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Sight Village - Scotland

If you live in Glasgow or Edinburgh, why not come and meet us at our National Library Service exhibition stand at Sight Village Scotland this April.

World Book Night 2013 giveaway

RNIB is giving away hundreds of free audio books to spread the joy of reading on World Book Night on 23 April. Will you be a lucky recipient?

Meet the library team in July

RNIB National Library Service will be out and about at various exhibitions during March. As a postal library service, it's great to meet readers face to face and find out what you enjoy about the service and get ideas for improvements and new things to try.

Carnegie Medal shadowing scheme

Once again RNIB National Library Service is working to enable young people with sight loss to take part in the CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing scheme.

An ideal Mother's Day gift

Does your Mum love reading books but struggles to read print? Treat her to a subscription to our top quality audio book service

An easier way to pay

Spread your payments for the Talking Book Service across the year at no extra cost. You can now spread the cost of a Talking Book Service subscription across the year by paying a fixed sum each month.

National Libraries Day

Saturday 9 February 2013 is National Libraries Day, a great time to rediscover your local library. This year also sees the launch of a new website called Bookmark your library. A single place on the web where you can find out about what's going on in public libraries across the UK.

National Storytelling Week

We are always happy to hear suggestions from our readers about which books they would like us to consider adding to the library. Email us on library@rnib.org.uk or call 0303 123 9999.

Costa Book Awards 2012

The winners of the Costa Awards were announced on 2 January.

Take part in World Book Night 2013

Do you love a book so much you want everyone to read it? World Book Night was launched in 2011 to give a million books to light or non readers. Once again RNIB National Library Service is giving you the opportunity to join in.

Last updated: 20 September 2012

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