Award-winning author, comedian and broadcaster shares some of her favourite books!

Did you know:

• only 6% of books published are written by disabled authors
• there are 12million people in the UK living with hearing loss and deafness
• only 3.4% of children's books have disabled main characters
• Women are less likely to be shortlisted, or win, non-fiction book prizes
• female authors’ median earnings have fallen by 16.6 per cent over the past five years