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Open Book: Neurodiversity

Johny Pitts

Neurodiversity

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Neurodiversity

Johny Pitts and guests discuss neurodiversity in contemporary fiction.

Johny Pitts discusses neurodiversity in contemporary fiction with Elle McNicoll, Helen Hoang and Sunyi Dean. Plus a literary postcard from Scotland's North West Highlands.

Johny Pitts discusses neurodiversity in literature with Elle McNicoll, Helen Hoang and Sunyi Dean. There is a long history of characters in fiction whom readers presume to be autistic. But who are the new breed of writers owning the terminology today? Our guests discuss labels, possible progress and the exciting proliferation of different experience represented in a wide range of contemporary genres - from YA and romance, to sci-fi and fantasy

Plus a literary postcard from the North West Highlands of Scotland by Daniel James. Sharing a deeply personal experience, he meditates on the importance of listening - to both nature and neurodivergent voices.

Presenter: Johny Pitts
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham and Robbie Wojciechowski 

Book List  - Sunday 15 May and Thursday 19 May

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll  
Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll 
Like A Charm by Elle McNicoll  
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang  
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang 
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean  
The Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon  
The Deep by Rivers Solomon  
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon 
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert  
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert  
Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic by Michael McCreary 
The Art of Saving The World by Corinne Duyvis  
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde  
The Outside by Ada Hoffman  
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida 
Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley  
A Different Sort Of Normal by Abigail Balfe  
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

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