BookStars: Michelle Franklin Kate Foster Rand Leeb-du Toit
Michelle Russell George 'the Dragon' Parker Michael Handrick
Free Synaesthesioid swag for everyone
Get ready for the Queer Stage Revolution
Black British Book Festival coming soon
The Inklusion Guide helps book event organisers be more inclusive: can you help them to help you?
New CIAD writers' celebration Are You With Us launches online this May: find out more inside
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For Chronically Ill & Disabled (CIAD) Writers & the People Who Love Reading Their Books
Issue 03, MARCH-MAY 2023
Literature, Lyricism & Life Support: Can Books Save Lives?
Disability & Work: How Much Do You Do For Free?
Share Your Needs With Stickman Communications
Are You Getting the Support You Need?
Sense, Sci-Fi & Synaesthesia
From light in music to pain from barking dogs, get inside the Synaesthesioid mind of Phillip Carter (Take a torch, don't get lost, and watch out for space crabs...)
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Struggle with words sometimes (or all of the time)? Ciadish love Stickman Communications who make flashcards and other resources to make it easier for chronically ill and disabled people to communicate our needs and desires at speed.
New research into unpaid labour and disability reveals the true extent of the work that CIAD people are expected to do for free. You might not be surprised by the findings but it's a shocking state for us to be in: we need change and we need it now!
Wen Clark wrote a unique and evocative book of 100 word 'drabbles' with art by 29 artists. First, it funded a friend's powerchair. Now, their book is helping a sick boy & his kidney donating mum. Words have power. How do you use yours?