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 #47 – Jules Evans
24 March 2018Tune out, turn off, drop in. Jules Evans in search of ecstasy. … [more]
A Year in Kingcombe – March
22 March 2018The coming of spring in the third of the monthly nature diaries, at the Dorset Wildlife Trust centre in Kingcombe. … [more]
A Year in Kingcombe – February
22 March 2018The second of a monthly nature diary, at Kingcombe nature reserve, Dorset. … [more]
A Year in Kingcombe – January
22 March 2018The first of a monthly nature diary, documenting the changing seasons throughout the year at Kingcombe meadows and Powerstock common nature reserves, managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.… [more]
On the Shelf #46- Kent Nerburn
25 February 2018On forgotten roads with an Indian elder. Kent Nerburn's wonderful testimony to the Native American worldview through the eyes of an extraordinary old man called Dan. … [more]
Featured articles
In the Land of Babycakes
22 December 2002Newly arrived in the land of parents, the world looks different from here.… [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]
On the Shelf #17 – Dictionaries and nature
15 June 2015Deleting a worldview 'Acorn' and 'magpie' exit the Oxford Junior Dictionary and in comes 'MP3 player' and 'voicemail'. You can see where this is going...… [more]
