Melissa Mostyn

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Screenwriting

BSL monologue commissioned as part of Talking Hands by Deafinitely Theatre in partnership with Paines Plough
I also directed this film. Best Documentary nominee, 2015 CINEDEAF Awards; Official Selection, Aesthetica 2015 Short Film Festival
CODA (2011), a 10-minute drama short, was my debut as writer-director.

Books

My Daughter and I originally appeared as a fortnightly blog.

Journalism

Grayson’s Art Club and me, 23 February 2023

Deaf and hard-of-hearing poetry that meets perfectly eye-to-eye, December 8, 2021

Derby Theatre raise the stakes in integrating sign language, 14 April 2019

Deafinitely Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 4 June 2014

Blogs

The Queen has died. What next?, 17 September 2022

Last summer, I began a 100-day dress challenge. Here’s what I learnt, 14 July 2022

A minute of listening, 11 January 2022

My mother, myself, 3 Oct 2021

Writing: the gift that my ADHD gave me, 19 August 2021

2020: a pandemic year, 31st December 2020

An Open Letter to the Health Secretary of State, 22 June 2020

My name is Melissa and I am a single parent of two, 18 July 2017

I am a Deaf survivor. Last week, I wore purple for others like me, 29 December 2014

16 Days: Deaf survivors and domestic abuse, 7 December 2015

How Jenny Sealey’s award affirms Disability Arts as a life-giving force, 21 January 2013

What a little girl taught me about humanity, 2 January 2013

I am active on Medium. Visit HuffPost and Disability Arts Online for more online published journalism.

The Independent still has three articles of mine dating back to 1997. Take a peek

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