{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-life-in-books.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fval-wood-QTvPbbs5","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Val Wood","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c1f7074b-1a77-4fd0-b874-36e07b5a5765/6a7868c0-8f30-4c0f-90e4-bc7cba7e3d0d/my-life-in-books-1400x1400-podcast-cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books.\n\nEach fortnight, Red invites you to join him in conversation with a renowned author about their work and the books that inspired them to write. \n\nFor this episode, Red is joined by Val Wood, an award-winning author of romantic historical fiction, whose work is often compared to that of Catherine Cookson. In Val’s case, she has chosen her seaboard locale of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire in which to set her books. And her highly evocative sense of place and landscape, coupled with her historical accuracy has won her legions of fans around the world.\n\nThe parallels with Catherine Cookson don’t end there: Val, too, is a passionate supporter of libraries, literacy, and sight loss charities. All of her 28 novels to date have been recorded as audiobooks, but her commitment to making print accessible to those of us who can’t see to read print goes back much further than that.\n\nJoin Val and Red as they explore the history of the East Riding of Yorkshire, including its enduring sense of community and charity."}