Accessible Library

The Blind Low Vision NZ Library includes collections in Braille, audiobooks and a youth section. We can assist you in person, via email or over the phone. The assistive search feature makes it easy to find what you’re looking for. Here you can also find our inspiring podcast series, ReVISION, hosted by Sam Smith.

Client Jenny sits on a comfortable looking sofa and reads using her tablet

Search Library

Search the BLVNZ Library catalogue to find books & audio in all formats, for all ages.

Classic and Braille Search

Featured Books

My friend Anne Frank

Hannah Pick-Goslar | Book #141996

In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she soon struck up a friendship with a girl just like her: a precocious, outspoken and fun-loving girl named Anne Frank. As the Nazi occupation of Europe intensified, they were separated without warning. As Hannah puzzled over the fate of her friend, her own family’s fate began to unfold. Read by Alix Dunmore in 9 hours, 28 minutes. Published 2023. Blackstone.

Atomic Habits

James Clear | Book #143017

People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions; doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits. In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. Read by Anne Speir in 9 hours, 36 minutes. Published 2018. RNZFB.

Wrestling with the Angel: A life of Janet Frame

Michael King | Book #053967

Janet Frame, born in 1924, is New Zealand’s most celebrated and least public author. Relying on her diaries, health records, and court transcripts, the author reveals the formative episodes of a life pushed to the limits, one burdened by mental illness and family tragedy. Winner: New Zealand Book Awards, Reader’s Choice, 2001.

How to access the library

We have a number of ways people can access our library content. One of our most popular methods is using Alexa, a smart speaker, which people simply talk to so they can find and listen to books, magazines and newspapers.

Also, our content is available through the EasyReader app available on iOS and Android devices. With this app you can download our library content so you can read content on the go.

Access our library

Get it done online

Here we have a range of tools and services that you can do online.

Search the catalogue
Review a book
Request a book
Notify us of an error

Get it done online

Sound and Touch

Sound and Touch is our quarterly magazine to keep you updated with all the new library content that has been recently added.

Sound and Touch

Accessible Books Consortium

You can now access Accessible Books Consortium books via our Blind Low Vision library services such as Alexa. This will give access to 99,500 DAISY books. Find out more by going to our Accessible Books Consortium page.

Accessible Books Consortium

Join the library

The Blind Low Vision NZ Library is a rich resource. From audiobooks and magazines, to braille and tactile books, there’s something for everyone. Depending on your eye condition or print disability, you may be able to receive our Library material online or by direct loan. Our collections include fiction, non-fiction and periodicals, including daily newspapers. These are available in one or more accessible formats:

Braille (mainly UEB, Uncontracted English Braille)
DAISY audio (a specialised audiobook format)
e-braille (electronic braille files, in brf format)
Our largest collection by format is DAISY audio.

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ReVision podcast

ReVISION is Blind Low Vision NZ’s podcast, hosted by Sam Smith. Each episode, Sam shares his first-hand experience with vision loss and talks to members of the eye health community.

Find out more about the ReVISION podcast and listen to the episodes by clicking the link below.

Listen to the ReVISION podcast