Buy your copy of In Other Words
In Other Words is a stunning new collection of short stories by autistic authors. Eight writers took part in our 2016-17 creative writing opportunity Square Peg Stories, and each wrote an original short story with mentoring from a wonderful team of established authors.
The collection has an introduction by autistic author and poet Joanne Limburg, and a foreword by the novelist David Mitchell. It is beautiful, hilarious, heart-breaking and mind-bending.
In Other Words is out now! The paperback is available from all the usual bookshops, or you can order the special edition hardback below for £15.99 including free UK delivery (usually dispatched within 5-7 days).
A shift in the nature of light reveals an eighth colour in the visible spectrum. A boy befriends the last tree in the natural world. A single mother receives help at the darkest point of her life. A young man finds himself trapped in a university overrun by crows.
These stories and more form In Other Words, an anthology as varied as the writers themselves. Some cover trauma, societal issues and stigma; others offer fragments of hope and light. Some reach back in time while others transport us to another dimension altogether. There is heartbreak, wit, humour, poignancy and above all a mastery of the imagination.
What these transcendent stories share is that they were created by autistic writers, people sometimes stereotyped as unimaginative. This collection shatters those stereotypes and misunderstandings, and gives autistic voices the platform they deserve.
