Programme
Please Note: Not all authors listed below will be able to physically attend the festival - some may only be able to attend virtually.
There is a 15-minute allowance before talks begin to allow time for movement between rooms. A programme with room allocations will be made available on the day.
Saturday 26th June
10am: (Dis)fable Festival begins and doors open
11am - 12pm: Children's Fiction Panel with Rose Robbins, Steve Antony, Brigid Kemmerer, Elle McNicoll and Joseph Elliott
12pm - 1pm: 'The Culture of Disabled' - Talk by David Bolt
2pm - 3pm:Children's Book Corner - Reading and Signing of The Queen's Hat and Amazing by Steve Antony
Book Signing with Joseph Elliott
2pm - 4pm: Body Positivity Panel with Rebekah Taussig, Frances Ryan, Riva Lehrer, Sinead Burke and Ellen Clifford
3pm - 4pm: Poetry Reading by Raymond Antrobus
Book Signing with Brigid Kemmerer
4pm - 5pm: 'Crime Fiction and Disability: A History' - Talk by Susannah B. Mintz
Book Signing with S. K. Ali
5pm - 6pm: 'Wheels of Courage' - Talk by David Davis
Sunday 27th June
10am: (Dis)fable Festival begins and doors open
11am - 12pm: Invisible Illness Panel with Josie George, Polly Dunbar, Karen Havelin and Maggie O'Farrell
12pm - 1pm: Autism in Fiction Panel with Helen Hoang, Charlotte Amelia Poe, Rose Robbins and Elle McNicoll
2pm - 3pm : 'Disabilities On-Screen: Children's Televison' - Talk by Cerrie Burnell
Book Signing with Maggie O'Farrell
2pm - 4pm: Society, Access and Inclusion Panel with Elizabeth Guffrey, Robert McRuer and Julie Farrell
3pm - 4pm: Children's Book Corner - Reading and Signing of Talking is Not My Thing and Me and My Sister by Rose Robbins
Book Signing with Elle McNicoll
4pm - 5pm: Poetry Reading by Molly McCully Brown
5pm - 6pm: 'The Importance of a Diagnosis' - Talk by Emma Mahony
Building closes at 7pm.
Want to get more involved?
Enter our Short Story Competition!
(Dis)fable are open for entries until 22nd May 2021.
Your submission should be no longer than 2000 words in length and explore any theme of your choice.
Winners of the competition will receive a (Dis)fable Prize for Literature 2021 presented by The Barbellion Prize winner, Riva Lehrer.