<div>As RNIB Connect Radio turns 20, Read On this week looks at books of the same vintage.  
 
2003 was a great year for books with bestsellers including Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, The DaVinci Code and even The Atkins Diet. Robert Kirkwood picks five books from 2003 available from the Talking Books library, and we chat to authors Lynne Truss (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), Mark Haddow (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) and Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything). 
 
Plus, as always, we find some new gems in the library.</div>

As RNIB Connect Radio turns 20, Read On this week looks at books of the same vintage. 2003 was a great year for books with bestsellers including Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, The DaVinci Code and even The Atkins Diet. Robert Kirkwood picks five books from 2003 available from the Talking Books library, and we chat to authors Lynne Truss (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), Mark Haddow (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) and Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything). Plus, as always, we find some new gems in the library.

As RNIB Connect Radio turns 20, Read On this week looks at books of the same vintage.&nbsp; 
 
2003 was a great year for books with bestsellers including Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, The DaVinci Code and even The Atkins Diet. Robert Kirkwood picks five books from 2003 available from the Talking Books library, and we chat to authors Lynne Truss (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), Mark Haddow (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) and Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything). 
 
Plus, as always, we find some new gems in the library.

337: 20 Years of RNIB Connect Radio with Read On

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