Events and Competitions
International Tactile Book Competition 2008
Make a difference – make a tactile book
The Tactile Book Advancement Group (TBAG) is organising an international competition to encourage more people to take up the challenge of designing and making books with effective tactile illustrations for visually-impaired children.
The competition is being organised in association with the ‘Tactile Graphics 2008’ conference in Birmingham, UK, from 3 - 5 December 2008 run by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Short-listed entries will be exhibited at the Conference, where conference delegates will be invited to vote for their favourite book. Further winners will be selected by a panel of specialists in the field.
There will be awards for the best books in a number of categories. Award-winning entries will be publicised in the press and on the TBAG website.
Everyone is welcome to enter and we will be glad to receive entries from people who have never made a tactile book before. Entry to the competition is free. Please visit the TBAG website for full entry information and downloadable entry forms – and for guidance and ideas! (www.tactilebooks.org)
TBAG exists to promote the design, provision and enjoyment of tactile books for blind and partially sighted children.
The closing date for the competition is 1st November 2008.
Tactus
ClearVision is the UK contact for Typhlo & Tactus, the European organisation of tactile books producers. Tactus was set up to promote the creation of tactile books, and to share expertise and ideas. The EU funding has now ended and there will be no Tactus competition in 2008 – but we hope to plan something for 2009. See below for details of previous Typhlo and Tactus winners.
Tactile Book Competition at the Landmark Arts Centre
A tactile book competition and exhibition took place in March at this year’s Contemporary Textiles Fair at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington, South London. The winning book was Abu’s Jungle by Rosalind Na – a truly wonderful book which has since been donated to ClearVision.
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