Building a Creative Career as a Disabled Writer
Building a Creative Career as a Disabled Writer
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Come and join us for the closing conversation of the Access to Literature Symposium exploring what disabled writers need to build their careers in the literature and wider creative sectors.
We'll be joined by bestselling and prize-winning authors Samantha Baines, Gayathiri Kamalkanthan and Chris Bridges, along with playwright and filmmaker Mathilde Ibini. They'll be discussing what equity looks like for disabled writers to be able to develop, build and sustain their creative careers. They will also explore what changes the literature and publishing sectors need to make to put access at the heart of their work.
The conversation will be hosted by Jamie Hale, artistic director of CRIPtic Arts. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Access:
BSL interpreted by Lynne Bateman and Jemima Hoadley.
Reading materials provided in advance, email hello@londonwriterscentre.org.uk if required.
About Access to Literature
Access to Literature is run by CRIPtic Arts and London Writers Centre. We are working with disabled trainers and partners New Writing South, the National Centre for Writing, Apples & Snakes and the Poetry Translation Centre to co-create a toolkit for change so disabled writers don’t have to fight for a space at the table. We’ll be sharing everything we learn through free videos and resources and offering a wide range of disabled-led training for the literature sector, ensuring that change to improve access can be truly embedded in every organisation’s practice.
Access to Literature is supported through public funding by Arts Council England.