Dyslexia at a literary festival
The small Welsh town of Hay-On-Wye is currently playing host to the annual Hay Festival of literature. According to The Guardian, one session that has caused a huge stir amongst the literary types was all about . It seems that attitudes to dyslexia, however, still have some way to go, as the piece describes "academic peers [who] fell around laughing" when they learned that Vicki Goodwin was not only writing a book about the subject, but also going to the heart of one of the world's foremost book luvvie festivals to talk about it. (Thanks to Ouch columnist Liz Main for the link.)
