Tag Archives: books
Autistic All Along
This article originally appeared on Culturefly I was diagnosed as autistic in the autumn of 2024, a few years after my daughter’s diagnosis with ADHD and the GP’s suggested pursuit of an ASD diagnosis in its wake. I was 54 … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Fiction, love, Uncategorized, YA
Tagged actuallyautistic, adhd, autism, book-review, books, mental-health, YA romance
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Joe All Alone on CBBC
About three years ago, before Joe was even published, I got a phonecall from a TV producer who had got hold of the manuscript, read it in one sitting, and was determined to persuade CBBC to make it into a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Reading, Teen
Tagged books, CBBC, child poverty, Joanna Nadin, Joe All Alone, tv drama
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Books are where the wild things are…
This week, or actually last two days as I have barely been able to put it down, I have been reading a story by a girl who was raised by an ogress in a house that contained only six books, … Continue reading
That’s Not My Mother
Something odd happens in the summer. Something I feel uneasy about. Something that, come July, I am really not sure I can cope with, yet somehow, by around this time in August, I have managed to drag myself through (albeit … Continue reading
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