Four people die in the UK every day because of asthma attacks. Knowing when your asthma symptoms are getting worse can reduce your risk of an asthma attack. This #WorldAsthmaDay2022, learn how to spot the signs and when to contact your GP or asthma nurse: asthma.org.uk/advice/asthma-…

Disability fiction for adults will now be listed as a separate book category on Amazon, in a move welcomed by authors who campaigned for the change, including Penny Batchelor - Author and Victoria Scott | Author. See more here: bit.ly/3OZHllz

Today we welcomed author Chloe Timms and her debut novel #TheSeawomen for our first Accessibility Network book club! We were joined online by colleagues across Hachette UK and some friends from Mencap, and I think it's fair to say we all loved the book!

We are so pleased Hachette is continuing it's partnership with Calibre Audio. From Accessibility Network Chair, Jasmine Palmer: 'Calibre Audio is helping us to reach a wider audience and to make it easier for everyone to access our content.' thebookseller.com/news/news/hach…

"We are delighted to be extending our partnership with Calibre Audio to allow its members to access more of our audio offering. Working with AccessHachette, Calibre Audio is helping us to reach a wider audience and to make it easier for everyone to access our content.”

You can book for our launch event Edinburgh International Book Festival on 25th August at 7.15pm! We discuss access with Jenny Kumar Literature Alliance Scotland and Dr Zaahida Nabagereka Penguin Books UK, chaired by Sinéad Burke, founder of Tilting the Lens. Poetry performance form Jeda Pearl Time Cleaves Itself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇯🇲 ✨ edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

Did You Know...? July is #DisabilityPrideMonth! We've set up some exciting book displays in our head office, showcasing a few of the disabled authors Hachette is proud to publish, as well as brilliant reads featuring disabled characters! What recommendations can you add?

Did You Know...? July is #DisabilityPrideMonth! We've set up some exciting book displays in our head office, showcasing a few of the disabled authors Hachette is proud to publish, as well as brilliant reads featuring disabled characters! What recommendations can you add?

We're so proud Hachette UK is a member of the Valuable 500! We've committed to ensuring inclusion remains a priority on our board agenda, and we're looking forward to sharing more soon on our upcoming plans! thevaluable500.com/member/hachett… @Valuable500 Hachette UK

Only 3 more days until the launch of The Inklusion Guide at Edinburgh International Book Festival Thanks to the brilliant work of Julie Farrell and @EverDundas we will soon have access to a kickass guide for making literary events accessible 👏👏👏👏

Colour Blind Awareness Day is an opportunity to celebrate and raise awareness of people with colour blindness, which is approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women! colourblindawareness.org/about-us/campa… #ColourBlind #ColourBlindness #ColourBlindAwareness

.AccessHachette has shared some incredible books, info cards and guides with the team today to mark #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek, bringing awareness to ways we can support everyone in the workplace, and that not all disabilities are visible 📚

We've now launched our Accessibility Policy, made in partnership with AccessHachette. We hope this framework will support and empower our colleagues - we want to continue improving awareness and understanding so that everyone can thrive in our workplace. Read more here:

Suuuper chat from Lucy Webster, @josierones, Polly Atkin & Nicolas Hamilton on accessibility at work & in publishing this afternoon. Happy to hear most of your experiences of publishing have been positive, but also loads of ideas for improvement, thanks all! AccessHachette

Very excited to be speaking at this event about accessible storytelling in Edinburgh on September 13th, with Julie McNeill Paul Hugh McNeill in the chair #MissionDyslexia AccessHachette Hachette Children's Group JKP Books …storytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5632…

So proud to be sponsoring this panel discussion at the Accessible Book and Story Festival in collaboration with Changing the Story, AccessHachette and our team in Edinburgh. Find more details below📚

Excited to be arriving at Scottish Storytelling Centre for the #AccessibleBookFest entre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5632… AccessHachette JKP Books