Anita Roy
writer | editor
I am a writer, editor, publisher, storyteller and performer.
Being a bit of a mongrel, a mudblood, a half-and-half, mixed race, betwixt-and-between sort of gal has shaped my outlook, my humour and my writing as much as my skin colour.
On this site you can find over 100 of my published articles – and links to the some of the books that I've either edited or contributed to. Hope you enjoy reading them; let me know what you think.Recently published
- STOP PRESS * A Year in Kingcombe is now live!
19 October 2019It's all written, illustrated and designed - now all I need is to raise the money for printing and A… [more]
On the Shelf #63: Does the World Need Another Book?
25 September 2019Never get used to this – this earth, this world, these creatures, these plants, these clouds, that rain, those birds, this life. … [more]
On the Shelf #64: David Abram – The Spell of the Sensuous
25 September 2019Why David Abram’s study on the nature of consciousness has critical resonance for a warming planet and business-as-usual attitudes… [more]
On the Shelf #61: Gentleman Jack
5 August 2019Anne Lister was many things — diarist, explorer, architect, mountaineer, lesbian. Conventional was never among them.… [more]
On the Shelf #60: Rain
5 August 2019Treat rainfall like music; hear it attentively, with pleasure.… [more]
Featured articles
On the Shelf #21 – Alan Watts
4 October 2015"Do you mind if I communicate with Alan Watts post-verbally?" Some words - about the man and the myth and his books and his voice. … [more]
Two Gardens
13 January 2014"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." But what of yesterday? Or today? A stroll through the two gardens closest to my heart. … [more]
City of Scribes
8 December 2006Sometimes it seems that you can’t swing a cat in this city without bumping into someone who’s written a book… [more]
On the Shelf #15 – Steve Toltz
17 April 2015Readers will keep turning the pages of Steve Toltz's new novel, Quicksand, in a masochistic orgy of pleasure … [more]
