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First piece of new Scottish writing to be released simultaneously in print and in Braille
Date: 23/02/2011
A NOVEL about the true story of the Clydebank Blitz has made history - by becoming the first piece of new Scottish writing to be released simultaneously in print and in Braille. Mavis’s Shoe,... Read More
Celebrities and blind artists join together in National Braille Week Exhibition Launch
Date: 21/12/2010
In December celebrations began ahead of National Braille Week 2011 as Royal Blind launched a unique exhibition featuring artwork by blind artists and Braille messages from a host of UK... Read More
National Braille Weeks gets the X-Factor
Date: 21/06/2010
X Factor winner, Joe McElderry has launched the first ever Braille CD booklet as part of a pioneering new initiative by the charity Royal Blind. Braille copies of the X Factor lyrics and CD notes... Read More
Date: 07/01/2009
Picture a little boy of four. He arrives at school - boarding school - for the first time. Worried, sometimes even frightened, but determined not to cry. Picture then a little boy with a... Read More
Ian Rankin marks launch of National Braille Week
Date: 06/01/2009
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille and the launch of a campaign to raise £2 million in order to re-house one of the nation's leading Braille printing press, Rankin is... Read More