CELA has been pleased to partner with @IndigenousVA to make their award winning titles available to Canadians with print disabilities. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! ow.ly/JRuX30kkLvi Enjoy the accessible versions through CELA. ow.ly/pKHV30kkLtP

The CCBC Amy Mathers Darren Groth Excellent interview! Thanks so much for sharing. We have Darren Groth's books in #accessible formats for teens and YA fans with print disabilities. ow.ly/l3r330klNXU Darren Groth

Congratulations to Joanne Robertson! Her children's story The Water Walker is this year's winner in the Children's category of the Indigenous Literature Award. We're thrilled to be adding it to our collection. ow.ly/JKtU30ksPWv Image description: book cover

Happy Canada Day. Our Contact Centre will be closed on Monday July 2nd and return to regular hours on Tuesday. Have a safe and enjoyable long weekend.

Congratulations to Michael Ondaatje for winning the Golden Man Booker prize for his book the English Patient. If you haven't read it, we have an #accessible version ready for you. ow.ly/9Xq330kRBE9 ow.ly/qrTa30kRBEt

Interesting story from the CBC about the technology that gave Stephen Hawking his distinctive voice. #a11y ow.ly/bKJp30j5eL9

Are you using Canada Reads in your classroom? ow.ly/degW30j64yw

Should students read The Marrow Thieves rather than Shakespeare as part of the school curriculum? Interesting comments coming from the #CanadaRead debates ow.ly/rrBx30j9Xgl

CELA and our Contact Centre will be closed Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2 for the upcoming Easter holiday. As always you will be able to access materials online through our website.

The CELA registration pages on our website will be unavailable beginning 11:00pm EDT on Tuesday March 27 for scheduled maintenance. The registration pages should be available again by Thursday March 29 at noon EDT. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The CELA registration pages on our website will be unavailable today for scheduled maintenance. The registration pages should be available again by Thursday March 29 at noon EDT. We apologize for any inconvenience.

"The youth have such a strong voice and we need to listen to the youth voice." — Jully Black #CanadaReads

Excellent post #CanadaReads2018 question from the audience about how do we amplify and elevate the voices and stories from indigenous authors? These conversations are so important. Our friends at The FOLD UBC Indigenous reads and Indigenous Voices Awards are working on this issue.

SagonaskaSchool Thanks so much for inviting us to your meeting last night. It was a pleasure to participate and we are grateful for the opportunity to talk about how CELA can help support literacy for students with print disabilities. Best of luck at the upcoming swim meets!

If you're at Seeing Beyond the Horizon Vision Teachers Conference, May 3 - 5 in Alberta stop by our booth or come see Rachel Breau's presentation Reading for Fun and Learning on Friday at 10:45 am. She's got some great suggestions for #accessible books kids love. #2018cvtc

Going to the Vision Teachers Conference #2018cvtc today? Bring your library card to the CELA book and sign up to for Educators Access to get FREE #accessible books for your students!

Our very own Rachel Breau is presenting at the Seeing Beyond the Horizon Vision Teachers Conference today. Join Rachel at 10:45 am for some great ideas about Reading for Fun and Learning at 10:45 am. She's got some new suggestions for #accessible books kids love. #2018cvtc

Our Content and Access Librarian Theresa Powers is volunteering with Best Bets at today's Festival of Trees. Stop by to say hello and check out #accessible versions of Stolen Words and Marrow Thieves. Forest of Reading

To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day we’re excited to announce that we’re working on an all new platform with our partners at Benetech which will make finding books and navigating our website much easier. Stay tuned for details coming later this year! #GAAD #a11y

Author Jacqueline Woodson will receive this year's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. Congratulations! Read #accessible versions of her work through CELA and Bookshare ow.ly/lQk430k935U