Hear This 23rd October 2026

Titles referenced in this edition of Hear This: The surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Knowing what we know by Simon Winchester – not available in the Vision Australia Library Atlantic great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast ocean of a million stories by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Pacific: the ocean of the future by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The fracture zone by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Land how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The perfectionists how precision engineers created the modern world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio Krakatoa: the day the world exploded by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The map that changed the world by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio The meaning of everything: the story of the OED by Simon Winchester – DAISY Audio No sight required, the blind user’s guide to AI by Tony Gebhard – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Gunpowder Creek by Alex Dook – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Cul-de-sac by Eleanor Limprecht – DAISY Audio – audio sample played War dog: breaking the chains by Jamie Williams – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Whistler by Ann Patchett – DAISY Audio – audio sample played See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Titles referenced in this edition of Hear This  My friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The happiest man on Earth the beautiful life of an Auschwitz survivor by Eddie Jaku – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Cloudstreet by Tim Winton – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The wreck by James Riley – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The chilling by James Riley – DAISY Audio Neighbourhood watch by Lauren Williams – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Don’t say his name by Rachel Givney – DAISY Audio – audio sample playedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode references the following titles: Unearthed: new horror of ancient ruins by Dan Coxon – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Dracula Park by Dana Grigorcea – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Afterbirth by Emma Cleary – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Lost in the dark and other excursions by John Langan – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Rainforest by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio – audio sample played Dark matter by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio Daughters of Eden series (#1, #2, #3) by Michelle Paver – DAISY Audio The buffalo hunter hunter by Stephen Jones – DAISY Audio – audio sample played The only good Indians by Stephen Jones – DAISY AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 eBrailleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 playedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.