Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB

Robert Kirkwood

Booking Overview

A weekly audiobook-focused interview show featuring authors, narrators, historians, actors, and other literary figures discussing books and audiobook adaptations. PR agencies could credibly pitch established authors, nonfiction experts, historians, narrators, and actors with a timely book or audiobook; booking is high difficulty because the show regularly features prominent published figures and well-known cultural personalities.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 7.2k subscribers

Instagram: 26.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

robert.kirkwood@rnib.org.uk

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Host

Robert Kirkwood - Presenter and producer of RNIB Connect Radio's audiobook programming, hosting conversations with authors, narrators, and other figures connected to books.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, historians, journalists, broadcasters, actors, and narrators with a current book, audiobook, literary project, or established connection to major cultural subjects.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Bestselling or award-winning writing, Broadcasting or acting careers, Recognized expertise in literary or historical subjects

Recent Guest Discussions

Darren McGarvey - Trauma, Oversharing, And The Social Effects Of Public Mental-health Discourse.

Stephen McGinty - The Dunblane Shooting And Its Impact On Britain.

Gavin Francis - Mental Health And Psychological Resilience.

Arthur der Weduwen - The History Of Libraries And The Development Of Books.

Andrew Pettegree - The History Of Libraries And The Development Of Books.

Recent Topics

Audiobooks, Literature, Publishing, Fiction, History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB

496: Best Kept Secrets for Travelers With Sight Loss with Lynn Jensen

October 02, 2026

Best Kept Secrets for Travelers With Sight Loss lets people who are blind or have low vision enjoy travel with less fear and uncertainty. Robert Kirkwood talks to its author Lynn Jensen about some great travel tips. We also hear about the first blind travel writer and find some new books in the RNIB Library.

495: Wigtown Book Festival Gems

September 25, 2026

Today we look forward to The Wigtown Book Festival, (which starts on the day this episode is first broadcast) by listening to some authors I've previously talked to in Scotland's Book Town including, Maggie O'Farrell on The Marriage Portrait, Kathryn Harkup on Superspy Science, Alex von Tunzelmann on Fallen Idols, Estelle Paranque on Fire, Blood and Gold and Rory Cellan Jones on Ruskin Park, plus we find some new books in the RNIB Library.

494: Stories of Love

September 18, 2026

This week on Read On, we're celebrating love in all its complicated forms.Robert Kirkwood chats to Fiona Lucas about her deeply emotional novel Always and Only You, a story of love, secrets and second chances. Then Jenny Ashcroft joins us to talk about The Echoes of Love, an epic historical romance set in Crete, where a young love story is tested by war, loyalty and betrayal. And finally, Yael van der Wouden discusses her acclaimed debut The Safekeep, an unsettling tale of desire, obsession, ...

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robert.kirkwood@rnib.org.uk

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