Hear This on Vision Australia Radio

This week's episode includes a discussion of the following books:

Mother Mary comes to me by Arundhati Roy – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans – Available in DAISY Audio

The Changeling by Kate Forsyth – Available in DAISY Audio

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Interview with Loretta Smith

This edition of Hear This features an interview with author Loretta Smith, discussing her book A spanner in the works: the extraordinary story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s first all-girl garage.  An audio sample of Loretta's book was played at the conclusion of the interview.

Loretta's book is available in the Vision Australia Library in DAISY Audio format.

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Books referenced on this edition of Hear This include:

Reach for the sky: the story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The dam busters by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio

The great escape by Paul Brickhill – DAISY Audio

The Hero Maker: A biography of Paul Brickhill by Stephen Dando-Collins – not available in the Vision Australia Library

Flying into danger: The Paul Brickhill Story by John Ramsland – not available in the Vision Australia Library

The World of Pooh by A.A. Milne – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Somewhere, a boy and a bear by Gyles Brandreth – DAISY Audio

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – DAISY Audio and eBraille – audio sample played

East of Eden by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Burning Bright by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio

The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio and eBraille

Of mice and men by John Steinbeck – DAISY Audio and eBraille

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This edition of Hear This features a wide range of books available in the Vision Australia Library, including several reader recommendations. 

Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The Survival Series (books 1 - 4) by Bear Grylls – Available in DAISY Audio

Don’t die with the music in you by Wayne Bennett – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Wayne Bennett: the man in the mirror by Wayne Bennet – Available in DAISY Audio

The centenary of the greatest game under the sun by Maxwell Howell – Available in DAISY Audio

John Kirwan’s rugby world by John Kirwan – Available in DAISY Audio

The game of our lives; the story of rugby and New Zealand by Finlay Macdonald – Available in DAISY Audio

Running with the ball: the birth of rugby football by Jennifer Macrory – Available in DAISY Audio

Rugby Stories; some rucking good yarns by Peter Fitzsimons – Available in DAISY Audio

Future boy: Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Always looking up: the adventures of an incurable optimist by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio

A funny thing happened on the way to the future by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio

Lucky man: a memoir by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio

No time like the future an optimist considers mortality by Michael J. Fox – Available in DAISY Audio

Out of the forest by Gregory Smith and Craig Henderson – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The moth and the mountain: a true story of love, war and Everest by Ed Caesar – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The Creeper (Detective Constable Sally White #1) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Cold River (Detective Constable Sally White #2) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio

Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti (books 1-3) by Margaret Hickey – Available in DAISY Audio

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Interview with Red Szell, host of Read On, RNIB Connect

Blind Trust by Red Szell – DAISY Audio

The Blind Man of Hoy by Red Szell – DAISY Audio

I chose to climb by Chris Bonington – DAISY Audio

Offshore: a North Sea journey by A. Alvarez – DAISY Audio

A sense of the world: how a blind man became history’s greatest traveller by Jason Roberts – DAISY Audio

Eccentric Travellers by John Keay – DAISY Audio

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Hear This – September 18th

Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn – DAISY Audio

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer – DAISY Audio

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff – DAISY Audio

Wheels – DAISY Audio (Human)

Hello! Magazine – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

Rolling Stone – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

New Scientist : Australian edition – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

Gardening Australia – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

Money Magazine – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

Gourmet Traveller – DAISY Audio (Synthetic), DAISY Text

Inns and Outs by Gwen Meredith – not available in the Vision Australia Library

Come tell me how you live by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio

The Last Séance tales of the supernatural by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio

Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie – DAISY Audio

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Hear This – September 11th

The Desert Swimmer by Brendan Cullen and Paul Matchell – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Albatross: the true story of a woman’s survival at sea by Deborah Scaling Kiley – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Against all odds by Craig Challen, Ellis Henican, Richard Harris – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Walking with nomads by Alice Morrison – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Adventures in Morrocco: from the Souks to the Sahara by Alice Morrison – DAISY Audio

The Crossing by Sophie Matterson – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

Everything is Water by Simon Cleary – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

The blind man of Hoy by Red Szell – DAISY Audio – audio sample played

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