If you’ve read my memoir, All My Wild Mothers, and liked it, please vote for it in the People’s Book Prize. It’s easy to do (you can leave a comment too if you’ve time 😊) & it would mean a lot to me to see this quiet book chosen by its readers 💚 peoplesbookprize.com/summer-2023/al…

In which Annie Rutherford and I talk about clocktime, criptime, life in fragment, non-linear time and narrative, holographic universe theory, quantum time, a-chronological narrative nonfiction, and trying to both capture and reflect disabled experience on the page. #SOUJF

How often do you see a bed in a business meeting? My LinkedIn post about radical accessibility is getting lots of attention! linkedin.com/posts/catherin…

Watch DecodeME on Channel 4 news. We are passionate about raising awareness of #MECFS and the need for more research funding. Tune on Channel 4 today at 7pm.

I don't want to take away from the wonderful lists of children's books with disability and neurodivergent rep as they're very important. But for anyone looking for YA and adult books with rep, just a reminder that I list my reviews by disability rep 🙂 geeking-by.net/book-reviews/b…

This is what Millie’s family is asking for, just this. Too many people with #SevereME have already died. Please let this be a turning point and let #ME be treated as the biophysical illness that it is for all patients. #DontLetMEDie #BringMillieHome 🙏

Absolutely delighted to have made the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize longlist! Thank you so much to the judges for seeing potential in my ms and congrats and wishing you luck on next stage to everyone who made the list. #writingcommunity #ADCI

Do you get PIP? (Personal Independence Payment) If so, what extra costs does it cover/help to cover? For a BBC Podcast recording tomorrow! Feel free to DM me or reply #DisabilityBenefits #DisabilityTwitter #PIP #PiPayments

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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…

Absolutely delighted to say there’s a free livestream for the event I’m doing tomorrow @#brightfest with ⁦Noreen Masud⁩ : Brava @Brightfest! Noreen Masud & Polly Atkin: Writing a Life #AccessIsLove #AccessibleArts brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xl6-l…

✨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. Claire Wade #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