, 11 months ago
Texas Hold 'Em and more
Episode 84
Today we’re raising the stakes and opening some books on betting.
Debut author Martin Nathan discusses writing and playing poker with blind friends.
Bi…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Book Group - The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap
Our blind and partially sighted Book Group discuss a book with sight loss at its core, The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap.
Please note there are some sma…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Book Group - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
This month the book group discuss the winner of the Man Booker Prize from 2011, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
What will our group of blind …
7 years, 11 months ago
The Book Group - Autumn by Ali Smith
This month our blind and partially sighted readers discuss Autumn by Ali Smith, shortlisted for the 2017 Booker Prize.
Please note this show contains…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Book Group - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
SPOILER WARNING! Don't listen unless you've read the book!
Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, s…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Book Group - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
In this episode our blind and partially sighted book group discuss Margaret Atwood's The Haidmaid's Tale, and we're joined by new member Lillian.
What…
7 years, 11 months ago