*No longer actively checking X* Senior Lecturer in Publishing at @DerbyUni researching disability. Ex-Penguin (@PenguinUKBooks & @VintageBooks)📚🌈 she/her
Derby, England
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The Bookseller asked me to write about my experiences of disability and working in publishing. It’s the most terrifying and painfully honest thing I’ve ever written, but I hope it can be a useful part of the important ongoing conversations about diversity in the industry.
"We need to discuss practices that place productivity and profit over people, and workplace culture that sees sick days as moral failings rather than an inevitability of being human."
A searing piece from @CatMitchell17 on disability in publishing: thebookseller.com/blogs/prev…
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Fab comment piece by @penny_author & @CatMitchell17 in Disability Takeover issue of @thebookseller
Industry initiatives incl ref to upcoming Reflecting Disability Project report due later this year (two. in children’s books)
#DisabilityPrideMonth
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"We still have a long way to go for disabled authors and staff to achieve parity with their non-disabled colleagues." @penny_author and @CatMitchell17 discuss what you can do to become a disibility ally in this week's disability focus 👇
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Tomorrow is the #DisabilityTakeover edition of @thebookseller co-edited by me & @CatMitchell17 with previews from award-winning poet @pollyrowena. Please retweet, read the edition & support #disabled authors, booksellers & publishing staff. thebookseller.com @emblabooks
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Not celebrating Disability Pride is a missed opportunity to show that disabled people are a priority in publishing, to be both supported and celebrated, says Cat Mitchell (@CatMitchell17) 👇 thebookseller.com/spotlight/…
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Over the moon to see Real When I'm With You featured in @thebookseller's Disability Previews - thank you, @pollyrowena!
And a huge congratulations to @penny_author and @CatMitchell17 on the return of the much-needed, vital Disability Focus, more important than ever to support.
Very proud moment ahead of Disability Pride Month in July: Penny Batchelor and I co-edited a disability spotlight in this week’s @thebookseller magazine 📚📚
Big thanks to everyone involved in the issue and who provided quotes and info! thebookseller.com/features/p…
ALT A photo of a copy of The Bookseller magazine on Cat’s desk, open to Penny and Cat’s article with the headline “we all need to be proactive disability allies”
A huge dream-come-true moment: this August I’ll be speaking at @edbookfest about disability in publishing! We’ll be discussing the work of @InklusionGuide and what the future holds for disability activism in the sector. More details here:
edbookfest.co.uk/the-festiva…
ALT A screenshot of the book festival website with the event details and photos of Julie and Cat
Happy publication day to the wonderful @penny_author!
OUT NOW!
Happy Publication Day to @penny_author and her twisty new thriller.
'The Woman Next Door' is available now in eBook, audio and paperback 💄
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2. Sadly space is tight & we can't commission features but we'd love to hear from disabled/chronically ill authors/booksellers/publishing staff whether they think the publishing industry has improved for us over the past five years and if not, what would make most difference?
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1. @CatMitchell17 and I are delighted to announce that we're going to be co-editing a #disability takeover issue of @thebookseller on 20th June 2025. What does the industry need to do to become more inclusive? Email us at [email protected] #publishing
ALT Blue square box with the following text in: The Bookseller Disability Takeover coming 20th June 2025. Email: Penny Batchelor and Cat Mitchell [email protected]
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This piece covers a lot of the accessibility issues at LBF and although it became a bit of a giggle when I went last week, the difficulty of finding different levels/floors, finding lifts and the lack of signage/maps really was quite ridiculous for an event of this size!
My article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair is out today with @thebookseller. A big thank you to everyone who I interviewed for the piece!
You can read it here: thebookseller.com/comment/ho…
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I love joking about how Olympia is the seventh circle of autistic hell, but this article is so important - I had no idea there was a dedicated quiet space, but by the sound of it, that space was lacking anyway. Big kudos to Cat for spotlighting LBF’s accessibility issues!
My article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair is out today with @thebookseller. A big thank you to everyone who I interviewed for the piece!
You can read it here: thebookseller.com/comment/ho…
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I missed visiting @LondonBookFair during my @DerbyPublishing degree due to the pandemic.
But this great piece by @CatMitchell17 for @thebookseller explores accessibility at this exhibition & where how it could improve future events. 📚
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My article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair is out today with @thebookseller. A big thank you to everyone who I interviewed for the piece!
You can read it here: thebookseller.com/comment/ho…
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Fabulous to finally meet @CatMitchell17 in person. We discussed a very exciting project we are working on together. More details soon! #publishing
Book/publishing people - I need your help! I’m writing an article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair for disabled and neurodivergent people (focusing on 2023/24 and this year’s fair). If you have any experiences to share, I would love to hear from you via DM!
Very hard to step away from this site - I've met so many wonderful people here & there's still such a great disabled community I would miss, but for obvious reasons, trying to make the move to Bluesky, so if you'd like to connect there, find me at: bsky.app/profile/catmitchell…
So honoured to be a judge for The British Book Awards again this year - very excited to get started and read all of the amazing entries! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies @thebookseller / thebookseller.com/nibbies
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INTRODUCING your #Nibbies judges✨
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them."