$500 per essay, please note that this is for trans and gender nonconforming writers of colour!

today is a good day to buy novels by chronically authors about chronically ill characters

The flooding in Pakistan is so bad that what looks like an entire new massive lake is now visible from space

Plus sized Recs -This is just a compiled list of books I’ve gotten from the comments I’ve seen, books I’ve read, and friends recs. - This list will include books that are LGBTQ+, fantasy, memoirs, novellas, YA, middle-grade, etc. ‼️As always please check the trigger warnings‼️

Look at them 🥺🥺🥺

The UK cover of ONE FOR ALL is live! My gender-bent reimagining of The Three Musketeers with a chronically ill main character hits UK shelves February 7th. Preorder: Waterstones: bit.ly/3Jsk4pl Blackwell's: bit.ly/3Jx5pZV Foyles Bookshop: bit.ly/3D7fnyY

I try to share periodic reminders about Disabled Kidlit Writers, but this reminder feels more important than ever. Are you disabled/chronically ill/ND?* Do you write kidlit** (YA, MG, chapter books, PB, etc.)? Do you want a supportive community?*** Link: facebook.com/groups/6226391…

✨it's 2023, and you know what that means? a whole YEAR filled with brand-new books!!✨ in honor of the new year, i've compiled a list of 40+ middle grade & YA books with disability rep — enjoy! 🤎 [#booktwt #booklist #2023ya #2023mg]

Disabled people are intimate with these nuances and *get* them. I trust these complex narratives in the hands of disabled writers. But if you're not disabled, you're best off leaving cure tropes alone. It's too easy to end up sending the message that disabled people are broken.

Six years ago she was making this sign, practicing her speech, and preparing to speak out for her rights in public for the first time. ➡️ Today, she got all dressed up and went to her school’s Sophomore Cotillion.

Nearly an entire generation of gay men were wiped out by HIV/AIDS. People were attending funerals of people they loved every week for years. Decades of activism as a community happened so they could do precisely this without shame or fear. This is fucking awesome.

It all started with a SPARK!! Trailer for #akindofspark, coming to UK viewers on the 31st of March on BBC IPlayer and BYUtv in April. So glad to finally share this with you all Coming to BBC IPlayer, CBBC and BYUtv very soon! Don't the cast look incredible? So proud of them

Tomorrow's the day! #AKindOfSpark launches on CBBC (Monday 17th) at 6pm! It would be awesome if you have the time to tune in. A children's show about the active power of kindness, history, sisterhood, neurodiversity and so-called witches! Here's a quick video of amazing Lola!

I can't quite believe I'm typing this but Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is out ⭐️NOW⭐️ Illustrated by the uber talented @flaviasorr It's an action-packed historical heist with a whole lotta heart, cake capers + disabled joy (if I do say so myself) 💫

As an autistic kid, I loved drama. I thought I was a broken neurotypical as I struggled with people, and then thought I was a bad autistic because I liked imaginary worlds over STEM. Today it hit me again that we really did make a show about autistic girls, with autistic actors.

IT'S A KID. IN A WHEELCHAIR. ON THE COVER. OF A MONSTER STORY. 😭💕 Cover reveal for THE LUMBERING GIANTS OF WINDY PINES, out 3.12.24! In this MG paranormal adventure, a young wheelchair user, her imaginary friend, and her ghost-obsessed neighbor fight demons to save her mom.

wdy mean i can’t read every book, study every academic subject, taste every food, live in every city in every country, visit every museum, listen to every single song, learn every language, meet every interesting person, memorize every particle of knowledge to ever exist ???

Coming in March: the book of my heart (though I can guarantee I will say that about every book I write). A spooky paranormal adventure - think The Goonies meets Goosebumps - with A DISABLED LEAD! Front and center, wheelchair and all!