Tape Aids for the Blind

There is nothing to say that blind people should be prohibited from forming books clubs, and indeed they have. The library members of Tape Aids for the Blind have formed Avid Readers Book Clubs in a number of centres in South Africa. On Thursday the 17th May 2012 the Tape Aids for the Blind Midlands Service Centre in Howick held their first Avid Readers Book Club meeting in Howick. The members enjoyed some lively discussions on the books that they had ‘read’.

If you are interested in joining our Avid Readers Book Club in Howick we will be meeting at our new premises next to Nedbank at Fairways on Main, Howick.

The next meeting of the Avid Readers Book Club will take place on the 16th August 2012.

For further info please contact:
Tracey Joubert – Midlands Liaison Officer 072 084 7342
Merle Burge – Midlands Service Centre 033 330 4519
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tapeaids.com

Welcome to Tape Aids for the Blind - A National Library service for the blind and print handicapped Tape Aids for the Blind is a self-funding Non Profit organisation, which receives no State subsidy.

Are you a trail runner? Come and join De Kraal in the 1st of a series of trail runs in East London. The event will be held on Sunday the 17th June 2012 at 9:30am at the De Kraal in East London. Proceeds will be in aid of fundraising for Tape Aids for the Blind. Your support will give blind people their right to read. For more information contact Michelle Clayton on 043 722 7615 or email [email protected].

Please go and view our latest You Tube Video.
http://youtu.be/g9iBPzRH2Os

Die reis van sig na Klank - om te kan lees neem jou na plekke

For those of you Facebookers that missed World Book Day this year. Tape Aids for the Blind ensured that blind people were not forgotten, and their right to read was advocated throughout shopping centres in Durban. The article below was published in a local newspaper.

April the 23rd was not only Shakespeare’s birthday but also World Book Day.

Tape Aids for the Blind in our commitment to give all blind people the Right to Read , is determined that no-one shall be left behind. In order to bring our free library service for blind and print handicapped people to the attention of all the citizens of Durban, displays were placed in major shopping centres and libraries in the greater Durban area.

Tape Aids for the Blind, some 55 years ago, established a library for the blind in a small office in the centre of Durban. What began as the dream of a few pioneers who saw the possibility of making information accessible to blind people, has today become a major international library with branches and satellite agencies throughout South Africa. The organization has strong international links and a close relationship with libraries in Australia.

The National Director Mrs. Pauline Hoffman, has been invited to Australia to give the keynote address at the 2012 National Conference of The Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities. In her address Mrs. Hoffman will stress that it is the inalienable right of each and every person to have access to information, education, and the very pleasure of reading.

Stop - Look - Read

Tape Aids for the Blind will be holding a Book Sale at our new premises at Fairways on Main.

Thursday 31st May
9:30- 11:30am

Your support will give blind people their right to read. There is an exciting collection of books that will satisfy your reading tastes.

Call 033 330 4519 for more information

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Today is Valentines Day! Fancy a romantic read? How about the ‘Italian Groom, Princess Bride’ by Rebecca Winters (N1680), ‘Not that kind of Girl’ by Catherine Alliot (A1289), or ‘The Grand Sophy’ by Georgette Heyer (H1) plus a wide range of Jane Austen for more traditional tasters.

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the popular English author Charles Dickens. Come and Escape to another world with the characters from ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Great Expectations’, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘Hard Times’, to name just a few.

Tape Aids has the following Charles Dickens’ books on cassette format;

1) A Tale of Two Cities
2) The Pickwick Papers
3) Our mutual friend
4) David Copperfield
5) Bleak House
6) Dombey and Son
7) Great Expectations
8) Hard Times
9) A Christmas Carol
10) Oliver Twist
11) Mystery of Edwin Drood
12) The Old Curiosity Shop
13) Little Dorrit
14) Barnaby Rudge
15) Martin Chuzzlewit
16) The Haunted House