Manchester Histories Festival launch
Manchester Histories Festival at Manchester Art Gallery
7th June 2018
The Manchester Histories Festival launch was a great event. I was invited to read my commissioned piece 'Syrinx' next to the painting that inspired it (‘Syrinx’ by Arthur Hacker). And I was surrounded by the paintings targeted in the 1913 Suffragette direct action – a truly atmospheric experience.
Proud to share the evening with marvellous writers Kate Feld, Michelle Green & Maz Hedgehog.
Thank you Manchester Histories Festival!
5.2.2018 - Women's Words, Manchester - gala event
WOMEN’S words MCR – Suffragette Tea Party gala event
Manchester Central Library,
St Peter's Square,
Manchester M2 5PD
Doors 5.30pm
Event starts at 6pm
A celebratory event to launch the collection of real life stories built around women’s experience of living, working and growing in Manchester.
A selection of the stories will be published in a beautiful, hand-crafted magazine based on the historic The Suffragette magazine to honour 100 years since women got the right to vote in 1918.
It will also feature commissioned writers such as Rosie Garland, Reshma Ruia, Kate Feld and Michelle Green.
PLUS The Time Travelling Suffragettes!
http://womenswordsmcr.com/blog/2017/12/14/selections-for-the-suffragette/
http://womenswordsmcr.com/
News and Events
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January 2019 - short fiction highlights
Written on Wednesday, 16 January 2019 14:20
Great to start the new year with a slew of short fiction highlights!
My story ‘Burning Girl’ is in the ‘Disturbing the Beast’ anthology from Boudicca Press, out February 2019.
My flash fic, ‘Your sons & your daughters are beyond’ is being published in Longleaf Review on Feb 10th 2019 http://longleafreview.com/
… flash fic ‘What goes on in the bushes’ is featured in issue 16 of The Cabinet of Heed, mid-January 2019
https://cabinetofheed.com/I’ve been
Longlisted in TSS flash fiction competition, winter 2018
https://www.theshortstory.co.uk/flash-fiction-400/flash-fiction-results/
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Longlisted in Reflex flash fiction competition, winter 2018
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1.12.2018 - Man City match - singing The Pankhurst Anthem
Written on Friday, 07 December 2018 11:01
What an adventure!
On Saturday December 1st, I sang the Pankhurst Anthem – specially written by Helen Pankhurst & Lucy Pankhurst - in Etihad Stadium in front of the Manchester City crowd at half time!I can honestly say I've never sung in front of a crown of 50,000 people. What an experience.
All part of the run-up to the unveiling of Hazel Reeves wonderful statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter’s Square, Manchester on December 14th 2018.
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November 2018 - The John Rylands Library writer-in-residence
Written on Monday, 12 November 2018 10:43
Finally, I can announce that I am inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The John Rylands Library in Manchester. It’s fantastic news.
How? I put together a proposal, & asked. The power of asking, indeed.Read the article in the University of Manchester magazine, here:
“When I first moved to Manchester I was stunned to discover this incredible library with such a surprising history,” remembers Rosie Garland, singer with Leeds post-punk band The March Violets and writer-in-residence at The John Rylands Library.
“It’s always been one of my favourite places in Manchester and the idea that I’m now working in it and writing about it as the Library’s first writer-in- residence is a dream come true.”Read full article here
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/magazine/features/novel-library-research/Tags: john rylands john rylands events john rylands library the john rylands library enriqueta rylands university of manchester uom writer in residence writer residency manchester library manchester events manchester writers novel writing life rosie garland rosie garland interview university of manchester magazine jill jennings -
October 2018 - Bath Flash Fiction Award Commendation
Written on Sunday, 04 November 2018 10:18
What great news – encouraging, too!
My flash fiction “How can a woman sleep when the Master is in pain?” has just received a commendation in the Bath Flash Fiction Award, October 2018.
Judged by Nuala O’Connor. I’m delighted.You can read it here:
https://bathflashfictionaward.com/2018/10/rosie-garland-october-2018-commended/
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10.10.2018 - Interview in 'Visit Manchester' - walking tour inspired by The Night Brother
Written on Sunday, 14 October 2018 10:26
There’s a great article in Visit Manchester about the walking tour of the city inspired by The Night Brother!
“A Gothic style novel inspired by the streets and stories of late nineteenth century Manchester – ‘The Night Brother’(2017) by Rosie Garland – is soon going to be coming to life, in the form of a unique walking tour on Saturday 3rd November at 3pm - 4.30pm.devised by Rosie herself and local guide Anne Beswick.
This walk will be titled ‘Manchester Dark, Manchester Light - the inspiration behind The Night Brother’ and certainly is special.
‘The Night Brother’ is after all a novel of urban exploration, familial intensity and a dark delve into Manchester at the turn of the twentieth century. Guests will be able to ponder this as they will take in the sites of the city – including Northern Quarter backstreets, Victorian markets and subterranean spaces…”
Read the full interview here:
https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and-inspiration/haunt-manchester/places-product-list/night-brother-novel
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