Anita Roy

writer | editor

Anita with books cropped 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 57 – Wassail!
    29 January 2019

    In the dark depths of winter, here in England’s southwesterly corner, when the Christmas trees have been taken down, and… [more]

  • May we never meat again
    24 January 2019

    Looking back at 2018, it seems like this year has been a tipping point of sorts. Not so much #MeToo… [more]

  • On the Shelf #56 – Last Words
    24 January 2019

    Extinction has been going on for a long time: since creation itself in fact. The first man-made extinction dates back… [more]

  • Melmoth by Sarah Perry
    24 December 2018

    Gothic gloom par excellence by Sarah Perry. … [more]

  • 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]

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