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Robert Kirkwood

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Used to make Talking Books now I produce shows about books for @RNIBRadio. @talking-books.bsky.social Has your book got an audio version? Drop me a line

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Robert Kirkwood
3 years
Listen to Read On - The Audiobook Show on your favourite podcast app ... all links here to Apple, Spotify, Google, and many more. https://t.co/8GsGArAhve
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Listen to Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB wherever you get your podcasts!
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Robert Kirkwood
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In today's Read On we chat to friend of the show Vivian French @fivekingdoms, we chat end of the world survival with author @roberttwigger and hear from @TheRoyalButler, Grant Harrold. @RNIBRadio @RNIBLibrary @WigtownBookFest https://t.co/yLAaxJozwt
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RNIB Connect Radio
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The beast, the fog of the moor, and the discovery of a body. This Halloween, listen to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles on Talking Books. This gripping tale runs over 7 episodes and you have until Tuesday to listen. Find it here: https://t.co/xj3nDgHupn
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Robert Kirkwood
7 days
Recorded at @WigtownBookFest Read On this week features Dan Richards @Dan_Zep on Overnight and Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis. Plus books in @RNIBLibrary by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland @RNIBRadio @RNIB https://t.co/W8zmwbuyuh
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Robert Kirkwood
8 days
Everything's coming up Milhouse!
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Robert Kirkwood
14 days
Recorded on location at the @WigtownBookFest, I chat to @louiseminchin about Isolation Island, and to historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett @LucyHH about her book The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham @RNIB @RNIBLibrary @RNIBRadio https://t.co/lJHSUKBOOH
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Robert Kirkwood
14 days
Every year we try to talk to the entire @TheBookerPrizes Shortlist as @RNIB work with the Booker Foundation to get accessible versions into the @RNIBLibrary Happy to say that 2 down, 4 to go! Lovely chats today with David Szalay and Susan Choi that will be on @RNIBRadio soon
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Robert Kirkwood
21 days
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. https://t.co/1ehuaFgOvb
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Robert Kirkwood
23 days
ICYMI - I did, I was at @WigtownBookFest! The latest Read On is out now with Elspeth Wilson on the atmospheric and dark 'These Mortal Bodies' @Elspethwriter @RNIBRadio @RNIBLibrary https://t.co/PZPbLih85L
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Robert Kirkwood
27 days
A smiling Robert Kirkwood & Louise Minchen are posing for a selfie indoors. Louise has blonde hair, is wearing red glasses, and a black shirt. Robert has a full gray beard, and is wearing round glasses and a brown shirt. Behind them is a bookshelf filled with old books.
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Robert Kirkwood
27 days
Lots from @WigtownBookFest coming to @RNIBRadio and the Read On podcast soon including the lovely @louiseminchin
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Robert Kirkwood
1 month
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. https://t.co/JDmRbHLxgw @RNIB @RNIBLibrary @RNIBRadio
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Robert Kirkwood
1 month
New episode of Read On - Looking forward to this year's @WigtownBookFest by listening to chats with Graham McRae Burnett, Stuart Kelly, Alex von Tunzelmann, Henry Manse, Paula Hawkins and Maggie O'Farrell. https://t.co/lts3My72M9
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Lisa Timoney/Kate Storey/Naomi Williams
2 months
I’m so pleased to be featured on Read On with Robert Kirkwood, the audiobook show from RNIB. Give it a listen here ⬇️
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Robert Kirkwood
2 months
In the latest Read On @LTimoneyWrites joins me in The Forgotten Book Club https://t.co/mVEw5ewHzk
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Robert Kirkwood
2 months
In the latest Read On @LTimoneyWrites joins me in The Forgotten Book Club https://t.co/mVEw5ewHzk
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@CarolineJames12
📚❤️Caroline James ❤️📚
2 months
@Talking_Books @RNIBLibrary @RNIB @RNIBRadio Thanks so much Robert - I so enjoyed chatting with you 📚 @RNIBRadio
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Robert Kirkwood
2 months
New Read On with @CarolineJames12 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 @RNIBLibrary @RNIB @RNIBRadio https://t.co/kvd7BEW0Nd
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Robert Kirkwood
2 months
New episode of Read On - The Audiobook Show Clémence Michallon @Clemence_Mcl on her books Our Last Resort and The Quiet Tenant https://t.co/eawXTEsgXJ @RNIB @RNIBLibrary @RNIBRadio
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Robert Kirkwood
3 months
New episode of Read On -The Audiobook Show @CharlieJayneB joins me to talk about The Sister Switch, the hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking read about twin sisters who switch lives for a week Plus new books in @RNIBLibrary @RNIBRadio @RNIB https://t.co/kHVctDJ31s
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Robert Kirkwood
3 months
Today we talk to the authors of The Light of Day, Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky, as they tell the story of Roger Butler and his pivotal role in the gay rights movement before losing his sight. Plus @TheBlindPoetX and books from @EarlyTrain https://t.co/zzt7t6fp3U
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RNIB Connect Radio
3 months
Today on Read On we talk to the authors of The Light of Day, Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky, as they tell the story of Roger Butler and his pivotal role in the gay rights movement before losing his sight in his 30s. @headlinepg https://t.co/cvHUvmKONU
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