diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/document/paginator-multiview.browser.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/document/paginator-multiview.browser.test.ts
index 371cb6da..695c3028 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/document/paginator-multiview.browser.test.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/document/paginator-multiview.browser.test.ts
@@ -200,15 +200,27 @@ describe('Paginator multi-view architecture (browser)', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('Accessibility: non-primary views are hidden from AT', () => {
+  describe('Accessibility: off-screen pre-loaded views are hidden from AT', () => {
     const getViewWrappers = (el: Renderer) => {
       const container = el.shadowRoot?.getElementById('container');
       return container ? (Array.from(container.children) as HTMLElement[]) : [];
     };
     const wrapperContainsIframeForIndex = (wrapper: HTMLElement, doc: Document) =>
       wrapper.querySelector('iframe')?.contentDocument === doc;
+    // Visible non-primary views (e.g. the right column in a dual-page spread
+    // belonging to a different section than the left column) must stay
+    // interactive and exposed to assistive tech. Only views whose bounding
+    // rect lies fully outside the visible container area are aria-hidden.
+    // See readest/readest#4243 and #4259.
+    const isOffScreen = (wrapper: HTMLElement, el: Renderer) => {
+      const container = el.shadowRoot?.getElementById('container');
+      if (!container) return false;
+      const c = container.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const w = wrapper.getBoundingClientRect();
+      return !(w.right > c.left && w.left < c.right && w.bottom > c.top && w.top < c.bottom);
+    };
 
-    it('should mark non-primary view wrappers inert + aria-hidden', async () => {
+    it('keeps the primary view interactive and never sets inert', async () => {
       const firstLinear = book.sections!.findIndex((s) => s.linear !== 'no');
       await setupAt(firstLinear);
       await waitForViews(paginator, 2);
@@ -226,15 +238,24 @@ describe('Paginator multi-view architecture (browser)', () => {
       expect(primaryWrapper!.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(false);
       expect(primaryWrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).not.toBe('true');
 
+      for (const w of wrappers) {
+        // No wrapper should ever carry `inert` — it would block link clicks
+        // and selection in any visible column.
+        expect(w.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(false);
+      }
+
       for (const np of nonPrimary) {
         const wrapper = wrappers.find((w) => wrapperContainsIframeForIndex(w, np.doc));
         expect(wrapper).toBeDefined();
-        expect(wrapper!.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(true);
-        expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true');
+        if (isOffScreen(wrapper!, paginator)) {
+          expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true');
+        } else {
+          expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).not.toBe('true');
+        }
       }
     });
 
-    it('should move inert + aria-hidden when the primary section changes', async () => {
+    it('updates aria-hidden when the primary section changes', async () => {
       const linearSections = book
         .sections!.map((s, i) => ({ s, i }))
         .filter(({ s }) => s.linear !== 'no');
@@ -259,12 +280,19 @@ describe('Paginator multi-view architecture (browser)', () => {
       expect(primaryWrapper!.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(false);
       expect(primaryWrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).not.toBe('true');
 
+      for (const w of wrappers) {
+        expect(w.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(false);
+      }
+
       const nonPrimary = contents.filter((c) => c.index !== second);
       for (const np of nonPrimary) {
         const wrapper = wrappers.find((w) => wrapperContainsIframeForIndex(w, np.doc));
         expect(wrapper).toBeDefined();
-        expect(wrapper!.hasAttribute('inert')).toBe(true);
-        expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true');
+        if (isOffScreen(wrapper!, paginator)) {
+          expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true');
+        } else {
+          expect(wrapper!.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).not.toBe('true');
+        }
       }
     });
   });
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/foliate-paginator-a11y.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/foliate-paginator-a11y.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5934902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/foliate-paginator-a11y.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Regression test for readest/readest issues #4243 and #4259.
+//
+// In dual-page mode, when adjacent columns belong to *different* sections,
+// the section in the right column lives in a non-primary view. Such visible
+// non-primary views must not be marked `aria-hidden` (and must not be made
+// `inert`), otherwise screen readers skip them and link clicks plus text
+// selection break in the right column.
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { isViewVisibleInContainer } from 'foliate-js/paginator.js';
+
+const rect = (left: number, top: number, width: number, height: number) => ({
+  left,
+  top,
+  width,
+  height,
+  right: left + width,
+  bottom: top + height,
+  x: left,
+  y: top,
+  toJSON: () => ({}),
+});
+
+describe('isViewVisibleInContainer', () => {
+  const container = rect(0, 0, 1240, 600);
+
+  it('returns true when the view fills the container', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(0, 0, 1240, 600), container)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for a long view spilling beyond the container (right column case)', () => {
+    // Mirrors the real-world case from issue #4243: the section starts at the
+    // right column edge (column ~= half container width) and extends far past
+    // the visible area on the right.
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(640, 0, 28000, 600), container)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for a view straddling the left edge', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(-100, 0, 200, 600), container)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false for a view entirely off-screen to the left', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(-2000, 0, 600, 600), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false for a view entirely off-screen to the right', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(1500, 0, 600, 600), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false when the view touches the right edge but does not overlap', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(1240, 0, 600, 600), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false when the view touches the left edge from the left but does not overlap', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(-600, 0, 600, 600), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false when the view is fully above the container (scrolled-mode case)', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(0, -1000, 1240, 400), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false when the view is fully below the container', () => {
+    expect(isViewVisibleInContainer(rect(0, 600, 1240, 400), container)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/foliate-js b/packages/foliate-js
index 8e30a92d..1ea29964 160000
--- a/packages/foliate-js
+++ b/packages/foliate-js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8e30a92dbd93cb3e9c4289ba893dcbb57d71e77a
+Subproject commit 1ea29964add965a228f8b771b4d22b418fb948d6