10-26 May
Become a FriendDisability Writes Back!
with Jackie Hagan, Owen Lowery and Tom Shakespeare
In association with Writers’ Centre Norwich
Where are all the disabled writers? Poets Owen Lowery and Jackie Hagan join Professor of Disability Research Tom Shakespeare to discuss the challenges they face and what society must do to break down these barriers.
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Important information
Assisted performances: 
BSL interpreted and Captioned
Duration: c. 1 hour
Jackie Hagan
‘Some People Have Too Many Legs’
2 Minutes with Owen Lowery
(subtitled)
Jackie Hagan
Jackie Hagan is a multi-award winning writer and performer. She runs workshops to help people who have been silenced, failed, vilified or forgotten to find their own voice. She received a Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship this year. Jackie is a working-class, queer amputee.
Owen Lowery
Owen Lowery was formerly a British Judo champion until he suffered a spinal injury while competing and is now a tetraplegic. He has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Bolton University, where he is completing his PhD. His poetry has appeared in Stand and PN Review, and has been listed in the Bridport Prize, the Welsh Open Poetry Competition, the Virginia Warbey Prize, and the International Sonnet Competition.
Tom Shakespeare
Tom Shakespeare is Professor of Disability Research at Norwich Medical School, UEA. He has written or edited a dozen books on disability and on genetics. He has previously worked a stand-up comedian on the disability arts circuit, authored three TV documentaries, and did a one-man show at Newcastle’s Live Theatre. He is contributing to Charles Fernyhough’s edited collection Others.
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Saturday
26 May
11:15 am
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In association with Writers’ Centre Norwich
Image credits: Masthead image © Lee Baxter