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

Classic and Braille Search

Featured Books

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Dr Seuss | Book #67374

The disgruntled Grinch is the meanest creature you’ll ever meet. He decides to put a stop to Christmas once and for all. He steals all the presents and decorations from the citizens of Who-ville on Christmas Eve. Only to come to learn that the true spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys. Read by Suits in 14 minutes. Published 1985.

After Dark: Walking into the nights of Aotearoa

Annette Lees | Book #142452

In After Dark, Annette Lees walks us into the nights of Aotearoa. In the company of bats, owls, moths and seabirds, she guides us from dusk to dawn with fascinating night stories: tales of war stealth and ghosts; nights lit by candles and lighthouses; night surfing, fishing, diving and skiing; mountain walking and night navigation on ocean voyaging waka. Adult content advised. Read by Christina Cie in 10 hours, 59 minutes. Published 2021. RNZFB.

Confessions of a Bookseller

Shaun Bythell | Book #141960

Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasions during the Wigtown Book Festival and Granny, his neurotic Italian assistant who likes digging for river mud to make poultices. The Diary of a Bookseller (soon to be a major TV series) introduced us to the joys and frustrations of life lived in books. Sardonic and sympathetic in equal measure, Confessions of a Bookseller will reunite readers with the characters they've come to know and love. Read by Synthetic speech in 9 hours, 15 minutes. Published 2019. RNZFB.

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.

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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

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

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