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

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.

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?

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_...

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 📝🚀