Author Manjeet Mann and a beautiful speech that is a love letter to libraries with a special mention of Walsall Libraries ‘libraries are a dream making factory and librarians are the ones who hold the key’ The Yoto Carnegies Libraries Connected

And the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to The Boy Lost in the Maze! Congratulations Joseph Coelho Otter-Barry Books! #YotoCarnegies24

Our friends at 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩Fiction 📚🧳 #travelbybook are experts at finding good books set in evocative locales. Their latest RNIB Library pick is Dark Vineyard set in a rural French town. It’s written by Martin Walker and read by Bill Wallis. #TravelTuesday #CrimeFiction

Wonderful morning touring the RNIB and its fabulous #talkingbooksstudios! 🎤 Thank you Lara Marshall for inviting me and AM CROSSLAND. A privilege and eye-opener to see the brilliant life-changing work that goes on and how #audio and #braille books can bring such joy 🎧 📚

From Boswell Book Festival Catherine Coldstream on Cloistered, Donna Ashworth on Wild Hope & Jackie Kay on Mayday Plus some book recommendations from Joseph Coelho and new books in RNIB Library New Read On out now audioboom.com/posts/8530013

New Read On out now. At Boswell Book Festival Robert Kirkwood was Robert Kirkwood with Xinran Xue, Vivian French, Nigel Toon and Kirsty Logan who told Robert how important it is that she narrates her own books. Vivian French RNIB RNIB Library audioboom.com/posts/8532870

How gorgeous is the Mitchell library in Glasgow? I absolutely loved coming to visit the RUVI (Resource Centre for Visual Impairment) to see how RNIB, Sight Scotland, Triple Tap Tech and more can collaborate on a first rare offer for blind and partially sighted users.

This is wonderful. #LibrariesChangeLives

New Read On! Love Island star and disability campaigner Tasha Ghouri on 'Hits Different' plus from Race Across the World we get some audiobook recommendations from Trish Sail. Plus new books in the RNIB Library Tasha Ghouri Updates RNIB RNIB Connect Radio audioboom.com/posts/8533682

It was wonderful working with Sensory Trust to make 'Tree Encounters' available in braille. 🌳

We delighted to say that most of the The Booker Prizes longlist are already available in RNIB Talking Book with others on the way. #BookerPrize

Our friends at 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩Fiction 📚🧳 #travelbybook recommend The Lagos Wife by Vanessa Walters, available in audio from RNIB Library thanks to a kind donation from Penguin Books UK. It will keep readers guessing right until the extremely clever twist at the end!

Did you know? Each year, the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing winner is presented with a braille copy of their winning book by our accessibility partner RNIB Here Lynne from RNIB Library presents The Boy Lost in the Maze to Joseph Coelho #YotoCarnegies24 Otter-Barry Books

Don't miss this fab episode of Read On, perfect for all Bridgerton fans.

Our #CILIPS24 Speakers and friends RNIB Library are coming to share their best practice tips and insight into accessible tech for blind and partially sighted users in libraries.🤳🤝 So join us on the 28th of August, 11am-12pm and click here to register: cilips.org.uk/events/accessi…

There's nothing like when the devolved nations come together... 🤝🩷 Next week we'll host RNIB Library & Lara Marshall alongside CILIP Ireland & CILIP Cymru Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿- with over 200 people already signed up! Don't miss out, click here to register: cilips.org.uk/events/accessi…

Delighted to be working with all the marvellous CILIP teams across the UK to help bring accessible tech to as many libraries as possible ❤️ Really looking forward to meeting everyone attending next Wednesday. RNIB RNIB Library

New Read On Isabel Ashdown on her new book One Girl, One Summer Plus some brand new audiobooks available from RNIB Library RNIB RNIB Connect Radio Sarah Orion Publishing audioboom.com/posts/8555340-…

Our friends 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩Fiction 📚🧳 #travelbybook recommend The List of Suspicious Things, a bestselling book by Jennie Godfrey. Set in 1970s Yorkshire, this is a truly involving and emotional read. It's available in audio from RNIB Library, thanks to a kind donation from Penguin Books UK. #FridayReads

Not sure what to read next? Why not try our 'mystery book' chosen by our fab Reader Services Team. Email [email protected] to find out what September's mystery book is! 📚