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Robert T Kirkwood
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Content producer on RNIB Connect Radio. Mainly shows about books and accessible reading. Used to be a Klingon.
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Robert T Kirkwood @talking-books.bsky.social · Nov 13
Enjoy Read On - The Audiobook Show on you favourite podcast app

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Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB
A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produce...
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New Read On recorded @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social with Nicholas Jubber on Monsterland plus Christopher Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman AKA @ambroseparry.bsky.social on the latest Raven and Fisher mystery, The Death of Shame.

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Nicholas Jubber and Ambrose Parry - Wigtown Book Festival
Today Robert Kirkwood chats to Nicholas Jubber about Monsterland, a journey around the world's dark imagination and he also talks to an author with two heads ... those being that of Christopher Br...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Booker winner 2025 David Szalay on his novel Flesh - Full Interview

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David Szalay - Flesh - Booker Winner 2025
On today's Read On a long chat with the winner of the Booker Prize 2025, David Szalay. Robert Kirkwood chats to David about the life of his character István, and how he seems to live in the gaps b...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Congratulations to David Szalay for winning #BookerPrize2025 with his novel Flesh 📖

Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.

New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Bonus: Booker Winner 2025 - David Szalay for Flesh (Extract)
Full interview on Friday - but for now huge congratulations to David Szalay for his Booker win for Flesh - available in audio and Braille from RNIB Library.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Congratulations to Booker winner 2025, David Szalay.

Full interview coming Friday - here's an extract

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Booker Winner 2025 - David Szalay for Flesh (Extract)
Full interview on Friday - but for now huge congratulations to David Szalay for his Booker win for Flesh - available in audio and Braille from RNIB Library.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Today on Read On - All six authors on The Booker Prize shortlist.

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Booker Shortlist 2025 - Susan Choi, Kiran Desai, Katie Kitamura, Ben Markovits, Andrew Miller, and David Szalay
Today a supercut of interviews with all six Booker shortlisted authors for 2025 with Susan Choi on Flashlight, Kiran Desai on The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Katie Kitamura on Audition, Ben Markovi...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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@syqlone.bsky.social Happy Birthday Beardy :)
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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In today's Read On we chat to friend of the show Vivian French @vivianji.bsky.social, we chat survival with author Robert Twigger and hear from The Royal Butler, Grant Harrold

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Grant Harrold, Robert Twigger and Vivian French - Wigtown Book Festival
In today's episode from Scotland's Book Town we chat to friend of the show, and author of over 300 books, Vivian French. We chat end of the world survival with author Robert Twigger and hear a...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Recorded at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Read On this week features Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social on Overnight and Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis.

Plus books in RNIB Library by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland

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Dan Richards and Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan - Wigtown Book Festival
Today on Read On from the Wigtown Book Festival, we have some journeys, conversations and stories after dark in Dan Richards' book, Overnight and chat to Suzanne O'Sullivan about The Age of Di...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Everything's coming up Milhouse!
A cartoon illustration in the style of The Simpsons showing me with yellow skin, a long white beard and mustache, and purple sunglasses taking a selfie in front of Dumfries House, a large Georgian-style mansion with a fountain and manicured gardens under a clear blue sky.
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Recorded on location at the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social, I chat to @louiseminchin.bsky.social about Isolation Island, and to historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett about her book The Scapegoat

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Louise Minchin and Lucy Hughes-Hallett - Wigtown Book Festival
In an episode recorded on location at the Wigtown Book Festival, Robert Kirkwood talks to Louise Minchin about 'Isolation Island', a novel inspired by both Agatha Christie and her time on I&#3...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Winners of the Booker Prize

With the Booker shortlist released recently we look at who is up for the prize this year, and listen to some past winners including Shehan Karunatilaka, Paul Lynch, Douglas Stewart, Sam Harvey and more.

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Winners of the Booker Prize
With the Booker shortlist released recently we look at who is up for the prize this year, and listen to some past winners including Shehan Karunatilaka, Paul Lynch, Douglas Stewart, Margaret Atwood &a...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Great to chat to @talking-books.bsky.social about These Mortal Bodies, its audiobook and some of the audiobooks that have shaped me as a reader and writer! #BookSky
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Here's the latest Read On with @elspethwright.bsky.social on her atmospheric and dark debut 'These Mortal Bodies'

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Elspeth Wilson - These Mortal Bodies
Today we chat to poet and author Elspeth Wilson about her debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, a gripping and atmospheric dark academia novel about toxic female friendships and obsession. Plus we find so...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Just a taste of the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social shows to come with @louiseminchin.bsky.social, The Royal Butler and the two heads of @ambroseparry.bsky.social and much more on @rnibradio.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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This week on Read On I'm joined by Ali Harris as we discuss her new novel, This Wasn't Meant to Happen, a book described to be for anyone who has ever lost, longed, or held on when letting go felt impossible.

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Ali Harris - This Wasn't Meant to Happen
This week Robert Kirkwood is joined by Ali Harris as they discuss her new novel, This Wasn't Meant to Happen, a book described to be for anyone who has ever lost, longed, or held on when letting g...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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New episode of Read On - Looking forward to this year's @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social festival by listening to chats with Graham McRae Burnett, Stuart Kelly, Alex von Tunzelmann, Henry Manse, Paula Hawkins and Maggie O'Farrell.

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A look forward to the Wigtown Book Festival
Looking forward to this year's Wigtown Book Festival by listening to chats with Graham McRae Burnett, Stuart Kelly, Alex von Tunzelmann, Henry Manse, Paula Hawkins and Maggie O'Farrell.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I’m so pleased to be featured on Read On with Robert Kirkwood, the audiobook show from RNIB. Give it a listen here ⬇️
September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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In the latest Read On @lisatimoneywrites.bsky.social joins me in The Forgotten Book Club

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Lisa Timoney/Kate Storey/Naomi Williams - The Forgotten Book Club
Three authors who write in very different genres all wrapped up in the one package. Lisa Timoney writes family drama, Kate Storey writes books about books, and Naomi Williams writes psychological thri...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Big thanks to @rnibradio.bsky.social & @talking-books.bsky.social for hosting me & #TheCruiseClub - lovely chatting about books 📚🎧🎤
August 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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New Read On with @carolinejames1.bsky.social

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.

Plus new books in @rnib.bsky.social Library

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Caroline James - The Cruise Club
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.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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New episode of Read On - The Audiobook Show

Clémence Michallon on her books Our Last Resort and The Quiet Tenant

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Clémence Michallon - Our Last Resort
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 o...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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New episode of Read On The Audiobook Show

Charlotte Butterfield on The Sister Switch, the hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking read about twin sisters who switch lives for a week

Plus new books in @rnib.bsky.social Library
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Charlotte Butterfield - The Sister Switch
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 f...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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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. She spoke to @rnibradio.bsky.social about her latest novel, her career and her love of @rnib.bsky.social Library

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Dame Stella Rimington - The Hidden Hand
Stella Rimington was the first female director general of MI5 and brings true authenticity to her books about spying and espionage. She talks to Robert Kirkwood about her career, her Liz Carlyle books...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New epidote of Read On - The Audiobook Show

Today Alis Hawkins on 'The Oxford Mysteries' plus we explore her past series on 'The Teifi Valley Coroner' with blind protagonist Harry Probert-Lloyd.

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Alis Hawkins - The Oxford Mysteries
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 Val...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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New Read On recorded @bozzybookfest.bsky.social

@charlieenglish1.bsky.social‬ on The CIA Book Club

Adam Nicolson takes us to Bird School

and we go foraging with Mo Wilde

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Charlie English, Mo Wilde and Adam Nicholson - Boswell Book Festival
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 Ni...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM