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
Unnatural Creatures: Stories chosen by Neil Gaiman
15 February 2014Early on in this collection of the bizarre, the strange and the impossible, we are introduced to a character called… [more]
On the Shelf #8 – Robert Macfarlane
15 August 2014Into the Wilderness We are seeing a renaissance in nature writing, which attests to a hunger among readers and a desperation to describe the natural world before it disappears… [more]
On the Shelf #19 – Atul Gawande
7 August 2015On Atul Gawande's 'Being Mortal', and other life-and-death issues. … [more]
Bookless in Bagdad, Shashi Tharoor
27 February 2005Q: Lay a lot of columns end to end and what do you get? A: A lot of columns laid… [more]
