Bloomsbury: Dyslexia-Friendly Editions for Accessible Reading

Bloomsbury is committed to accessibility with dyslexia-friendly editions, using specialized fonts and designs to reduce visual stress and make books accessible to all, especially the 1 in 10 adults in the UK with dyslexia.

Bloomsbury intends to publish a brand-new listing of dyslexia-friendly versions every October, marking a lasting commitment to neurodivergent visitors and writers. All titles will certainly be offered with bloomsbury.com/UK and significant book sellers.

Addressing Accessibility in Publishing

While neurodivergent characters and authors are increasingly represented in publishing, accessibility to these publications hasn’t kept speed. We wanted to alter that, making sure that excellent publications are readily available to everybody.”

Dyslexia-Friendly Design Principles

Dyslexia impacts around one in 10 grownups in the UK– about 6 million readers– and conventional publication designs can create obstacles to reading. Bloomsbury’s new editions make use of research-backed style principles to make publications extra available and to reduce visual stress. The dyslexia-friendly style includes clear, sans-serif fonts, boosted spacing and ragged-right placement, cream-coloured paper to decrease glow, reduced-contrast blue message and strong instead of italics for emphasis.

Bloomsbury’s Initiative: Driving Force

Elizabeth Kellingley, access manager at Bloomsbury, “is the driving force behind the initiative”, the author stated. Bloomsbury added: “She conceived the collection after observing a clear void in print accessibility for grown-up visitors, also as electronic accessibility was enhancing.”

The author claimed: “Bloomsbury soft-launched nine dyslexia-friendly editions in 2024 and were so urged by the favorable function and impact, that it strengthened their dedication to continuing the scheme this year.”

Expanded Dyslexia-Friendly Line-Up

The checklist includes prize-winning memoir Just Kids by Patti Smith, Gillian Anderson’s Want and Baek Se-hee’s bestseller I Intended to Diebut I Intended To Consume Tteokbokki, among other titles. The complete line-up was disclosed at the beginning of Dyslexia Understanding Week (6th October), with the books readily available in book shops and online from Thursday (23rd October).