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The Barbellion Prize Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The Barbellion Prize is a book prize dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. 2023 Submissions Now Open

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Book Cover for: Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine, Harry Parker

Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

Harry Parker
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Chouette - by @oshetsky (@eccobooks/@HarperCollins). Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine - by @harrybparker (@ProfileBooks/@ExploreWellcome). (2/2) Congratulations to everyone. The 2022 Winner will be announced Feb 2023.

Paperback, 2023

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, Judith Heumann

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Judith Heumann
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Judith Heumann - activist, Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020, has died. Her book ‘Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist’ was wonderful to read. She is loved and remembered. https://t.co/28cNswpeuT

Paperback, 2021

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro

Elena Knows

Claudia Piñeiro
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We are a little late in congratulating @claudiapineiro and @CharcoPress once again for reaching the #2022InternationalBooker shortlist. Claudia Piñeiro’s ‘Elena Knows’ was also Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021. https://t.co/Ouxl8DR881

Paperback, 2021

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, Judith Heumann

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Judith Heumann
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Judith Heumann - activist, Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020, has died. Her book ‘Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist’ was wonderful to read. She is loved and remembered. https://t.co/28cNswpeuT

Paperback, 2021

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Neither Weak Nor Obtuse: A Memoir, Jake Goldsmith

Neither Weak Nor Obtuse: A Memoir

Jake Goldsmith
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Jake Goldsmith, founder of The Barbellion Prize, has a memoir on the phenomenology of illness published this July by @saggingmeniscus https://t.co/Z4hR1ourga

Paperback, 2019

$9.60Member price:$4.80 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Golem Girl: A Memoir, Riva Lehrer

Golem Girl: A Memoir

Riva Lehrer
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The Winner of The Barbellion Prize 2020 is 'GOLEM GIRL: A MEMOIR' by @riva_lehrer (published by @OneWorldLit / @ViragoBooks). Read more: https://www.thebarbellionprize.com/winners-shortlists-longlists https://t.co/6T6dwGSzSx

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