Author of Harmless Like You, Starling Days, & The Sleep Watcher. Editor of Go Home! & Dog Hearted. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. (She/They.)
London
Joined November 2012
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Realized I needed a new pinned tweet. So here's a lovely thing about my book from @spencerquong in the @parisreview.
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"These men want to live forever. In my mind's eye, they appear like little boys playing at being gods and superheroes — bright-eyed with bravado and daydreams. They are middle-aged now, as am I. The idea seems absurd."
@RowanHLB
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Lovely to see the Alternative book fair off to a great start, with a cracking panel marking #IWD2025 last night for a booked-out audience. 🙌
Brilliant insight from @EmilyBooksBlog and great chat from the talented panelists!
Plenty more to come tomorrow – do join! (free)
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Delighted to be putting on the Alternative Book Fair again this year and the lineup for the three days is amazing. @RowanHLB Camilla Grudova @santanubh89 @KellyAnneSyd @JacarandaBooks @Influxpress @CipherPress and so many more. 5th - 8th March
Does anyone remember a literary short story that came out a few years ago, (I think as part of a collection) that took the form of a quiz but the quiz questions started to tell a story?
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@RowanHLB and i ventured to @BurleyFisher last night to listen to the one and only @YanGeMay (among others) read and discuss her work.
it was a joy, but then again so was the publishing gossip over drinks afterwards.
This is an amazing opportunity.
We’re delighted to announce #LondonWritersAwards is back!
Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.
Apps run 25 Sep-31 Oct.
More info: spreadtheword.org.uk/project…
ALT A wide poster with the words 'London Writers Awards is back!'. Underneath is a collage photo of different books that have come out of the awards.
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan retweeted
We’re delighted to announce #LondonWritersAwards is back!
Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.
Apps run 25 Sep-31 Oct.
More info: spreadtheword.org.uk/project…
ALT A wide poster with the words 'London Writers Awards is back!'. Underneath is a collage photo of different books that have come out of the awards.
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just finished “No One is Lonely” by @RowanHLB 👏🏾
Adding her to the list of people I would love to meet in this lifetime. ☺️ Her style definitely stands out in this anthology and now I absolutely MUST read The Sleep Watcher.
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So grateful to @NiChurr for these tender words & to our brilliant editors @RowanHLB @jessicajlee @DauntBooksPub for bringing this exploration of passionate #dog-love wuffing into the world 🐕🐕🐕🌎
✨ Ithaca had been lifted out of her crate and was placed in my arms ... Breathing in the biscuity smell of her soft fur, I whispered that I was her person. I was claiming her, one animal-self to another. ✨️I'm under the spell of this beautiful essay by @alice_hiller
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an incredibly talented writer and I loved her previous book… adding this one to my TBR list
with urgency
her prose is amazing
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This book! Absolutely beautiful, heartbreaking, with crisp prose and stunning characterisation. Everything I love 💞
Add this to your lists, for sure!
The Sleep Watcher by @RowanHLB
Come read my little paperback and be sad but hopefully in a good way? 🌊💙
Finally read The Sleep Watcher by @RowanHLB!
Addressing the issue of domestic violence, complexity of spousal & parental love etc., - TSW's slow burn reached a painful pinnacle that left my heart aching hours after finishing.
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Finally read The Sleep Watcher by @RowanHLB!
Addressing the issue of domestic violence, complexity of spousal & parental love etc., - TSW's slow burn reached a painful pinnacle that left my heart aching hours after finishing.
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I'm think of teaching a free 1hr short-story writing workshop - like a 101 of structure and shape (the hardest thing to do in the short form, imho). First, would you be interested? Second, pls RT! Probably early July.
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get rowan’s melancholic, atmospheric, and ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL novel, now out in paperback:
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At our 'How To Get Published – Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction' event award-winning author of Harmless Like You, Starling Days & The Sleep Watcher @RowanHLB will be discussing how to use character and structure in your #fiction writing!
Book your place: writersandartists.co.uk/even…
