Introduced in 1974, the Braille Book of the Year was created to both acknowledge excellence in writing as well as raise the profile of Braille books. In 1998, the award was won by 'The Fiftieth Gate" by Mark Baker. The Bathurst Award for Narrator of the Year award went to James Wright for the audio version of the same book. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, the ceremony was held at the Victorian Arts Centre and the MC was Rod Quantock.51 colour photographs of the eventawards, association for the blind, rose blustein, book of the year, elizabeth woods, rod quantock, rebecca macauley, stephen pease, david tredinnick, james wright, john bryson, stanley mcgeagh, jeffrey hodgson, lise rodgers, deidre rubenstein, beverley dunn, george zamanis, caroline lee, glen morrow, louise zalay, frances keyland, pauline meaney, mieke mellers, robert de graauw, stella zamanis, carmela carey, peter walsh, justin bates, kate hosking, rita kryshkovsky, mark raphael baker, bib stillwell, melissa eccleston, pamela morrow

On November 11, 1997 the TDK Australian Audio Book Awards were presented at the National Library in Canberra. Louis Braille Books won the Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator with "The Fiftieth Gate" by Mark Raphael Baker, narrated by James Wright. In these images James Wright stands in the middle of a group, with Elizabeth Jolley to his left and Michelle Torres to the right. In another image, James Wright holds the award with producer Elizabeth Wood.5 photographs of people at award ceremony (2 black and white, 2 colour)TDK Awards NLA (Copyright) Andrew S Long Date 11.11.97 Film No NL 38315 For 5th image (ibid) except: Louis Seseljalouis braille audio, james wright, elizabeth jolley, michelle torres, elizabeth woods, awards