Rosie Garland
One of Val McDermid’s selected writers for the International Literature Showcase
“A poet, short story writer and novelist whose work also incorporates a wide range of performance.” – Val McDermid
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Will take you to strange places, yet bring you back safely
Novelist, poet and singer with post-punk band The March Violets, Rosie Garland has a passion for language nurtured by public libraries. Her work’s appeared in Under the Radar, The North, Spelk, Rialto, Mslexia and elsewhere. Debut novel, The Palace of Curiosities, was nominated for both The Desmond Elliott and Polari First Book Prize and Vixen was a Green Carnation Prize nominee. Latest novel The Night Brother is described by The Times as “a delight: playful and exuberant… with shades of Angela Carter.” She’s performed internationally as The Time-Travelling Suffragette and infamous alter-ego Rosie Lugosi the Lesbian Vampire Queen.
Read an interview with Rosie in CultureWord.
“The Palace of Curiosities is a jewel-box of a novel, with page after page, scene after scene, layer after layer of treats and surprises. Garland is a real literary talent: definitely an author to watch.” Sarah Waters, Mslexia 2012
“In ‘The Night Brother’, Garland crafts a study in dualism that would make Henry Jekyll jealous, and establishes herself as one of Britain’s best new historical novelists.” Kaite Welsh, Diva October 2017
“Echoes of Angela Carter’s more fantastical fiction reverberate through this exuberant tale… Garland’s narrative is enjoyably energetic.” Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times June 2017
“Bewitching” Good Housekeeping, May 2013
“A cross between Philip Pullman and Angela Carter, she takes us on an evocative and wonderful journey, full of magical delights and stunning set pieces… Her style is a joy. She made me gasp with the audacity of her ideas and smile with the lush beauty of her prose.” Eric Page, GScene June 2013
“I’m absolutely thrilled! It’s a great honour to be selected for such an exciting and prestigious opportunity.” – Rosie Garland
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