BIC Brunches 2025

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Making Printed Books Accessible

Introduction

Join us in this, the next session of our popular series of webinars dedicated to Accessibility, which we have put together with the 2025 European Accessibility Act (EAA) firmly in mind.

This event follows on from 8 incredibly well received sessions that have already examined i) Back to Basics – the Legalities, ii) Accessibility Metadata, iii) Accessible Content (EPUB and PDF), iv) Alt Text, v) Fixed Layout vi) STEM/Scholarly Publishing, vii) Websites/Platforms & Packaging and viii) DRM and Text-to-Speech.

July’s session sees our expert speakers guide us through the accessibility considerations for printed books. Although not covered by the EAA, the accessibility of printed books cannot be ignored and here at BIC we consider it to be incredibly important that this topic is also featured as a key part of this webinar series. During this event we’ll hear how to create printed books that meet the needs of all readers—including those with dyslexia, visual impairments, and Special Educational Needs (SEN). Amongst other things, our speakers will share their accessibility expertise on subjects such as font type, font size, design tips (including colour contrast, images, layout etc), large print, braille etc.

Attendees will gain actionable insights, hints and tips, and there will also be a dedicated Q&A session which provides the perfect opportunity to ask our speakers questions.

Host

• Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

Speakers

• Ailsa Bathgate, Publisher, Barrington Stoke an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
• Laura Dolan, Board Member UKAAF and Account Director, CPI UK

• Daniel Eggleston, Creative Services Lead, The Ulverscroft Group
• Emma Steel, Head of Every Cherry Imprint, Every Cherry Publishing

Who should attend?

This session will be of interest to a broad range of different book industry organisation types and professionals, especially those working in production, editorial, design and content creating teams, and those working at publishing houses, vendors, 3rd party suppliers etc.

Registration

Tickets are FREE for BIC and BISG members and MA Publishing Students at City St George’s, University of London. Everyone else is required to pay a nominal fee. Please ensure you select the correct ticket type.

To register, scroll to the top of this webpage and click on the ‘Get Tickets’ button. Not sure if your organisation is a BIC member? View our members list here.

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We look forward to seeing you!