It is my very great pleasure to share with you the news that Legend Press has acquired my novel, Owl Song at Dawn, which they will publish mid-2016. Since the novel was inspired by my autistic sister, I feel particular gratitude to the team at Legend for their commitment to celebrating the kinds of voices that have… Continue reading Owl Song at Dawn captured by Legend Press
This week, the Guardian Family ran my piece, ‘Lou, having the time of your life‘. It’s the second article down. The piece is about my parents’ fight to love and raise Lou – who has cerebral palsy and autism – along with her twin, Sarah, and her elder sister, me; it’s about my profound gratitude to them… Continue reading The Guardian Family
I was delighted to review this remarkable memoir for The Independent on Sunday. Naoki Higashida, the severely autistic author of The Reason I Jump finds conversation almost impossible, but he writes by pointing to letters on a grid. Co-translators Keiko Yoshida and her husband, the Man Booker-shortlisted novelist David Mitchell, have a son whose autism is… Continue reading The Reason I Jump
EMMA CLAIRE SWEENEY 