Our Creative Writing and Publishing team caught up yesterday to plan for the forthcoming academic year. Privileged to work with, and benefit from, such awesome colleagues. Photo credit: @catmitchell17.bsky.social. @derbyuni.bsky.social
“Let the era of misery or triumph over tragedy narratives, in-person-only events,the mindset that books with disabled characters are niche & that 1 author is enough to represent the whole community be banished to dusty, bygone relics of the past” @pennyauthor.bsky.social
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So proud of @catmitchell17.bsky.social and @pennyauthor.bsky.social for making a #Disability focus issue of @thebookseller.com happen after 3 years hiatus. So heartening to see such brilliant books by disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent writers being published across genres, as in my preview. #BookSky
Very proud moment ahead of Disability Pride Month in July: Penny Batchelor and I co-edited a disability spotlight in this week’s @thebookseller.com magazine 📚📚 Big thanks to everyone involved in the issue and who provided quotes and info! www.thebookseller.com/features/pub...
A screenshot of the festival website which is linked to in the post
A huge dream-come-true moment: this August I’ll be speaking at @edbookfest.bsky.social about disability in publishing! We’ll be discussing what the future holds for disability activism in the sector. More details here: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
A photo of a crowd sat in front of a screen with the text “The 35th British Book Awards”
It was an honour to be a judge at the British Book Awards again this year and to celebrate all the shortlistees and winners on Monday night - I’m so proud to be connected to such an important and inspiring industry. A big thank you to @thebookseller.com for an amazing evening.
All #ADCI #disabledwriters @pennyauthor.bsky.social and @catmitchell17.bsky.social are looking for your thoughts on making publishing more inclusive!
So excited that @thebookseller.com have given us this opportunity to focus on disability in publishing in June - get in touch if you’d like to highlight anything we should cover!
A screenshot of the article mentioned
My article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair for disabled and neurodivergent people is out today with @thebookseller.com. A big thank you to everyone who I interviewed for the piece!
You can read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/how-...
Book/publishing people - I need your help! I’m writing an article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair for disabled and neurodivergent people (focusing on 2023/24 and this year’s fair). If you have any experiences to share, I would love to hear from you #Booksky
So honoured to be a judge for The British Book Awards again this year - very excited to get started and read all of the amazing entries! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies #Booksky
@the-bookseller.bsky.social / www.thebookseller.com/nibbies
INTRODUCING your #Nibbies judges✨
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them." #BookSky
