
Chelsey (CJ) Flood
@cjflood_author
Author of Infinite Sky, Nightwanderers & Beautiful Hangover newsletter. Senior lecturer in Creative and professional Writing at UWE. Walking talking ecosystem.
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Obviously I think every book I work on should be a Sunday Times bestseller, but it is genuinely fantastic when one of them actually is! MASSIVE congratulations to the phenomenal Missing The Mark on this achievement. It's such an important topic too. You're changing lives, Eliza!



Chelsea Flood is a good autistic writer... turns her struggles into artisti-tainment. How many 'problem drinkers' are actually undiagnosed autistic?, by Chelsey (CJ) Flood open.substack.com/pub/chelseyflo…



Applications for the 2023-24 cohort of Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective - led by Vanessa Kisuule & Will Harris & supported by the T. S. Eliot Foundation are now open! We're looking for new poets aged 22+ to apply by Weds July 5. More info here: bit.ly/3pbj7MEApplica…



We (TheAutisticAdvocate Luke Beardon Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou ) are recruiting 12 autistic co-researchers to develop a project on autistic suicidality. Do not share experiences in the comments. Read more about the project here: …timateviolenceandautism.my.canva.site/understanding-… Volunteer here: sunduni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5n…


'On Writing for Young People, The Conference' will take place online 9-10th Nov. Run by the people Leaf Journal, on Writing for Young People, who are currently welcoming pitches for short talks/papers. Submit suggestions by 17th Jul. #OnWriting2023 Full details on the website: leafjournal.org/pages/392-conf…

Opportunity for our students UWE Creative and Professional Writing <3

There’s an edited extract of This Ragged Grace in The Guardian Long Read today, so this morning I’m thinking of my dear pa & all we went through together. Solidarity with anyone living with or loving someone with dementia 💚💚💚 theguardian.com/news/2023/jun/…

We are pleased to publish this perspective piece from Chelsey (CJ) Flood as part of our #Autism collection. bit.ly/3QjubmP Chelsey shares a personal story about how alcohol can be an effective but problematic masking tool for autistic women. Laura Hull Dr Felicity Sedgewick

I will be on BBC Newsnight tonight talking about the #SEND crisis - sharing lived experience of fighting impossible systems to get help for my children and the need for systemic change. #autism #ADHD #dyslexia


Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you're interested in bringing concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've launching a treasure trove for you! 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities... Join us & Rethinking Economics live on 6 Nov, 7-8pm (UK). Please RT! 1/2




"I joke that my mum is a diva, but it’s more accurate to call her a rebel. She pushes against the expectations of what a woman, a mother or a wife should be, what they should accept. Often at great personal cost." I wrote about my mum because she's a leg. chelseyflood.substack.com/p/my-mum-the-r…

Interesting the growing awareness between neurodiversity and addiction....more research is needed but in theory if people got diagnosed earlier they could avoid a lot of pain in trying to manage their lives Chelsey (CJ) Flood