Elderly trans novelist and poet living in London.
Agree with you about Dark Night rises. Dark Knight is redeemed by Ledger. A few years ago I reviewed a critical biography and watched or re watched everything The Nolan Variations by Tom Shone | Book review | The TLS share.google/MNORfy9uwLWh...
A taste for deceptionA palate that stresses pale blues, greys and browns; tightly choreographed fights in tightly enclosed spaces; the dissonances between chronological timeshare.googleThis is excellent.
Jemma "Pre-order a Folio of Murderers" TopazOkay, something slightly new. I wrote a story in anger. It's heavy and it made me cry. It is about UK trans stuff. There isn't much plot; it's mostly conversation. There's a lot of talk of suicide. If this doesn't sound like much of an advert, it isn't. write.as/inclusions/a...
This is the paper I wrote in 2023 for the Liverpool academic conference about fantasy discussing my working methods on RHAPSODY OF BLOOD. It contains minor spoilers and is a product both of critical intelligence and overweening vanity... fantasy-hive.co.uk/2023/10/roz-...
Roz Kaveney CRSF Keynote | Fantasy-HiveToday we're thrilled to be able to publish Roz Kaveney's Keynote speech from this year's CRSF conference: Against Intention – Random and aleatoric elements in the creation of Rhapsody of Bloodfantasy-hive.co.ukAnother fab piece about my work from Gina.
Gina GwenffrewiWith our further loss of rights this week, it's more important than ever to celebrate the work of trans artists. In the case of Roz Kaveney's brilliant chapbook The Great Good Time, it's a reminder that things have been bad before, but we will survive. My review: www.ginamaya.co.uk/books-music/...
I wrote this a long time ago. Back when the Guardian still published trans writers. It remains valid. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When a writer's words have unintended consequences | Roz KaveneyRoz Kaveney: That Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto quotes Melanie Phillips should give all writers pause for thoughtwww.theguardian.comRead James Bloodworth on Orr Source: Byline Times share.google/8mVVecgONrDZ...
James Orr: Reform UK's Religious Cambridge Professor’s Politics of ContradictionsNigel Farage’s Head of Policy provides a veneer of respectability to a politics that seeks fewer restraints, fewer mediating institutions, and less liberal democracyshare.googleMany thanks for this...
Gina GwenffrewiWhen trans culture's vitality should be celebrated more than ever, Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social publishes her wonderful new book of poetics: "We’re in a war... share my darlings share listen and read Our texts our bodies all we are and need." Review here: www.ginamaya.co.uk/books-music/...