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Relax with a good book every day of the week on Insight Radio. Whether it's a short story, a book for a younger listener or an epic book over a number of weeks, we have the listen for you. Find out what's playing on the show here, or head to, Talking Books - Special Shows - All of our one-off documentaries and specials. Talking Books - Reviews and Audio Clips - Vidar Hjardeng is Talking Books resident book reviewer. Catch up with his latest review plus hear exclusive audio from RNIB Talking Books and other audio book producers. Talking Books - Short Reads - Missed our mini Talking Books show? Catch up here. Talking Books - Denise Mina Exclusive - A complete short story from one of Scotland's most thrilling writers. Talking Books - Booker Prize 2009 - Talking to Hilary Mantel, Sarah Waters, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer, the 2009 winner and three Booker shortlisted authors.  Now Playing Starting tomorrow, Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Talking Books Exclusive! Denise Mina is a Scottish crime writer, described as an author of 'Tartan Noir'. In 2005, for 'Aye Write!', Glasgow's Book Festival, she wrote the short story, Ida Tamson. It was presented as a five part serial in The Evening Times and an audio version was recorded for distribution by RNIB Scotland. The story has since become a successful play and according to some a film is on its way. The original recording has never been offered for sale and so wasn't added to the Talking Books library, so unless you recieved a copy at the time, this is the ONLY place you can hear this exclusive short story by one of Scotland's most thrilling writers. Talking Books at the Weekend New book coming soon ... about the boy who never grew up. Starting Sunday at 1pm. - more details soon Talking Books Links So far on the Talking Books show we've chatted to or featured books from ... Short Story Radio - Aims are to promote the short story genre and writer, and to offer contemporary and classic short stories to an international audience, free of charge. Click on Short Story Radio Player and choose audio to listen to right now or listen to the Talking Books Short Story Radio Special now. Naxos Audio Books - Spoken Word Audiobooks, from classic to contemporary: classic literature, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama on CD and now available to download as DRM free mp3. Audible UK - Audible.co.uk is the UK's largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Download a variety of audio magazines, radio shows, live comedy, podcasts, and more. Audio Books for Free - Does exactly what you'd think! Isis - Isis is the world's leading publisher of unabridged audio books The Story Circle - Talking Book narrator, and a familiar voice to Talking Books listeners, Garrick Hagon, runs the Story Circle with his wife Liza Ross and Bill Dufris. The Story Circle is a creative team of recording experts using imaginative writers, skilled voices, original music, thrilling sound effects and state of the art studios, turning written material into great audio. Head to the website for some samples. Footnotes Audio Walks - Extensively researched guides available as mp3 downloads, CDs and tapes which allow you to explore places at your own pace. Some will cover well known areas, others take you through areas ignored in conventional guide books. Soundmap Audio Walks - Discover a different side to London with a unique range of innovative audio walks available for download now. In the War of the Worlds special we spoke to John Gosling of the War of the Worlds Invasion website, Mike Conroy of Comics International, and talked to Jeff Wayne about his Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. About Talking Books Talking Books is a service from RNIB, helping blind and partially sighted people gain access to books. It's also a show on Insight Radio that's on, in one form or another, every day. Robert Kirkwood, who for many years worked in the RNIB Talking Books studios in Camden, presents the featured book of the moment and brings you interviews with audio book narrators and producers, authors and audio book publishers, along with info from the whole world of audio books. We try and find you as many free (and legal!) audio book downloads as we can or if not free, we're always on the lookout for a bargain.
The show also acts as a guide to the RNIB Talking Book service, so members can hear what new books are in the library, non-members can find out how to join, and everyone can enjoy the featured book. For more information on Talking Books from the RNIB, click here. Talking Books is presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood
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