Historical novels and accessible e-books: Latest topics from Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center

Just a reminder: David Faucheux, the author of the Blind Chance blog hosted on the TeleRead site and praised by Audioblogger, will moderate an audio chatcast at 7 p.m. CDT August 31, Tuesday, on the topic of historical fiction.

As any follower of David's audio blog can vouch, he is unfailingly articulate--and knowledgeable in his book reviews. David is a big fan of Gary Jenning's novels and now has a new enthusiasm, My Antonia, topic of another another forthcoming presentation from the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center--Audio Chatcast Central.

This is "good read" territory. No need for stuffy academic discussion. Dive right in and join David and share your own finds in the historical fiction category. While the chatcasts are sponsored with the blind and visually impaired in mind, anyone can join in. Tom Peters, host of MITBC's Meting of the Minds and eBookWorm, will participate in David's discussion.

Meanwhile, on Aug. 26, this Thursday, from 3 to 4 CDT, the featured guest on eBookWorm "will be George Kersher, Senior Officer for Accessible Information at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Secretary General of the DAISY Consortium, Co-Chair of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C, and Chairperson of the Open eBook Forum."

Related: Historical Novel Society.