Disability, Identity, and Language Choices: Person-first, identity-first, and beyond

The language we use to refer to ourselves is important, and can be difficult to get right. Dr Damian Mellifont and Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry discuss the debate of person-first or identity first language, and explore language choices for the LPP Disability Studies

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Damian Mellifont
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Podcast Listen: Lived Places Publishing on the Newgen Pubcast

Lived Places founders David Parker and Chris McAuley were guests on this month’s episode of the Newgen Pubcast, the monthly podcast by our publishing partner Newgen Publishing UK.

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Rebecca
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Interdisciplinary Study, Teaching, and Publishing: Taking a Broad Approach

The LPP Collections are very broad categories, with a lot of overlap between them, and topics that fall between and across different disciplines. Founder and Publisher David Parker explains why.

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David Parker
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Writing Inclusively: Tips for Authors

It’s important not to exclude anyone from your audience in the way that you write. Commissioning editor Rebecca Bush offers advice and tips for authors and writers on how to be inclusive in their writing.

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Rebecca
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Education is Everywhere: Call for Proposals for LPP’s Education Studies Collection

Dr Janise Hurtig, editor for the Education Studies collection, is seeking authors to contribute proposals. Here she explores some possible topic areas and provides ideas and inspiration for possible submissions.

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Janise Hurtig
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The Voice of Disability: Storytelling for Disability Inclusive Places

What is ableism, and what does “nothing about us without us” mean? Collection editors Dr Damian Mellifont and Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry are seeking authors to raise their own voices of disability.

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Damian Mellifont
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Diversity in Authorial Expertise: There are Many Paths to Authoring with Lived Places Publishing

Publisher David Parker and editor Rebecca Bush explore the different paths to authorship that an expert might take, and explain why they are deliberately looking for authors whose expertise is expressed outside academia, in addition to traditionally academic authorities

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David Parker
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Book Marketing for Authors: Beginning Steps to Build Your Platform

Commissioning Editor Rebecca Bush gives an overview of simple marketing activities that any author should consider to build their audience and platform and promote their book.

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Rebecca
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All Stories Created Equal: Inequity and Inequality in Autobiography and Storytelling

All people are not valued equally, so there is societal inequity and inequality in how their stories are valued as well. Collection Editor Chris McAuley explores the mission of Lived Places Black Studies Collection to help rectify this imbalance.

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Chris McAuley
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Book Marketing: A Publisher’s Role and Responsibilities

David Parker explains how Lived Places Publishing provides a platform for authors to develop their relationship with their readers and supports them in the crucial step of marketing their book.

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David Parker
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by Rebecca

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by Rebecca

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by Rebecca

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by Rebecca

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by Rebecca

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