<div>We go back in time to uncover the untold history of the talking book and the roots of the RNIB Library.</div>
 
<div>Robert Kirkwood gets a fascinating insight into the fragile history of libraries through the ages.</div>
 
<div>CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Joseph Coelho discusses the vital role that libraries have played in his life. </div>
 
<div>Museum expert Rachel Morris tells Robert what she found in the boxes under her bed! 
 
And we return to the authors of The Library: A Fragile History for the Books of Your Life.</div>

We go back in time to uncover the untold history of the talking book and the roots of the RNIB Library. Robert Kirkwood gets a fascinating insight into the fragile history of libraries through the ages. CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Joseph Coelho discusses the vital role that libraries have played in his life. Museum expert Rachel Morris tells Robert what she found in the boxes under her bed! And we return to the authors of The Library: A Fragile History for the Books of Your Life.

We go back in time to uncover the untold history of the talking book and the roots of the RNIB Library.
 
Robert Kirkwood gets a fascinating insight into the fragile history of libraries through the ages.
 
CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Joseph Coelho discusses the vital role that libraries have played in his life.&nbsp;
 
Museum expert Rachel Morris tells Robert what she found in the boxes under her bed! 
 
And we return to the authors of The Library: A Fragile History for the Books of Your Life.

250: Libraries and Museums: Joseph Coelho, Rachel Morris, The Library: A Fragile History and The History of the Talking Book

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