Rowan Deer, PhD

I have a story in the new issue of Springs: springs-rcc.org/how-we-got-h...

A short history of the universe narrated by someone older and wiser than all of it🌌

it maybe seems strange to write about aphantasia via a book review, but visual imagination (or lack thereof) deeply shapes the reading experience. and this vastly different experience of reading books provides a glimpse of the vastly different ways we read the world

Reading in the Dark "The words move like transparent fish through the lightless world of the deepest sea"

In a lifetime of reading, it took decades for Jemma Rowan Deer to realize something about herself: she has aphantasia, or the total lack of the ability to produce mental imagery. She describes the condition in the bounds of a container she knows well: the literary review.

reader, i was not invited (let alone informed)

i want six edible creations thank you pls

today in weird shit from google alerts: a “creative food studio” in Madrid is hosting an €80 “supper club” based on my book www.instagram.com/p/DDPHLugqj5...
“INCLUDES AN IN-GALLERY EXPERIENCE WITH SIX EDIBLE CREATIONS INSPIRED BY THE EXHIBITION’S THEME
+PAIRING OF HONEST WINES AND WELCOME COCKTAIL”

I found it surprisingly useful with a batch of scientific papers on a particular topic, and then out of curiosity fed it all my published papers (i.e. in lit crit / environmental humanities) and the results were completely inane. So better (if not infallible) for science?

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year.

Happy solstice folx! Here’s some good news to celebrate 💚

If you'd like to book me to teach a writing workshop at your institution, get in touch to discuss options - it could be live or online, 2 hours or 2 days, and can be tailored to participants' interests and needs :)

Some feedback from participants:

This week I had the pleasure to teach another 2-day writing workshop at the
@CarsonCenter
, this time focused on honing and editing a work-in-progress. Thank you to the participants who were thoughtful and engaged throughout :)

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

Heyyy! Thanks, and sorry for the slow response. Not really active on here so far. But lovely to hear from you and hope you’re doing well :)
(I still make your beans recipe btw!)

And here's some feedback from the last writing workshop I did for the Rachel Carson Center in September: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

Details of my next writing workshop at the Rachel Carson Center are online: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

I can't wait to see what everyone achieves in the 2 days📝🚀

Get in touch to book something similar for your institution or research centre :)

Hello Bluesky! Let me use this first post to introduce myself: I’m Rowan, and I’m a freelance #copyeditor and #writing coach, specialising in academic and nonfiction writing. Get in touch if you’d like to find out more about how I can help your writing achieve its full potential 📝🚀