Cat Mitchell

Our Creative Writing and Publishing team caught up yesterday to plan for the forthcoming academic year. Privileged to work with, and benefit from, such awesome colleagues. Photo credit: @catmitchell17.bsky.social. @derbyuni.bsky.social

04.09.2025 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“Let the era of misery or triumph over tragedy narratives, in-person-only events,the mindset that books with disabled characters are niche & that 1 author is enough to represent the whole community be banished to dusty, bygone relics of the past” @pennyauthor.bsky.social
@catmitchell17.bsky.social

01.07.2025 10:25 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

So proud of @catmitchell17.bsky.social and @pennyauthor.bsky.social for making a #Disability focus issue of @thebookseller.com happen after 3 years hiatus. So heartening to see such brilliant books by disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent writers being published across genres, as in my preview. #BookSky

20.06.2025 14:18 — 👍 67    🔁 27    💬 2    📌 2

Publishing should do more to celebrate Disability Pride Though many networks and policies have been enacted, the industry could do more to celebrate Disability Pride Month, argues Cat Mitchell.

Very proud moment ahead of Disability Pride Month in July: Penny Batchelor and I co-edited a disability spotlight in this week’s @thebookseller.com magazine 📚📚 Big thanks to everyone involved in the issue and who provided quotes and info! www.thebookseller.com/features/pub...

20.06.2025 13:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A screenshot of the festival website which is linked to in the post

A huge dream-come-true moment: this August I’ll be speaking at @edbookfest.bsky.social about disability in publishing! We’ll be discussing what the future holds for disability activism in the sector. More details here: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

10.06.2025 09:21 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A photo of a crowd sat in front of a screen with the text “The 35th British Book Awards”

It was an honour to be a judge at the British Book Awards again this year and to celebrate all the shortlistees and winners on Monday night - I’m so proud to be connected to such an important and inspiring industry. A big thank you to @thebookseller.com for an amazing evening.

14.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All #ADCI #disabledwriters @pennyauthor.bsky.social and @catmitchell17.bsky.social are looking for your thoughts on making publishing more inclusive!

31.03.2025 15:39 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So excited that @thebookseller.com have given us this opportunity to focus on disability in publishing in June - get in touch if you’d like to highlight anything we should cover!

31.03.2025 09:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A screenshot of the article mentioned

My article on the accessibility of the London Book Fair for disabled and neurodivergent people is out today with @thebookseller.com. A big thank you to everyone who I interviewed for the piece!

You can read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/how-...

17.03.2025 11:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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 #Booksky

24.02.2025 15:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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 #Booksky
@the-bookseller.bsky.social / www.thebookseller.com/nibbies

29.01.2025 10:34 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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." #BookSky

29.01.2025 09:02 — 👍 27    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 9