Today we’re raising the stakes and opening some books on betting.

Debut author Martin Nathan discusses writing and playing poker with blind friends.

Biographer Anthony Holden delves into the history of poker and its importance in his life.

Victoria Coren-Mitchell shares her confessions of a poker player and what it’s like to win a million.

And racehorse owner Alan Pickering discusses a life spent with sight loss and pensions. 

Our blind and partially sighted Book Group discuss a book with sight loss at its core, The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap.

Please note there are some small SPOILERS in this episode but as its a book that has been just released we avoided talking about its later chapters ... at least while the mics were still on! 

This month the book group discuss the winner of the Man Booker Prize from 2011, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.

What will our group of blind and partially sighted book lovers think about it as they listen to the RNIB Talking Book version?

This month our blind and partially sighted readers discuss Autumn by Ali Smith, shortlisted for the 2017 Booker Prize. 

Please note this show contains SPOILERS for the book.

SPOILER WARNING! Don't listen unless you've read the book!

Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.

This month our blind and partially sighted book group discuss Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. What did they think?

In this episode our blind and partially sighted book group discuss Margaret Atwood's The Haidmaid's Tale, and we're joined by new member Lillian.

What will they think this month?

This month the group discuss J.L. Carr's A Moth in the Country.

A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. What will our group of blind and partially sighted readers think?

This month the group discuss a book voted as 'the best book about Britain'.

Do they agree with that, and did they enjoy it? Join our group of blind and partially sighted readers in the Book Group.

Join the conversation with a real group of blind and partially sighted book lovers and Talking Book users. 

This month the book group discuss Chocolat by Joanne Harris.

Join our brand new book group as they talk about reading with sight loss, missing print books, and the Talking Books that have inspired and delighted them.