Accomplished & Delayed Readers Join us on-line Feb 18, 2025 6:30 PST Registration is required for this event by #DyslexiaBC featuring Dr #SteveTruch from the #ReadingFoundation #bced #accessiblebc #sor #reading eventbrite.ca/e/accomplished… Eventbrite Help

Celebrate World Braille Days with us on Fri Jan 17! Join AEBC, AERO, BLC, CCB, CELA, CNIB Beyond Print, CNIB Foundation, NNELS, and PRCVI for a Boost of Braille and a Braille Retrospective. Visit nnels.ca/world-braille-…… to register and for more info. #WorldBrailleDay2025

Congratulations to the 7 Canadian authors who have been named to the long list for the Dublin Literary Award. Find them all in accessible formats here. celalibrary.ca/2025_Dublin_Lo…

To #braille enthusiasts across Canada: The Rules of Unified English Braille Third edition 2024 is now available in electronic and hard copy braille from CELA - celalibrary.ca/node/25501557

Congrats to the authors whose books were named to the 2025 Canada Reads Shortlist! The debates will take place on CBC platforms on March 17-20 so there is still lots of time to read them! Find all 5 of the titles in accessible formats in our collection. celalibrary.ca/2025CanadaRead…

Are you attending OLA this year? NNELS, CELA, and Toronto Public Library have a pre-conference workshop on assistive and accessible reading technologies on January 29, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern you can pre-register for. Learn more on the OLA schedule: olasc25.vfairs.com

Ask Us! Come chat with CELA staff and have your questions answered This Q&A aims to support how you access the books, magazines and newspapers in CELA’s multiple format collections for people with print disabilities. Tues, Feb 11 1:00-2:00pm EST us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Author Amanda Leduc has always been committed to accessible reading. Today WILD LIFE, her 3rd book, will be released in commercial and #accessible formats. It's a unique collaboration and one we are grateful for. Learn more on our blog. celalibrary.ca/blog/amanda-le…… #a11y

I just finished the book, The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice-author|Michelle Jackson-agent. Highly entertaining and recommended. Filled with very likeable characters. They may even resemble people we know. Available in accessible formats from CELA and Bookshare. #bookstagrammers #books #booktwt

Join us to learn how Regina Public Library has offered a top tier accessible book club called Sound Bites for the past decade, what they've learned and how libraries can set up their own book club for people with print disabilities. Wed April 9 1-2 pm EDT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Congratulations to all the authors of nominated titles! We're grateful to work with Writers' Trust to make accessible copies of these titles available to people with print disabilities so they can read and discuss them. Find them in our collection at celalibrary.ca/2025Shaughnessy #a11y

Join us on Wed April 9 1pm EDT to learn how the Regina Public Library's Accessible Book Club called Sound Bites started, how it’s going, and how libraries can start their own #accessible book clubs. The organizers have lots of insights to share. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Congrats to the 5 authors nominated for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize which celebrates creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. Find the these titles in accessible formats for people with print disabilities celalibrary.ca/2025Carol_Shie…

Happy Earth Day. If you are looking to reading something informative or inspiring about our beautiful planet we have some suggestions for you for kids: celalibrary.ca/2025Earth_Mont… and adults! celalibrary.ca/2025EarthMonth…

This is an excellent blog post on using context to help guide what to include in alt-text and why the same image might be described differently. Hat tip to Accessibility Awareness for sharing! sheribyrnehaber.com/context-is-the…

Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), a day dedicated to raising awareness and remembering Indigenous women, girls and 2-spirited people who have gone missing. Here's a reading list to learn more celalibrary.ca/2025_MMIWG2S

Thank you to the Government of Canada for our recent funding under the Equitable Access to Reading Program to increase accessible books. We look forward to working on growing the support for people with print disabilities alongside NNELS and public libraries across Canada.