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
- Vultures on the Brink
20 December 2018‘Poetry can repair no loss,’ John Berger writes, ‘but it defies the space which separates.’ This year, The Clearing has commissioned seven writers to mark the Remembrance Day of Lost Species. The second of these is by Anita Roy.… [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]
On the Shelf #55 – We are what we eat
6 December 2018We are what we eat. In this case, a lot of cheese. … [more]
On the Shelf #56 – Extinction Rebellions
6 December 2018Extinction has been going on for a long time: since creation itself in fact. The first man-made extinction dates back… [more]
Featured articles
The Oldest House in the World
13 May 2008Neither childhood nor future are growing less…. Supernumerous existence wells up in my heart. From ‘The Ninth Elegy’, Rainer Maria… [more]
Poetry in Motion, Dance on the Page
25 January 2016Karthika Nair's reimagining of the Mahabharata in brought to the stage in Akram Khan's adaptation of Until the Lions… [more]
Let it Snow – Kashmir
22 January 2009We were, as far as I could see, the only foreign tourists at Srinagar airport. Our little party stood in… [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]
