Reader, writer, sleeper agent | ADCI network ♿️ | she/her LL Lucy Cavendish Prize ‘24, won: Greene Door ‘25, Curtis Brown Breakthrough ’24
Joined July 2023
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Anna Biggs retweeted
28 Mar 2025
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 disabilitybooksellerspotlioght@gmail.com #publishing
ALT Blue square box with the following text in: The Bookseller Disability Takeover coming 20th June 2025. Email: Penny Batchelor and Cat Mitchell disabilitybooksellerspotlight@gmail.com
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Anna Biggs retweeted
11 Mar 2025
1. Before I became an author I thought I’d never be asked to speak at literary festivals because all the ones I went to didn’t have ramps. Now I’m proud of my collection of ramp photos taken at the venues I’m asked to speak at. 😀 See it to be it! @LondonBookFair @emblabooks
ALT Ramp up to stage
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3 Mar 2025
Delighted to have made the longlist! Thank you to all involved in the judging and good luck to everyone going through to the next stage
27 Feb 2025
We are thrilled to reveal Farnham’s First Five Pages 2025 longlist!
Congratulations to all longlisted authors and thank you to everyone who entered 🖋️
@baparisauthor @LouiseMorrish1 @wordkindling & Melanie Whipman
#farnhamlitfest #firstfivepages #writingcompetition #newwriters
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Anna Biggs retweeted
3 Jan 2025
I have two book events coming up and I'm vaguely concerned that no one is going to show up 😅 so please share this if you can
First I'm chatting with @aphrabookclub at 6:30 16th Jan at the @TheGildedAcorn
Will be cute and friendly! Join us
eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-as-a…
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14 Dec 2024
The wonderful @penny_author is sponsoring a place on the PWA's Writing Crime Fiction online course. The course is 5 weeks long and starts end of January. Details such as closing date and requirements are on the application form: profwritingacademy.com/appli…
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24 Nov 2024
This! So much.
24 Nov 2024
Had a great time at Folkestone Book Festival. Our glorious audience wanted us to report back to the publishing industry loud and clear that readers want disabled characters and diverse voices - and they want them now! 📚
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14 Nov 2024
Oh yes, it’s that time of year again!
#HiddenBooksGame
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktoke…
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Anna Biggs retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Deadline reminder! Our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers will support four writers with nine months of mentoring.
Mentors include @pollyrowena, @lisette_auton, @NydiaMadeofAir, @clotimms and @clairerwade.
Apply by Sun 3 Nov: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/co…
ALT From left: Polly Atkin, Lisette Auton, Nydia Hetherington, Chloe Timms and Claire Wade
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23 Jul 2024
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
18 Jul 2024
*Exciting news! *
We are embarking on an Impact Report of the Inklusion Guide!
We're asking YOU how the guide has helped with your #access provisions at your #events.
Fill out our 10-min survey and help us to continue this nescessary work!
inklusionguide.us5.list-mana…
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17 Jul 2024
Great article by @penny_author on the need for agents to be open to learning about access needs when they want to work with disabled authors. @clairerwade #ADCI
17 Jul 2024
For #DisabilityPrideMonth my latest @thebookseller column is about the need for #agents to practice diversity & not just talk about it: thebookseller.com/comment/wa… @emblabooks @Soc_of_Authors @WriteBiggs #ADCI #disability #autism #ChronicFatigue #AuthorsOfTwitter
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Anna Biggs retweeted
24 Jun 2024
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).
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Anna Biggs retweeted
2 Jun 2024
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 publication of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, this is an incredible and rare oppotunity to see the real Dickensian London, with St Pauls shrouded and obscured by the thick, smoggy air of old London town. A truly remarkable window through time!
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15 May 2024
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/ca…
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Anna Biggs retweeted
14 May 2024
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-fo…
About: disabilityvisibilityproject.…
ALT Graphic with a yellow background with a slice of watermelon on top. Text reads “Crips for eSims for Gaza Update 5/13/24, 545k CAD raised ($397k US) 6991 eSims purchased and sent, 2242 eSims activated” On the lower left corner, “Thank you! Jane, Leah, and Alice.” On the lower right corner is a QR code
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Anna Biggs retweeted
22 Apr 2024
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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17 Apr 2024
Absolutely delighted to have made the @LucyCavColl 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
17 Apr 2024
📢 Exciting news! Lucy Cavendish College's 2024 #FictionPrize longlist is here! 📚
16 brilliant debut #novels – could your next favourite read be on the list?
Congratulations to the authors! Find out more ⬇️
lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/fiction-…
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