Bob
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This is a great blog about living with ME. It's written by Mischa Hiller, who has ME, and who wrote the (award winning) novel Sabra Zoo.
Why I turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival
Mischa Hiller
Dec 8th 2015
https://medium.com/@mischahi/why-i-...the-2011-sydney-writers-festival-48186343a6a4
https://medium.com/@mischahi/why-i-...the-2011-sydney-writers-festival-48186343a6a4
This article was written in 2011, but I think it hasn't been published until now. The author has just promoted it in a Tweet.
It includes: a description of the illness; a helpful discussion re the nature of ME vs 'fatigue'; a short discussion of the PACE Trial; and a discussion of various ME criteria. It covers quite a range of important issues, yet it's succinct.
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Why I turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival
Mischa Hiller
Dec 8th 2015
https://medium.com/@mischahi/why-i-...the-2011-sydney-writers-festival-48186343a6a4
Read the rest here:Why I turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival
This was written in 2011 after being shortlisted for the overall Commenwealth Writers’ Prize to be announced at the Sydney Writer’s Festival.
Imagine my delight on hearing that my novel, Sabra Zoo, had won the Europe and South Asia regional Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book. I wrote Sabra Zoo many years ago, and it was taken up quickly by a literary agent, who eventually found a home for it at publishers Telegram, who did an excellent job of turning it into a book. It was well received, and we were all rightly proud of it. Now the book is one of four going on to the final stage of the Commonwealth Prize, held in Sydney this year, and it is paired up with David Mitchellʼs The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which is in the running for the meatier Best Book Prize. Mitchell, along with the other finalists, will be accompanying his book to Sydney, where all the finalists will partake in week-long publicity at the Sydney Writersʼ Festival, culminating in the winnersʼ announcement on 21st May.
I, however, wonʼt be flying to Sydney with David Mitchell, as I have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)...
https://medium.com/@mischahi/why-i-...the-2011-sydney-writers-festival-48186343a6a4
This article was written in 2011, but I think it hasn't been published until now. The author has just promoted it in a Tweet.
It includes: a description of the illness; a helpful discussion re the nature of ME vs 'fatigue'; a short discussion of the PACE Trial; and a discussion of various ME criteria. It covers quite a range of important issues, yet it's succinct.
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