Thanks to the support of the Booker Prize Foundation and the Man Group plc Charitable Trust, RNIB is once again able to produce accessible versions of the Man Booker shortlist in braille, giant print and as Talking Books.
Shortlisted titles
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Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape - Random House)
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Carol Birch - Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate Books)
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Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers (Granta)
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Esi Edugyan - Half Blood Blues (Serpent's Tail)
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Stephen Kelman - Pigeon English (Bloomsbury)
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A.D. Miller Snowdrops (Atlantic)
The prize is the world's most important literary award and was the first to introduce a clause in their rules that ensures the production of the shortlisted titles in accessible formats.
We would like to thank the Booker Prize Foundation and the Man Group plc Charitable Trust for their fantastic and ongoing commitment to blind and partially sighted people's right to read.
Man Booker Prize 2011 - the most accessible prize yet
This year, for the first time, RNIB is able to produce all the titles on the Man Booker Prize long list in braille and giant print, ensuring that blind and partially sighted people will be able to read all of the 13 nominated books.
We are delighted that accessible versions of the books are available commercially; all the novels are for sale as ebooks and half are available as unabridged audiobooks, with the other three to follow.
The additional longlisted titles
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Sebastian Barry - On Canaan's Side (Faber)
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Yvvette Edwards - A Cupboard Full of Coats (Oneworld)
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Alan Hollinghurst - The Stranger's Child (Picador - Pan Macmillan)
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Patrick McGuinness - The Last Hundred Days (Seren Books)
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Alison Pick - Far to Go (Headline Review)
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Jane Rogers - The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press)
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D.J. Taylor - Derby Day (Chatto and Windus - Random House).
The Prize winner will be announced on 18 October at a ceremony at London's Guildhall.
All accessible versions of the books will be available in October 2011, both via our online shop and the National Library Service.