Talking Books awards Narrators of Talking Books for the blind and vision impaired have been honoured today. 26 February 2006 - Narrators of Talking Books for the blind and vision impaired have been honoured today. More than 7,000 talking books and magazines are checked out each week from the library of the Foundation of the Blind. The winner of the Narrator of the Year Award is actor Wendy Karstens. She says she has been recording books for 14 years and loves it, but this is the first time she has won the award since it was introduced in 1990. VASHKAR VATTACHARYA,