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Horror upon horror every day. All eyes on Rafah Help us buy eSims for folks in Gaza so they can have communication access Donate: chuffed.org/project/crips-… About: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/25/cri…

Israel is escalating its military offensive in Rafah in #Gaza, ignoring warnings of the catastrophic humanitarian cost. I’ve emailed the Foreign Secretary asking the UK to stop selling arms to Israel. Please take action too. oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/c…

✨The Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) Literary Prize celebrated selection: Lorraine Wilson for Mother Sea Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow for All the Little Bird Hearts

I've cleaned for you this amazing salt print photo of London, taken nearly 200-years ago from Blackfriars Bridge by Henry Cundell. It was taken in 1844 and is the earliest photo of St Paul's and one of the earliest of London itself. Taken only a couple of months after the

What's the best way to react to hate? I think it's doing something positive. Would anyone in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly trans or non-binary writers, like me to take a look at their submission package and give some feedback? I can manage three (for now).

Can’t wait for this. It looks great.

What a great offer!

Great article by Penny Batchelor - Author on the need for agents to be open to learning about access needs when they want to work with disabled authors. @clairerwade #ADCI

If you’re a disabled author with 10 minutes to spare please fill in Inklusion’s access questionnaire on the impact of their wonderful guide. Deadline Sunday 11 August #ADCI

Deadline reminder! Our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers will support four writers with nine months of mentoring. Mentors include Polly Atkin, Lisette Auton, @NydiaMadeofAir, Chloe Timms and @clairerwade. Apply by Sun 3 Nov: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/breakth…

Oh yes, it’s that time of year again! #HiddenBooksGame hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com

This! So much.

The wonderful Penny Batchelor - Author is sponsoring a place on the PWA's Writing Crime Fiction online course. The course is 5 weeks long and starts end of January. Details such as closing date and requirements are on the application form: profwritingacademy.com/application-pe…

I have two book events coming up and I'm vaguely concerned that no one is going to show up 😅 so please share this if you can First I'm chatting with aphra at 6:30 16th Jan at the The Gilded Acorn Will be cute and friendly! Join us eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-as-a-yo…

Delighted to have made the longlist! Thank you to all involved in the judging and good luck to everyone going through to the next stage

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! To celebrate I’m doing a giveaway over on Instagram. Head over to my Insta page @nydiamadeofwords for a chance to win: a first edition copy of Sycorax, a ltd bookmark, a Sycorax inspired Tatty Devine necklace. Follow the steps for a chance to win.

1. Before I became an author I thought I’d never be asked to speak at literary festivals because all the ones I went to didn’t have ramps. Now I’m proud of my collection of ramp photos taken at the venues I’m asked to speak at. 😀 See it to be it! The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025 Embla Books

1. Cat Mitchell and I are delighted to announce that we're going to be co-editing a #disability takeover issue of The Bookseller on 20th June 2025. What does the industry need to do to become more inclusive? Email us at [email protected] #publishing