Thanks to the support of The Booker Prize Foundation, 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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Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books)
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Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (And Other Stories)
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Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies (Fourth Estate)
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Alison Moore, The Lighthouse (Salt)
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Will Self, Umbrella (Bloomsbury)
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Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis (Faber & Faber)
Man Booker Prize 2012 - the most accessible prize yet
We would like to thank The Booker Prize Foundation for their fantastic and ongoing commitment to blind and partially sighted people's right to read.
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.
RNIB has produced braille, giant print and Talking Books of the shortlisted titles for a number of years.
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 Prize winner will be announced on 16 October at a ceremony at London's Guildhall.
All accessible versions of the books will be available in October 2012, both via our online shop and the National Library Service.