4 December 2024 | December 2024, Home Page, Newsletters
By Julie Ganner AE At the end of October, Agata Mrva-Montoya and I attended the Subregional “Right to Read” Conference for Pacific Island Countries, held in Sydney. The conference was hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and supported...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
By Julie Ganner AE Imagine what it would be like if you couldn’t hold a book because you had a condition that gave you muscle spasms in your arms. Or you couldn’t turn the pages because you had arthritis in your fingers. Or you couldn’t see the words and pictures. Or...
6 November 2023 | Newsletters, November 2023
From Julie Ganner AE, AIWP While the Accessibility Initiative Working Party (AIWP) was disbanded in July, following the launch of Books without barriers, our advocacy continues. In July, I gave an online talk for the Australian Society of Authors on what authors can...
6 October 2023 | Newsletters, October 2023
IPEd’s Julie Ganner AE and Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya have been shortlisted for the Accessible Books Consortium’s (ABC) 2023 International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. The ABC is a partnership led by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Julie and...
10 July 2023 | July 2023, Newsletters
By Julie Ganner AE, Chair, Accessibility Initiative Working Party (AIWP) Books without barriers continues to be well received, with further articles by ArtsHub and the international newsletter Publishing Perspectives following a media release by IPEd last month. Our...
