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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Some Other Diaries to Have a by Liz Pichon Winter 2014 Read On Issue 21 RNIB National Library Service magazine for readers Sarah Waters on her new novel Books of my life with Gary O’Donoghue RNIB Overdrive New digital download service Read On 21 Read On is published by RNIB. First words Hello. RNIB Overdrive is here! ©RNIB November Our new digital download 2014 service is now available so RNIB charity nos. you can borrow and download 226227, SC039316 talking books onto your and 1109 smartphone or tablet and enjoy them on the Read On is available move. Find out more in News on page 4. in print, DAISY audio This issue features an interview with bestselling CD, braille and email. author Sarah Waters, who tells us about her Email latest novel The Paying Guests, set in 1920’s [email protected] London. Author of popular teen fiction, Natasha Desborough, reveals how she Visit unexpectedly came to be a writer. And narrator rnib.org.uk/reading Chris Courtenay tells us all about what he To join enjoys reading. Call RNIB on BBC correspondent Gary O’Donoghue is our 0303 123 9999 guest for Books of my life this time. His love of Email reading goes back to his childhood when he was first introduced to talking books. [email protected] If you fancy trying your hand at writing, look at Photos: our Members’ creative writing competition on Jasminko Ibrakovic, page 18. The theme this year is crime. Gajus, Africa Studio, ostill, fototip, A reminder that you can listen to all of our Khakimullin interviews in full at rnib.org.uk/readon Aleksandr, This will be the last issue of Read On I edit and Joycedragan and I’d like to thank the great team I worked with to atikinka. All get each issue out. I’d also like to thank so many shutterstock.com of you for getting in touch to let us know what you enjoyed, or in some cases, didn’t! I can honestly say it’s been one of the best parts of my job and I will miss it. 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You can search by title, author and genre, manage your own wish For more information, visit our list, and return books and get new website at rnib.org.uk/overdrive 4 New online shop Have you visited RNIB’s new online shop? You’ll find all our useful products in one place, all at great prices. Visit rnib.org.uk/shop. Why not sign up for our e-newsletter while you’re there to be the first to find out what’s new? Talking books – media software, or through a USB now on USB stick player – a much cheaper option than a DAISY player at less than RNIB’s Talking Book Service has £30. You can move forwards and been giving blind and partially backwards through the book, and sighted readers access to the UK’s bookmark several USB sticks at largest collection of high quality, any one time so you’ll always keep unabridged audio books for nearly track of what you’re reading. 80 years. 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The Monogram Murders, by bestselling author Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders is now is the first Poirot mystery ever available to borrow from RNIB penned by an author other than National Library Service and RNIB the famous sleuth’s creator, Agatha Listening Libraries as TB 21474, Christie. in giant print and in braille. For more information, call our Helpline This new Poirot novel reflects a on 0303 123 9999 or email growing trend for contemporary [email protected] authors to re-write or re-imagine classic books, from bestselling authors such as Joanna Trollope and Val McDermid re-writing Jane Austen’s novels for HarperCollins’ The Austen Project, to Anthony Horowitz impressing fans of Sherlock Holmes with his new Holmes story, The House of Silk. 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