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The shortlist is available in a variety of formats for those with print disabilities. Canada Reads will air March 4-7.

Drop in subsidies for accessible book formats deprives people with disabilities from enjoying Canadian stories

From April 1 to 30, FVRL will join libraries across the country in One eRead Canada

The Accessible Publishing Learning Network (APLN) is a comprehensive repository of plain-language articles and information about all aspects of accessible publishing.

The project to convert the ebooks was prompted by the availability of funding from the Canada Book Fund.

Close to 600 titles will be part of the new, accessible 'Ebooks for Everyone' initiative from the Literary Press Group of Canada.

The budget proposes to amend the Copyright Act to extend copyright protection from 50 to 70 years after the death of the author, as required by the Canada

giller prize shortlist 2020 Souvankham Thammavongsa, an instructor in the English program at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, has been chosen for the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist for her short story collection, How to Pronounce Knife. Follow the excitement of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize as it builds to the announcement of both the short and longlist, culminating with the winner announced at … Book - 2020 F BER Available in some locations. Scotiabank is proud to cont...

Laurie Davidson and Daniella Levy-Pinto On March 16, 2021, Employment and Social Development Canada announced they were increasing funding by a million dollars for the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) and the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS), organizations which produce accessible books for people with print disabilities. What the announcement didn’t mention was that the funding merely replaced the million dollars that the federal government had already cut. In...