My Articles
No excuse for going back
Claire Wade of the SoA’s ADCI group investigates the barriers and opportunities for disabled authors and their allies.
https://societyofauthors.org/news/blogs/soa-blog/july-2022/no-excuse-for-going-back
“If words have power, then the people who publish, promote and sell them have the ultimate power. They choose who is heard and who is silenced, who is seen and who remains invisible. Their choices resonate out across society.”
Editorial letter for The 2021 Disability Issue of The Bookseller
http://thebookseller.com/blogs/rewriting-narrative-1281024…
"The publishing industry holds enormous power and therefore must ensure that everyone is represented"
My call for the industry to adapt to bring real change for people with disabilities, with 11 steps to take.
https://www.thebookseller.com/features/disability-issue-how-workplaces-can-revolutionise-their-approach-disability-1281033
A chance to change
What has changed in the publishing industry since the last Disability Issue of The Bookseller? You would be the best person to judge that: have you noticed a change in the way things are done?
https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-chance-to-change
#ADCI Week - Where I Write
To mark Disability Pride Month, members of our Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) network share snapshots of their daily lives as an author.
https://societyofauthors.org/News/Blogs/SoA-Blog/July-2022/ADCI-Where-I-Write
Claire Wade of the SoA’s ADCI group investigates the barriers and opportunities for disabled authors and their allies.
https://societyofauthors.org/news/blogs/soa-blog/july-2022/no-excuse-for-going-back
“If words have power, then the people who publish, promote and sell them have the ultimate power. They choose who is heard and who is silenced, who is seen and who remains invisible. Their choices resonate out across society.”
Editorial letter for The 2021 Disability Issue of The Bookseller
http://thebookseller.com/blogs/rewriting-narrative-1281024…
"The publishing industry holds enormous power and therefore must ensure that everyone is represented"
My call for the industry to adapt to bring real change for people with disabilities, with 11 steps to take.
https://www.thebookseller.com/features/disability-issue-how-workplaces-can-revolutionise-their-approach-disability-1281033
A chance to change
What has changed in the publishing industry since the last Disability Issue of The Bookseller? You would be the best person to judge that: have you noticed a change in the way things are done?
https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-chance-to-change
#ADCI Week - Where I Write
To mark Disability Pride Month, members of our Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) network share snapshots of their daily lives as an author.
https://societyofauthors.org/News/Blogs/SoA-Blog/July-2022/ADCI-Where-I-Write
Interviews
Podcasts
I talk to The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) about my novel The Choice, writing and the challenges of being a disabled author.
https://alcs.buzzsprout.com/536413/11158883
Articles
"Once I start writing I forget everything else exists”. https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/2019/12/claire-wade-once-i-start-writing-i-forget-everything-else-exists/
From TLC:ACE Free Reads to national competition winner.
https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/case-study-claire-wade/
I talk to The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) about my novel The Choice, writing and the challenges of being a disabled author.
https://alcs.buzzsprout.com/536413/11158883
Articles
"Once I start writing I forget everything else exists”. https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/2019/12/claire-wade-once-i-start-writing-i-forget-everything-else-exists/
From TLC:ACE Free Reads to national competition winner.
https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/case-study-claire-wade/
The Role of a Literary Agent
Afternoon Tea with Jen Campbell - Disability Representation in Fiction