Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

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.)

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[Boundless Magazine @BoundlessLit]

"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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[Renard Press @renardpress]

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)

[Indie Novella Publishers @IndieNovella]

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

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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?

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[jenny mustard @jenny_mustard]

@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.

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

This is an amazing opportunity.

[Spread the Word @STWevents]

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Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.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: https://t.co/AD8V0CDk8g

[Spread the Word @STWevents]

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: https://t.co/AD8V0CDk8g

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

@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!

[꧁ joy ꧂ @joytotheswirls]

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.

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

@AkiSchilz Hi!! 😊❤️

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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

[alice hiller @alice_hiller]

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 🐕🐕🐕🌎

[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan @RowanHLB]

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