Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Realized I needed a new pinned tweet. So here's a lovely thing about my book from @spencerquong in the @parisreview.

"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 boundlessmagazine.com/p/how-long-is-…

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)

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

@stampedinblind @ae_stallings It wasn't that but I looked it up and it is both clever and beautiful in a painful way.

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?

@StuartEvers It was that. You are brilliant! Thank you for pulling it up from the depths of my clearly very foggy memories.

@RowanHLB Not a short story, but a novel called Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra which was a novel in multiple choice questions fits that bill. Is that it?

This is impossible to google because it just returns actual quizzes about short stories.

@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.

@LucyKulwiec Thank you for reading The Sleep Watcher. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🌊

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 Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.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/projects/londo…

@joytotheswirls Thank you for reading it. I was very glad to be in anthology that made space for some very varied voices. I hope you enjoy The Sleep Watcher!

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.

@AkiSchilz @TLCUK You do amazing work all the time.

Today we put a group of LGBTQ+ writers in touch with each other. All had applied to a @TLCUK opportunity. Now, there's a cohort building solidarity, allyship and support for and with each other. TLC isn't just a community for itself. We build community. And I couldn't be prouder.

@AkiSchilz Hi!! 😊❤️

@RowanHLB HELLO you ❤️

Mama I made it into the newspaper again! (who can forget my star turn in the Ealing Gazette playing the triangle with aplomb in 1990?) suffolknews.co.uk/stowmarket/amp…

@alice_hiller @NiChurr @jessicajlee @DauntBooksPub Thank you so much for being part of it. ❤️

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 🐕🐕🐕🌎

@ChrisBrWriter Thank you. I hope your writing is going well!

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