Typhlo and Tactus 2007 - RESULTS

A European jury representing Germany, Belgium, Finland, France, Italy,Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, Lithuania and Estonia and consisting of equal numbers of sighted and visually-impaired people, met in Dijon on 8th and 9th November to judge entries in the Typhlo and Tactus competition 2007. The chair of the judges was Mme Claudette KRAEMER, winner of the first Tactus competition in 2000. The jury had to choose winning books from a total of 68 entries.

Once again the judges had a difficult task as the richness and variety of the entries improves from year to year. Before deciding on the winners, nine books were shortlisted by the judges.

Here are this year’s results:

First Prize

Number 66 Cuore di Pietra, (Heart of Stone), Mauro L. EVANGELISTA, Italy

Cultural Heritage Prize

Number 33 Jack and the Beanstalk, Susannah PHILLIPS, UK

Special Award

Number 48 Juustujaht, Liis RAUDSEPP, Estonia

The six other shortlisted books were as follows:

Number 46 Reinuvader kalal Sülvi sarapuu, Kadi Sarapuu, Astrid Järvsoo Estonia
Number 29 Boris the boom, Timo Visser, Netherlands
Number 27 Hoe een mol verliefd werd op een vleermuis, Roos Mujkic-Van Den Brink, Netherlands
Number 63 Professor Poolhopper’s Long walk home, Anna Jarczyk, Poland
Number 30 The lost Purr..rr, Linda Davey, UK
Number 65 Nerone Eberta, Fabio Costa, Italy

Thanks to everyone for taking part!