Huge thanks to comedian, author & all round legend, Robin Ince, for just giving W.N.P. Barbellion & The Barbellion Prize a shout out on his Instagram! Subs are open until 1st September for writers living with disability or chronic illness. Please support in anyway you can! 🙏 barbellionprize.org

The Barbellion Prize celebrates fiction and non-fiction that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. It is a cross-genre award for literature published in the English language. Information about eligibility can be found: barbellionprize.org

In a neoliberal culture people read and watch and listen like consumers. They judge books, articles, videos according to whether they give them what they already know and like. Everything becomes a service.

You can now read ‘Necessary Hypocritical Luddism’, a piece by our founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social, from Summer issue 21 @exactingclam.bsky.social online! The Barbellion Prize is open for subs for books of prose literature that represent the experience of chronic illness & disability until Sept. 1st.

If you can help spread the word, offer any coverage or make a donation, please get in touch and/or visit our website: barbellionprize.org Read Jake’s piece in Exacting Clam here: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-21...

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Your Opinions Are Not Your Identity

For Western civilisation not to implode politically, we need to return to the idea that your views about politics, society, and art are not your identity.

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If you would like to cover the prize in any way, and help us spread the word some more, please do get in touch. We would love to hear from you! Please visit barbellionprize.org for full details.

Had a great time; was lovely to meet everyone (in the physical, non-digital realm). I look suitably grumpy in the photograph here but I can assure you I was highly focused and enjoying myself. Also, everyone must buy a copy of @guillermostitch.bsky.social's 'The Coast of Everything' double please

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tonight's launch at The Wheatsheaf Tavern in Fitzrovia of Guillermo Stitch's 'The Coast of Everything.' You had to be there.

It was quite a room. Thanks to everyone who came.

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tonight's launch at The Wheatsheaf Tavern in Fitzrovia of Guillermo Stitch's 'The Coast of Everything.' You had to be there.

Tonight's launch at The Wheatsheaf Tavern in Fitzrovia of Guillermo Stitch's 'The Coast of Everything.' You had to be there.

Birthday Book 🎂📚 Attention-Seeking Behaviour by @aeavvw.bsky.social has been lying in wait (in wrapping paper) for my birthday. Finally get to peak inside 📖

Thank you Michael Caines for giving us a mention in @thetls.bsky.social! "A notable revival is the Barbellion prize-named for W.N.P. Barbellion, the diarist, who suffered from multiple sclerosis - which "celebrates & promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness & disability"…

"And who among our current rulers, or saleable pundits, shows any prudence or fit memory?" @jgoldsmith.bsky.social on livable Luddism. Issue 21 of @exactingclam.bsky.social  https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-21-summer-2026/necessarily-hypocritical-luddism/

Busy fortnight: Thur 4th June 7pm (BST) online book launch with Aea Varfis-van Warmelo Thur 11th June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/dada-d... Mon 15th June www.eventbrite.com/e/the-coast-... Tue 16th June Allender Calendar podcast (pre-recorded) Wed 17th June www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-for...

The Coast of Everything — Literary salon and comedy performance

An intimate evening of fiction, conversation and live comedy.

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Issue 21 of Exacting Clam is officially out today and just as stunning on the inside as it is on the front and back covers. The new digital-only subscription which will soon deliver the entirety of back issues online. https://www.exactingclam.com

This just in.

Launch events for Guillermo Stitch's colossal novel 'The Coast of Everything' kick off in London on Monday 15th June at The Wheatsheaf pub in Rathbone Place. Joining the author will be myself, Johnny White Really-Really and C. D. Rose. Free, but you need to book: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-coast-...

My essay ‘Necessarily Hypocritical Luddism’ is in the latest issue of Exacting Clam. (also included in my essay collection ‘In Extremis’, published by Sagging Meniscus Press) www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-21... @exactingclam.bsky.social

Thanks to Martin Doyle for including us in his Friday round-up in The Irish Times! @irishtimes.com “What links Virginia Woolf, Christy Brown, and Hilary Mantel? Beyond their brilliance, each could have been a contender for The Barbellion Prize…

Thanks to Fiona O'Connor for her piece on the return of The Barbellion Prize in The Morning Star online! “Founded by writer Jake Goldsmith & relaunched this year following a hiatus, the prize has built a reputation for promoting talented writing.” Read here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/good...

Excellent piece by Fiona O'Connor in The Morning Star about the relaunched Barbellion Prize. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/good...

Good news for disabled writers

The Barbellion Prize 2026 is now open for submissions.The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Founded by writer Jake Gold...

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Submissions are now open for the 2026 prize, until 1st September 2026.

The Barbellion Prize@barbellionprize.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Barbellion Prize PAST WINNERS! 🏆🏆🏆 2020: Riva Lehrer Golem Girl: A Memoir (One World/Virago Press) 2021: What Willow Says @lynnbuckle.bsky.social (@epoquepress.bsky.social) 2022: @lettymchugh.bsky.social Book of Hours: An Almanac for The Seasons of The Soul (Self-published w/support from DAO)

Read more about the past winners over at The Barbellion Prize website, where you can also read our Terms and Conditions for the 2026 prize and, if you can, make a donation. Submissions are now open until 1st September 2026. We are a small charitable organisation and rely…

The Barbellion Prize PAST WINNERS! 🏆🏆🏆 2020: Riva Lehrer Golem Girl: A Memoir (One World/Virago Press) 2021: What Willow Says @lynnbuckle.bsky.social (@epoquepress.bsky.social) 2022: @lettymchugh.bsky.social Book of Hours: An Almanac for The Seasons of The Soul (Self-published w/support from DAO)

Meet the judges of the 2026 Barbellion Prize! Read about Letty McHugh, Penny Pepper & David Bolt in this thread. The Barbellion Prize is now open for submissions of fiction and non-fiction which celebrate and promote writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability.

Submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize are open! The Barbellion Prize celebrates & promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness & disability. Subs open 2nd April-1st September, 2026. Judges: Penny Pepper, Dr David Bolt & Letty McHugh. Full details: barbellionprize.org

Please follow this brilliant prize: @thebarbellionprize.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 Thrilled to be working with them @disruptedblue.bsky.social We have a few teething problems getting the Bluesky set up, but please do follow and spread the word in the meantime. Submissions are open! Thank you! 💙 🙏

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Submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize are now open! 🎉 The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Submission are open from today 2nd April - 1st September, 2026. @thebarbellionprize.bsky.social barbellionprize.org

Submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize are now open! 🎉 The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Submission are open from today 2nd April - 1st September, 2026. @thebarbellionprize.bsky.social barbellionprize.org

Big news! The 2026 Barbellion Prize opens for new submissions today. Full details on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DWoHpNLCGhW/ Free entry for eligible authors and publishers. Spread the word...

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