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
- 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]
On the Shelf #59: Emma Kunz
20 May 2019One day last week, I found myself in central London with a few hours to spare before my bus back… [more]
- Asma Khan on the Darjeeling Express
20 April 2019Asma Khan and her team (photo credit: The Independent) The gaajar ka halwa came in a tiny orange dome, grooved… [more]
On the Shelf #58: Weasels, Eagles and Wonder
9 April 2019Solar eclipses are not that unusual: we get about 2 or 3 a year somewhere on earth. In August 2017,… [more]
Featured articles
On the Shelf #31: Charles Foster
26 September 2016My bookshelf is taking on a rather wild and shaggy aspect these days, not unrelated to the fact that I’ll… [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]
Listening for Ghost-Voices
9 December 2018A novel borne out of an earthquake, a departed friend, and a translation from which lost voices rise. … [more]
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]
