With the announcement of this year's Man Booker Prize longlist we are proud to confirm that RNIB's relationship with the event is going from strength to strength.
A first for blind and partially sighted book fans
Last year blind and partially sighted people were able to read the Man Booker Prize winning title - Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel - on the day the prize was announced. In fact, for the first time blind and partially sighted were able to read all of the books on the shortlist.
Man Booker Prize 2010 - shortlist available in accessible formats
This will continue thanks to the Man Booker Prize's commitment to include an accessibility clause in its rules. The clause states that publishers of longlisted books must provide an electronic file to RNIB to aid the production of the books in various formats.
The Man Booker Prize is the first book prize to introduce a clause like this, showing a fantastic commitment to blind and partially sighted people's right to read.
Thanks to the Booker Prize Foundation and the Man Group PLC Charitable Trust for funding the production of the six shortlisted books.
The Man Booker Prize longlist
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Peter Carey - Parrot and Olivier in America
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Emma Donahue - Room
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Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal
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Damon Galgut - In a Strange Room
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Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question
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Andrea Levy - The Long Song
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Tom McCarthy - C
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David Mitchell - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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Lisa Moore - February
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Paul Murray - Skippy Dies
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Rose Tremain - Trespass
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Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap
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Alan Warner - The Stars in the Bright Sky
The shortlist of six books will be announced on 7 September and the prize winner will be announced on 12 October.
All six of this year's shortlisted books will be available by 12 October 2010 through our shop and the National Library Service.