Charlie Roy
Writer - Fiction & Poetry
Welcome to my official website.
As a writer, my mission in life is to tell stories of all kinds. Take a look through the site to find everything from my latest work to past projects.
As well as writing novels and poetry, I am an educator, an editor, a publisher and a PR specialist. If you are interested in working together, please contact me.
About
Hi, I'm Charlie Roy, a novelist, poet and publisher based in Edinburgh.
My debut novel, The Broken Pane, was published by Leamington Books, and my poetry pamphlets Grit and Flesh are published by Red Squirrel Press as part of the press's twentieth-anniversary year.
I write about family, memory, inheritance, place and the lives of women. My work often explores the spaces between countries, generations and identities, drawing on my experiences of growing up in Spain and building a life in Scotland.
I have performed at the BBC Slam, the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. Alongside my own writing, I run Stewed Rhubarb Press, supporting and publishing new voices.
I'm currently working on a second novel and new poetry projects.
When I'm not writing, you'll usually find me with a strong coffee, walking by the sea with my labradoodle, or plotting my next book.
Whether you're a reader, reviewer, festival programmer, library,
book group or fellow writer, I'd love to hear from you.
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The Broken Pane
01 October 2021
I am extremely happy and excited to share with you my debut novel The Broken Pane, published by Leamington Books. Walking the line between reliable memory and unreliable narrator, The Broken Pane invites you to consider whether you are shaped by your past ― or if you shape your past yourself? This is a literary fiction novel about finding hope against all odds.
Poetry by
Charlie
Grit and Flesh are two companion poetry pamphlets published by Red Squirrel Press.
Designed as a dual work, the pamphlets connect, tracing a journey from girlhood in Spain to motherhood in Scotland. Together, they explore family, faith, inheritance, resilience, grief, tenderness and the body as lived terrain.
In Grit, a girl grows up in Spanish heat: Catholic ritual, sea swims, friendships, secrets and the quiet negotiations of power and belonging. In Flesh, a mother navigates storms, kitchens, marriage, loss and the daily acts of care that shape family life.
Across both collections, landscape and memory intertwine. Heat answers weather; incense meets steam; sugared almonds become strawberries. The poems ask what we carry forward, what we leave behind, and how we learn to inhabit our lives.
Published as part of Red Squirrel Press's twentieth-anniversary year, Grit and Flesh mark Charlie Roy's first poetry publications.
"The memories I had built exploded.
As the debris landed, my mind grasped at the facts."
The Broken Pane
