To see on primetime television the activists who fought for disability rights in the 1990s was a profoundly moving momentBefore we even reach the opening titles of Then Barbara Met Alan – the BBC’s one-off drama depicting the fight for the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which aired on Monday night – Barbara has graffitied “piss on pity” on a bus stop and turned down going for a drink with Alan because, in her words, she’d just end up getting drunk and giving him a blowjob. It is an instruction to the audience from the off to reject their preconceptions: this is not disabled people as you might think.The story of how disabled activists – led by Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth – used direct action to lobby for the UK’s first disability civil rights law is one you’d be forgiven for not having heard before. Disability history is not taught in schools. It is not dramatised for entertainment and is rarely the subject of documentaries; on the odd occasion that the subject is on British screens, it’s likely to have been from the US – as in the 2020 documentary Crip Camp. As a result, I’d wager most of the British public think disability rights were introduced in the 1970s along with other anti-discrimination laws, like those legislating against sex and race prejudice, and came about by benevolent authorities gifting rights to the grateful disabled.Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist and author of Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People – now... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-03-22 06:00:48 UTC ]
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This November Chatto & Windus will publish a collection of lockdown stories and experiences from BBC Radio 4’s "PM", with a foreword from the programme's presenter Evan Davis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:23:06 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall has been shortlisted for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for the fourth time, after winning the prize in 2013. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 10:46:38 UTC ]
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The recent imposition of a new National Security Law in Hong Kong was followed by a crackdown on libraries. There are now signs that it is also affecting the work of publishers and booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 03:19:34 UTC ]
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The last six months, since the start of lockdown, has been full of revelations - for us as a society and for all of us as individuals. Both the fragility and preciousness of our social infrastructure has rarely been more starkly highlighted, and we’ve all undergone personal experiences that have... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 20:42:44 UTC ]
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Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books in the US, will headline this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference, alongside speakers from World Book Day, Cocoa Girl and authors Andy Griffiths and Katherine Rundell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 20:51:08 UTC ]
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ABC’s finance reporter turns heads with Lou Reed and Patti Smith books. Plus: Jon Faine becomes accidental ad manMany television reporters and presenters have been working from home since the pandemic struck but none have nailed the home-based TV set quite like Alan Kohler. The ABC’s finance guy... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-28 00:33:53 UTC ]
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BBC Books has picked up Behind the Sequins, a book by dance star and “Strictly” head judge Shirley Ballas detailing her “dramatic and determined” life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-27 09:09:12 UTC ]
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Family allege they were defamed by News Corp columnist retweeting material that suggested bullied nine-year-old was an adult actorThe News Corp columnist Miranda Devine has been “unusually silent” in response to a defamation claim brought by bullied nine-year-old Quaden Bayles, a court has been... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-20 05:55:10 UTC ]
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Frances Lincoln Children’s Books will publish Thank You, a picture book inspired by the lockdown clapping for the NHS, by Joseph Coelho and illustrator Sam Usher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 02:37:23 UTC ]
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“Make Russia Great Again” and “Rodham” are two recent novels that benefit from blending fact and fiction. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The way Julie Galodé in Dinan thinks she can beat the market and make a go of a new boutique children's book house is with a subscription. The post France’s New Éditions Lulee: A Subscription Model in Kids’ Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-30 17:20:59 UTC ]
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David F Ross' novel The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas is to be adapted for an online production, beginning on 30th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 20:26:38 UTC ]
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Audible is releasing an “eye-opening” exploration of race and relationships from couple Tineka Smith and Alex Court. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 18:03:26 UTC ]
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Clerkenwell Films has optioned the TV rights for Rewind (Corvus, 2020) by Irish writer Catherine Ryan Howard. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 22:43:28 UTC ]
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Another new masterwork of scholarship is also available: G. Thomas Tanselle’s “Descriptive Bibliography.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-08 16:30:33 UTC ]
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Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. On today’s episode, host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss Barbara’s narration of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 08:20:12 UTC ]
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Faber and Profile Books are to publish two new Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" monologues, to be published together under the title Two Besides. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 11:52:59 UTC ]
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Scores of jobs lost across Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and the Australian. Plus, Nine corrects record on slaveryThe Australian had the scoop about a major restructure at News Corp in an exclusive interview on Monday with Peter Blunden, former Herald Sun editor and chairman of the News editorial... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-12 01:17:54 UTC ]
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Digital and print media companies wondering how best to keep new subscribers who signed up during the pandemic will need to prove to readers that their publication is invaluable after the crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in subscribers at a variety of news organizations,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-10 16:18:57 UTC ]
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William Drozdiak outlines the French president’s vision and the challenges it faces. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
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