Lovely to see this double page spread in Motability Lifestyle for my interview with the fab @carolinebutterwick.bsky.social. We spoke about my book Who Wants Normal? and tips on navigating life as a young disabled adult. (She writes, as an elderly millennial.)

We’ve got another jam-packed #DHHNewsRoundup for you to enjoy! Happy reading, and congratulations to our fabulous clients! shorturl.at/oTjn4

Got a bunch of new followers recently (hello!) after the excellent weekend at Bloody Scotland - did you know I write a monthly newsletter? You can subscribe here: www.davidgoodman.net/newsletter/

From the founder of Britain’s leading antifascist organisation, HOPE not hate, this is an urgent call to resist the forces of extremism on the march in Western societies – and how to go about it. Ask me for a review copy. amzn.eu/d/7MpaXm0

It’s that time again… happy #DHHNewsRoundup day! And there’s plenty of bookish news to celebrate - congrats to our brilliant authors! 📚✨ shorturl.at/epunT

A warm welcome to @storyclare.bsky.social, who joins @abirfellows.bsky.social’s list. Clare worked full-time as an Oral Storyteller on stages from Singapore to Soho. Her upcoming book centres women and goddesses and reignites Celtic mythology with a bawdy punk feminist flame. shorturl.at/pnFpB

Congratulations to @mandy-mjrobotham.bsky.social, whose new book THE COMPASS, will be published by Sphere in August 2026, in a deal negotiated by Broo Doherty. This will be a major highlight for Little, Brown at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.  shorturl.at/eez6t

We are thrilled to welcome @alisonbarrow.bsky.social - Alison has worked in PR in UK publishing for over 30 years alongside literary heavyweights such as Paula Hawkins and Rachel Joyce. Alison, who is working on her debut novel, joins @davidhheadley.bsky.social’s list. shorturl.at/MSkNq

I’ve never been hugely into Disability Pride but it has felt more important than ever this year. The summer has seen a wave of demonisation and disbelief of disabled people. Our conditions are doubted, our needs depicted as burdens. I’m glad Who Wants Normal? can do its bit to challenge that.

This Disability Pride month, I’m grateful for the readers who say Who Wants Normal? is helping them feel more valued and confident. This book was never about downplaying inequality but proudly rejecting the shame and stereotypes the non-disabled world forces on us. With jokes.

Launching #TinyDaggers at @storyhouselive.bsky.social a few weeks ago with legendary agent @dianabeaumont.bsky.social. Tiny Daggers has had incredible quotes from Louise Candlish, Alex Michaelides, @andreamara.bsky.social, Katy Brent, Ruth Kelly & so many others ❤️ www.amazon.co.uk/Tiny-Daggers...

Welcome to the Hotel Orient, Darling… 🛎️💋 We are delighted to share the beautiful cover of @alessandraranelli.bsky.social’s MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT coming to a bookshop near you in May 2026!

Lovely to see Who Wants Normal? picked as part of Audible’s Disability Pride recommendations. It’s always nice to hang out with Rosie Jones and Stephen Hawking.

Great to see today’s Woman’s Hour pick up my Guardian story on the way the upcoming disability benefit cuts will penalise women and have a “devastating” impact on dignity. Listen here (19 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The “welfare reform bill” is out and let’s be clear: this is not reform - it is devastating cuts. Disabled people will be made poorer, sicker, and more isolated as a result. That it is a Labour government causing this misery will be a mark of shame on the party for years to come.

I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.

Just read this truly sparkling novel, 'To Catch a Lord'. Wonderfully layered love story with helpings of scandal, wickedness & danger on the side. Pub June 21 & full of terrific characters, romance & authentic language. Congratulations Emma! boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @dianabeaumont.bsky.social

I had a great in-depth chat with Naga Munchetty about my book, Who Wants Normal? on @bbc5live.bsky.social We spoke about creepy attitudes to disabled women, being socialised to think you’re a burden, and getting dressed in a stock cupboard. Catch up (2hr 34 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Lovely to get my copy of Able mag. It was great to chat about Who Wants Normal? for the June edition. We spoke about growing up as the only disabled person in the room, interviewing 50+ of Britain’s best known disabled women, and finding hope in shitty times. Out now.

My first book, Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People, has been out 6 years today. As more disability cuts hit, I’m gutted it’s still so bloody relevant - but continually grateful for everyone still buying it, teaching it, and sharing it. All formats here: tinyurl.com/4e6pzx2f

I don’t often get chronic illness FOMO but I am gutted I didn’t get to do the photoshoot I’d have undoubtedly been mortified through. Imagine me dressed in Miu Miu, sitting awkwardly next to Amal Clooney.  Online here and on newsstands 17th June: www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-...

A total (and surreal) honour to be named on the Vogue 25: the Women Defining Britain in 2025. Thank you, British Vogue.

Happy publication day to @bethlewis.bsky.social - THE RUSH, a gut wrenching historical mystery and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick, is out today!

Ian Fleming Publications is set to publish a new series for readers aged 8-12, JAMES BOND AND THE SECRET AGENT ACADEMY, by @mwcraven.bsky.social! Coming June 2026. A new adventure that supplants the worlds most beloved secret agent to his deadliest mission yet: school… shorturl.at/BF4tN

We are delighted to announce that Old Barn Books will publish @nmgarrard.bsky.social’s ON THE EDGE in August! A YA/crossover novel that explores the often untold story of working class rural young people. ‘Lyrical, emphatic and outrageously funny’

We are thrilled to share that Simon & Schuster will publish @evakinder.bsky.social’s new novel, THEM GIRLS, in the spring of 2026! A powerful and honest novel that perfectly captures the ways in which women get older and refuse to settle… shorturl.at/3hFWv

It was such a pleasure to chat to Emma Tracey about my book, Who Wants Normal? for this week’s BBC Access All podcast. Bonus: you also get Jack Thorne talking about launching the TakingthePIP campaign. Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Who Wants Normal? has only been out a month but hearing all your wonderful reactions to it is making all the work/codeine worth it. If you’re dealing with disability, chronic illness or mental health, I hope it acts as a comfort blanket. With jokes. All formats here: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal

For the evening podcast crowd: I’m on this week’s BBC Access All talking about Who Wants Normal? Do enjoy the bit where I’m asked about accessible vibrators and say, “I usually write about Westminster policy.” Listen here or where you get your podcasts: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

I love hearing about your book clubs reading Who Wants Normal? and this is a lovely accessible online one you can join in with (no matter how much energy you have).

Everyone likes to get a trophy in the post.

On at 1.30pm - aka in a few minutes - now.

Thank you, by the way, to whoever the listener was who text in: “Wow, what an endearingly engaging but gut wrenching interview. What fabulous radio.” I was 90% pharmaceuticals during that thirty minutes so I very much appreciate the positive review.

It was so lovely to have an in-depth chat with Naga Munchetty about Who Wants Normal? on 5Live today. We covered working twice as hard as non-disabled people, medical bias, and not being “a pain in the arse” for advocating for your rights. Listen (2hr 34 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Want advice on how to perfect your submission package? Take a look at our June #Agent121 sessions here: iaminprint.co.uk/agent121 9th - @lilchasewriter.bsky.social 10th - @katiefulf.bsky.social 11th - Emily MacDonald 19th - @dianabeaumont.bsky.social 24th - Lydia Silver 27th - Alice Williams

Was really touched to win Journalist of the Year at the Scope Awards last night. I used my remote acceptance speech to call for “accurate and dignified” coverage of the upcoming disability cuts. Also pledged to get “PIP is not an out of work benefit” tattooed on my face.

SUCH A GOOD BOOK

No one grins whilst holding a book like Rosie Jones.

Amidst a backdrop of shame and anxiety about not being well enough to work, @francesryan.bsky.social 's Who Wants Normal has me feeling emotional, comforted, inspired about my own future and seeing myself as more worthy than I did yesterday all in one chapter. Such a fabulous book.

It was a pleasure to chat to Able mag about Who Wants Normal? for the May/June issue. We spoke about ableist trolls, interviewing 50+ disabled celebs, and trying to find hope in a bleak news cycle. On newsstands now.

I had a great chat with @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on LBC today about Who Wants Normal? and the upcoming disability benefits cut vote. You can catch up on the LBC app. It’s 2 hours 5 minutes in.

Thanks so much to everyone sending me photos of Who Wants Normal? in the wild. It is very kind and I do not tire of it.

Really chuffed to win Journalist of the Year at the Scope Awards tonight. I used my remote acceptance speech to call for “accurate and dignified” coverage of the upcoming disability cuts. Congrats to my fellow disabled journo nominees - the industry needs more of you!

I’m so pleased to say that Who Wants Normal? is now available on audiobook and e-book in the US! I know the narrative around disability feels increasingly toxic on both sides of the pond. I hope this book can show the joy, inequality, and value of disabled lives. With jokes.

PSA: You can win one of 5 copies of Who Wants Normal? if you go over now to Instagr*m and Unhidden’s page. It’s part of our goal to partner with disabled-led businesses whilst gifting the book to those shut off from new hardbacks. Plus you get adaptive clothes vouchers? Chic.

One of my favourite chapters in Who Wants Normal? is on relationships and disability: the joy, taboos, and occasional grief. I wrote for @theipaper.com about one snippet: what to do if your friend is going through health problems right now (and what not to). inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

In Who Wants Normal?, I loved chatting to Jameela Jamil, Rosie Jones, Nikki Fox and more about dating and friendships. I wrote for @theipaper.com about one hidden aspect: how friends can go quiet if we’re going through health problems (and what might help). inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

You can read the full list here: www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...

It’s wonderful - and surreal! - to be named by Elle U.K. as one of their 40 for 40 Women of Hope: “the trailblazers pushing the status quo who will define the next four decades.” Here’s to another 40 years of progress. Or just the next 40 minutes, to be fair.

Happy publication day @seanluskauthor.bsky.social - A WOMAN OF OPINION, the spellbinding novel about the fascinating history of pioneering writer, poet and feminist, Mary Wortley Montagu, is out today in paperback! tinyurl.com/yhyd7ns7