I wrote 'Free Night' for Walpurgisnacht, but it does for Hallowe'en too, thanks to New Welsh Review for #poetry film #witching #poetry

Here we are suddenly at #Walpurgisnacht again - #FreeNight #Beltane #Walpurga #Valborg

🧵 As part of the Anne Brontë Association and Big Ideas by the Sea Anne Brontë celebration, I’m looking for three female volunteer actors for a script in hand reading of an excerpt of my play To Be Undone.

My Search Press Books 🎨🧶📚 #cyanotype book arrived early and it's resting on this shelf in Sam Read Bookseller like an exhausted swift after a long journey. I hope it doesn't nest too long though!
(available in all good bookshops and my website )

🚨 Attention authors, illustrators & translators - you have FOUR hours left to register your proxy vote for the upcoming Society of Authors EGM on May 2nd.

🚨 Deadline is 5pm for those registered to vote at the EGM. Check your emails or DM Fossil Free Books if you have any queries.

This poem, by Rita Ann Higgins, is one of the first things I thought of when I saw the latest round of MPs and papers calling for a 'benefit crackdowns'. I can tell you from experience that this poem exactly nails what it's like to be assessed by the DWP.

The people that need to see this, won't see this. But here is a link to the piece I wrote and performed on PIP. What the Government is proposing re disability benefits is a disgrace. When this is where you stoop to win votes, you've already lost.

youtu.be/Id8F6kDw8CA?si…

NEWS! My debut novel THE SALT BIND is coming out with Dialogue Publishing's imprint Renegade next year. Expect wind-swept coastlines, feuding sisters, selfish sea gods and enchantment, from a story so close to my heart. thebookseller.com/rights/renegad…

Last day (30th April) to vote in the People's Book Prize 📕 I’m delighted that my debut memoir is on the list. This is a book prize where the reader gets to choose the winner — so if you’ve loved #allmywildmothers please give it your vote & comment 🩷🌸🙏 peoplesbookprize.com/summer-2023/al…

In my first for the LA TIMES I reviewed Disability Intimacy edited by Alice Wong latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Disabled people already lose so much autonomy. We have our agency taken away by hospital staff, caregivers, loved ones etc because ppl have normalized not listening to us. Financial independence is critical to survival - the proposal below is needlessly cruel.

The high rates of masking at university encampments is so inspiring! It's also a great opportunity to help people connect the dots between the liberation of Palestine and disability justice.

Link below to print and distribute a flyer we made ⛺️ 🇵🇸

bit.ly/maskflyer

Disability Rights UK responds to todays benefit announcement which reads as a crackdown on Disabled claimants!

Read the full statement here: 👇
disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uk-res…