ROSIE GARLAND writes novels, short fiction and poetry, and sings with post-punk band The March Violets. With a passion for language nurtured by public libraries, her work has appeared in Spelk, Mslexia, Under the Radar,The Longleaf Review, Butcher’s Dog, New Welsh Reader, Ellipsis, The Rialto, The North and elsewhere. The Times has described her writing as “a delight: playful and exuberant”.
She’s received writing commissions from Bronte Parsonage Museum and Tate Modern as well as nominations for the 2018 Pushcart and Forward Prizes. She is inaugural writer-in-residence at The John Rylands Library, Manchester.
Her belief in the power of persistence stems from personal experience: after 12 years at a reputable literary agency who failed to place her novels, she entered and won the inaugural Mslexia Novel Competition in 2011. This debut novel was published as The Palace of Curiosities (HarperCollins 2013) and was longlisted for both the Desmond Elliott and the Polari First Book Prize. Her second novel, Vixen, was longlisted for the 2014 Green Carnation Prize. Her third novel, The Night Brother, was published in 2017. Her next poetry collection, This Is How I Fight, is published by Nine Arches Press in 2025.
An experienced workshop facilitator, she is also a Trained Reader for the National Association for Writers in Education and a Trained Guide for the Professional Development Programme developed and co-ordinated by www.literaturetraining.com. She is committed to giving honest, thorough, well-balanced and constructive feedback. This focuses on suggestions and questions rather than definitive statements, exploring strategies to overcome issues and building skills and strengths.
- Areas of expertise: literary fiction, historical fiction, magic realist fiction, short stories
- Location: Manchester
- Possible meeting places: The Portico Library, The John Rylands Library
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