Programme
Please Note: Not all authors listed below will be able to physically attend the festival - some may only be able to attend virtually.
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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
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11am - 12pm: Children's Fiction Panel with Rose Robbins, Steve Antony, Brigid Kemmerer, Elle McNicoll and Joseph Elliott
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12pm - 1pm: 'The Culture of Disabled' - Talk by David Bolt
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2pm - 3pm:Children's Book Corner - Reading and Signing of The Queen's Hat and Amazing by Steve Antony
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Book Signing with Joseph Elliott
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2pm - 4pm: Body Positivity Panel with Rebekah Taussig, Frances Ryan, Riva Lehrer, Sinead Burke and Ellen Clifford
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3pm - 4pm: Poetry Reading by Raymond Antrobus
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Book Signing with Brigid Kemmerer
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4pm - 5pm: 'Crime Fiction and Disability: A History' - Talk by Susannah B. Mintz
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Book Signing with S. K. Ali
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5pm - 6pm: 'Wheels of Courage' - Talk by David Davis
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Sunday 27th June
10am: (Dis)fable Festival begins and doors open
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11am - 12pm: Invisible Illness Panel with Josie George, Polly Dunbar, Karen Havelin and Maggie O'Farrell
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12pm - 1pm: Autism in Fiction Panel with Helen Hoang, Charlotte Amelia Poe, Rose Robbins and Elle McNicoll
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2pm - 3pm : 'Disabilities On-Screen: Children's Televison' - Talk by Cerrie Burnell
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Book Signing with Maggie O'Farrell
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2pm - 4pm: Society, Access and Inclusion Panel with Elizabeth Guffrey, Robert McRuer and Julie Farrell
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3pm - 4pm: Children's Book Corner - Reading and Signing of Talking is Not My Thing and Me and My Sister by Rose Robbins
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Book Signing with Elle McNicoll
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4pm - 5pm: Poetry Reading by Molly McCully Brown
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5pm - 6pm: 'The Importance of a Diagnosis' - Talk by Emma Mahony
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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.
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Winners of the competition will receive a (Dis)fable Prize for Literature 2021 presented by The Barbellion Prize winner, Riva Lehrer.