Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
‘an excellent novella that can be read in just over an hour but rewards rereading. A vital contribution to disability fiction’
Ciadish reviews Saou Ichikawa’s Hunchback by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
#disability #booksky #amwriting
@barrowmember.bsky.social
ciadish.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/s...
Ciadish reviews Saou Ichikawa’s Hunchback by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
#disability #booksky #amwriting
@barrowmember.bsky.social
ciadish.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/s...
Saou Ichikawa’s Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa’s Hunchback (Penguin Random House, translated by Polly Barton) is a captivating short novella that follows the life of Shaka, a severely disabled woman who lives in a care home near T…
ciadish.wordpress.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Want to find more chronically ill & #disabled writers to read? Ciadish.co.uk includes interviews with CIAD #writers, #book reviews, #writing competitions & more www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL... And I've got 2 starter packs with around 200 #writers #NEISVoid #DisabilitySky #CripLit #CripCoop #BorgDiem
March 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
CripLit would like a word 😉 (CripQueerLit I could *totally* go with though. Or is CripLit innately Queer already?)
March 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
CripLit would like a word 😉 (CripQueerLit I could *totally* go with though. Or is CripLit innately Queer already?)
Are you #ChronicallyIll or #disabled? Feel isolated or lonely? Needed support? Join the #CripCoop - just add your skills/needs to this thread to find people who can help you, and you can #help. Together, we can do anything #CripPride #Disability #CripLit #DisArts #DisLit #NEISVoid #Joy #Cooperatives
#DisabledCreators of all stripes!
Let’s work together in creating, marketing, selling, etc — @barrowmember.bsky.social and I are gauging interest in a #CripCoop — starting with collecting a list of wants and needs, which then would match with another coop members skills/abilities.
Interested?
Let’s work together in creating, marketing, selling, etc — @barrowmember.bsky.social and I are gauging interest in a #CripCoop — starting with collecting a list of wants and needs, which then would match with another coop members skills/abilities.
Interested?
January 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Are you #ChronicallyIll or #disabled? Feel isolated or lonely? Needed support? Join the #CripCoop - just add your skills/needs to this thread to find people who can help you, and you can #help. Together, we can do anything #CripPride #Disability #CripLit #DisArts #DisLit #NEISVoid #Joy #Cooperatives
Want to find more chronically ill & #disabled writers to read? Ciadish.co.uk includes interviews with CIAD #writers, #book reviews, #writing competitions & more www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL... And I've got 2 starter packs with around 200 #writers #NEISVoid #DisabilitySky #CripLit #CripCoop #BorgDiem
February 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Special Submissions Call! Disability Pride & Magic!
The Castle gates are open for an extended special submissions call from 7 January to 31 March, and we are looking for stories celebrating disabled authors, character and themes for this event.
Details Below!
The Castle gates are open for an extended special submissions call from 7 January to 31 March, and we are looking for stories celebrating disabled authors, character and themes for this event.
Details Below!
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Get excited - my newest chapbook Toothache in the Bone is releasing from boats against the current this weekend!! #Poems on #chronicillness & #spoonie life, & navigating everyday life in a #disabled & disobedient body.
#poetry #disability #booksky 💙📚 #CripLib ☁️📚 #CripLit 📝 #writing 📖
#poetry #disability #booksky 💙📚 #CripLib ☁️📚 #CripLit 📝 #writing 📖
June 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Get excited - my newest chapbook Toothache in the Bone is releasing from boats against the current this weekend!! #Poems on #chronicillness & #spoonie life, & navigating everyday life in a #disabled & disobedient body.
#poetry #disability #booksky 💙📚 #CripLib ☁️📚 #CripLit 📝 #writing 📖
#poetry #disability #booksky 💙📚 #CripLib ☁️📚 #CripLit 📝 #writing 📖
The Winter 2024-2025 issue is live! HOORAY!
wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2/
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
@razubal.bsky.social
#solidarity
#CripArts
#CripLit
wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2/
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
@razubal.bsky.social
#solidarity
#CripArts
#CripLit
Volume 18, Number 2 – Winter 2024-2025 – Wordgathering
wordgathering.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Winter 2024-2025 issue is live! HOORAY!
wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2/
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
@razubal.bsky.social
#solidarity
#CripArts
#CripLit
wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2/
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
@razubal.bsky.social
#solidarity
#CripArts
#CripLit
My #poems "Pain Scale" and "Chronic Illness Logic" have been accepted for publication by @anodynemag.bsky.social ! I am so, so excited. #booksky @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #criplit 📝 ☁️📚
March 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
My #poems "Pain Scale" and "Chronic Illness Logic" have been accepted for publication by @anodynemag.bsky.social ! I am so, so excited. #booksky @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #criplit 📝 ☁️📚
CripLit and QueerLit are definitely not mutually exclusive. 😂
March 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CripLit and QueerLit are definitely not mutually exclusive. 😂
PART 2: #BlackHistoryMonth Octavia Butler, Disability, and Afrofuturism.
#Dyslexia #BlackSky #BlackLit #BlackLiterature #CripLit #OctaviaButler #Bullying #ScienceFiction #BlackWomen #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistory #DEI #misogynoir #Racism #Ableism #Disability #Libraries #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #queer
#Dyslexia #BlackSky #BlackLit #BlackLiterature #CripLit #OctaviaButler #Bullying #ScienceFiction #BlackWomen #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistory #DEI #misogynoir #Racism #Ableism #Disability #Libraries #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #queer
February 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PART 2: #BlackHistoryMonth Octavia Butler, Disability, and Afrofuturism.
#Dyslexia #BlackSky #BlackLit #BlackLiterature #CripLit #OctaviaButler #Bullying #ScienceFiction #BlackWomen #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistory #DEI #misogynoir #Racism #Ableism #Disability #Libraries #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #queer
#Dyslexia #BlackSky #BlackLit #BlackLiterature #CripLit #OctaviaButler #Bullying #ScienceFiction #BlackWomen #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistory #DEI #misogynoir #Racism #Ableism #Disability #Libraries #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #queer
Woot!! Eclectica Magazine just accepted three of my #poems: "As I Take My Blood Pressure Pills, I Remember," "Casting About for Image of Comfort, I Remember," and "A Sonnet for Gifts That Last Long Beyond Their Giving."
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📝 #writing 📖 #publishing 📚☁️ #spoonie #CripLit #CripLib
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📝 #writing 📖 #publishing 📚☁️ #spoonie #CripLit #CripLib
July 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
May 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
Proud to have my #poem "I Dreamt I Was Unblemished" in the new Abraxas Review. For all of us with bodies that bear the proof we have lived.
www.abraxasreview.org/poetry-andre...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #CripLib #CripLit #Spoonie @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #SkyPoets
www.abraxasreview.org/poetry-andre...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #CripLib #CripLit #Spoonie @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #SkyPoets
Poetry: Colleen S. Harris — abraxas review
www.abraxasreview.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Proud to have my #poem "I Dreamt I Was Unblemished" in the new Abraxas Review. For all of us with bodies that bear the proof we have lived.
www.abraxasreview.org/poetry-andre...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #CripLib #CripLit #Spoonie @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #SkyPoets
www.abraxasreview.org/poetry-andre...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #CripLib #CripLit #Spoonie @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #SkyPoets
Have you read the #BorgDiem #Dictionary yet? If not, you should. It's free, and full of brilliant #words created by chronically ill and #disabled people to describe their lives & experiences. Fab illustrations too. It's also available in #Braille.
#NEiSvoid #Inclusion #languages #CripLit
#NEiSvoid #Inclusion #languages #CripLit
December 15, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Have you read the #BorgDiem #Dictionary yet? If not, you should. It's free, and full of brilliant #words created by chronically ill and #disabled people to describe their lives & experiences. Fab illustrations too. It's also available in #Braille.
#NEiSvoid #Inclusion #languages #CripLit
#NEiSvoid #Inclusion #languages #CripLit
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
Wordgathering.com will be moving to Bluesky. I just need some time to make the transmutation.
#lit #Crip #Disability #poetry #CripLit #CripArts
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
#lit #Crip #Disability #poetry #CripLit #CripArts
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
Wordgathering – A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature
Wordgathering.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Wordgathering.com will be moving to Bluesky. I just need some time to make the transmutation.
#lit #Crip #Disability #poetry #CripLit #CripArts
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
#lit #Crip #Disability #poetry #CripLit #CripArts
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
Dude at a Disability-focused bookstore is looking for author contacts and title recs: Patrick Antenucci is the name and he's co-owner of Nightlight Books. Are you an author of disability-forward fiction--especially spec fic? DM me and I'll give you Patrick's email address. (And please reskeet.)
May 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Louise again, tx Louise and Arvon. This class is a true joy to teach.
Writing the Body: Embodied Place Writing, 2026
#CripLit
Writing the Body: Embodied Place Writing, 2026
#CripLit
Thrilled to be invited to run this course again with the wonderful @mailbykite.bsky.social for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
Looking for support/time/space/encouragement/nurturing/nourishment for your writing? This might be the one for you.
#PlaceWriting #DisabilitySky
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Looking for support/time/space/encouragement/nurturing/nourishment for your writing? This might be the one for you.
#PlaceWriting #DisabilitySky
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon
To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...
www.arvon.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Louise again, tx Louise and Arvon. This class is a true joy to teach.
Writing the Body: Embodied Place Writing, 2026
#CripLit
Writing the Body: Embodied Place Writing, 2026
#CripLit
How does an able-bodied person write about a person with disabilities and do it without their own assumptions and discomfort getting in the way? A talk with author Seema Yasmin of an incredible new chapter book bio. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/14/p...
Palestinian. American. Comedian. Disabled. A Talk with Seema Yasmin About Maysoon Zayid: The Girl Who Can Can
How does an able-bodied person write about a person with disabilities and do it without their own assumptions and discomfort getting in the way? A talk with the author of an incredible new chapter boo...
afuse8production.slj.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hello bluesky! We are Intersex Book Club, an online book club for intersex people, our allies & questioners. Our goals are to foster #intersex community and explore #IntersexBooks together! 💜
Info at intersexbookclub.tumblr.com
#ActuallyIntersex #QueerBooks #CripLit #LGBTQIA
Info at intersexbookclub.tumblr.com
#ActuallyIntersex #QueerBooks #CripLit #LGBTQIA
Intersex Book Club
An online book club for intersex people, our allies and those who are questioning to form social...
intersexbookclub.tumblr.com
March 30, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Hello bluesky! We are Intersex Book Club, an online book club for intersex people, our allies & questioners. Our goals are to foster #intersex community and explore #IntersexBooks together! 💜
Info at intersexbookclub.tumblr.com
#ActuallyIntersex #QueerBooks #CripLit #LGBTQIA
Info at intersexbookclub.tumblr.com
#ActuallyIntersex #QueerBooks #CripLit #LGBTQIA
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
September 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Healing grief may seem a long ways away. This anthology featuring #ActuallyAutistic and #neurodivergent authors explores the impact of and the ways of healing grief in our lives.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor #CripLit
The crux of this story/pain memoir is that there is the possibility of pain in every picture.
And colonial ableism is a core reason why anyone wld be skeptical of this fact.
Fellow pained ppl and/or ppl racialised negatively know this v well. Just check the tabloid news. #CripLit
And colonial ableism is a core reason why anyone wld be skeptical of this fact.
Fellow pained ppl and/or ppl racialised negatively know this v well. Just check the tabloid news. #CripLit
The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.
A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.
For reviews/i’views/events: tramy@tiltedaxispress.com
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.
For reviews/i’views/events: tramy@tiltedaxispress.com
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
June 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The crux of this story/pain memoir is that there is the possibility of pain in every picture.
And colonial ableism is a core reason why anyone wld be skeptical of this fact.
Fellow pained ppl and/or ppl racialised negatively know this v well. Just check the tabloid news. #CripLit
And colonial ableism is a core reason why anyone wld be skeptical of this fact.
Fellow pained ppl and/or ppl racialised negatively know this v well. Just check the tabloid news. #CripLit