Braille Tales is our quarterly newsletter that brings our supporter community together by sharing updates, stories, and the impact created through your ongoing support.
In February, Braille House was chosen as a significant local organisation for the Fairfield Grill’d Local Matters Competition. Across the month, Grill’d diners cast their vote to support one of three local organisations, resulting in a landslide win ...
Wednesday 29 January 2025
We were thrilled to see Braille House recognised in a speech by Julie-Ann Campbell MP, Federal Member for Moreton in Parliament. This acknowledgment shines a light on the vital work we do supporting braille literacy and accessible reading for Austral...
Wednesday 21 January 2026
2025 has been an exciting year in the Braille House! We’ve continued to expand our collection in meaningful ways - adding new braille titles, magazines, twin vision books, games, and more - bringing the world to your fingertips for readers of all age...
Friday 5 December 2025
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Lauren Ford
For International Volunteer Day, author Lauren Ford reflects on her special connection to Braille House through her nana, Braille House honour list volunteer transcriber Joan Hastie
The 2025 Braille Literacy Challenge was a celebration of literacy, learning and academic achievement. More than 60 students from around the country came for this unique competition, with an infectious enthusiasm. Many of us at Braille House look forw...
Final weeks to get your entry in for the 104th Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition.
Braille House Becomes First in Australia to Offer Direct Access to Global Accessible Book Service
Tuesday 20 May 2025
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Jodie Martire
The first time I came to Braille House was because of print books, back when a second-hand bookshop filled the upstairs of the Queenslander in Annerley. By the end of my visit, I’d been introduced to a library full of braille books – row after row, s...
2024 Applications closed September 13. The Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition, a significant cultural and literary tradition, has a rich history that stretches back over a century.
Tuesday 10 September 2024
Highlights from the 2024 Braille Literacy Challenge. On Friday, 06 September 2024, Braille House was buzzing with excitement as we hosted the Annual Braille Literacy Challenge.
Mr Hux is pioneering print accessibility by becoming the first luxury fragrance to adopt braille packaging.
Braille House recently engaged two museum consultants to evaluate the historical significant of the library’s collection.
Michael Rennie from ABC News Breakfast visited Braille House recently, and did a story about Braille House turning 125 years old.
Watch the story on abc news
Braille House, a treasured institution in Brisbane, proudly celebrated its 125th annive...
Braille House recently marked the Braille House Library 125th anniversary with an extraordinary event at Government House in Brisbane, hosted by its Patron, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM. This event was not just a celebratio...
Wednesday 1 November 2023
A documentary film about braille code demonstrates how it unlocks independence for blind and low vision individuals. Produced by the Braille Authority of Slovakia (Director: Martin Dzurňák; camera: Dušan Jarošík).
Braille House is thrilled to announce we recently became one of five successful organisations to receive the Accessible Tourism Enabler Grant from the Queensland Government as part of the 2023 Year of Accessible Tourism initiative.
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