Suzy Rowland

Welcome

My writing career started as a teenager as a junior reporter at the Caribbean Times and filing culture reports for BBC Radio WM. Along the way I met the magnificent Toni Morrison, poets Benjamin Zephaniah and John Agard, and was awarded first place in the Youth Penmanship Awards aged 18, with my essay ‘What makes a Black person Black?

I worked at Transworld Publishers, surrounded by proofs and manuscripts, before switching to creative and management roles in PR and corporate communications, where I turned my hand to video scripts, features articles media releases.

Eventually I returned to my passion for creative writing to come to terms with the loss of my mother my son’s autism, ADHD diagnosis. I wrote and published my first poetry collection, Songs of My Soul in 2017, to wide acclaim.

My Books

Songs of my Soul, my first poetry collection.  Writing has a direct connection to the soul. My soul was full of confusion. I was bereaved and in love. Our shared human experiences are more alike than they are different, even when we live in different cities, speak in different languages and wear different skins. Our human experiences of love, loss, lust, grief and belonging are universal. As I hit the keyboards to try to figure things out, Songs of my Soul came into being.

Send in the ClownsS.E.N.D. in the Clowns started as a collection of diary entries.  A cathartic way to cope with the injustice and frustration I felt. I wanted to tell my story and it evolved into a story for other families too, to help them feel empowered as they navigate a system that struggles to educate children with ‘difference’.

Suzy Rowland's Books
The His Project

#happyinschool

www.happyinschoolproject.com

I set up the #happyinschool project, to develop deeper understanding in parents and educators of the challenges young people and their families with neurodiversity encounter in accessing quality education.

I have researched and written hundreds of programmes addressing these issues and amassed anonymous insight from families and professionals along the way.

I’m committed to improving wellbeing for autistic, ADHD children and young people, their families and educators, using integrative practice, CBT, storytelling, decades of experience and intuition, as my tools. I deliver tailored programmes for schools, local authorities, charities, businesses and offer dynamic ADHD and autism coaching to families and parent/carer groups.

 

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Book Reviews

“Thoroughly enjoyed this book of poetry. Miss Rigg certainly has a way with words which speaks to young and old souls. A new talent to the scene.”

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Songs of My Soul:  “How wonderful your poems are, hidden meaning and depth beneath everyone of them, and knowing you as I do they reflect the very essence of who you are.

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“Delighted to hear that your book is being so well received, it deserves to be. I do love the title. It’s a book that needs to be on the shelf in our schools, and in our libraries.” 

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Suzy writes with a gentle lyricism about the challenging issues of inclusion and race. In the process, she advocates not just for her own child, but for all children with SEND. A must read. 

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Suzy is an inspirational ray of light, a fiercely intelligent woman with a heart of hold. I urge every professional and any parent of an autistic child to read this book, as I know how much they can learn from your journey.

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Latests Posts

Writ in Water

If you're ever on the M25 in the South of the UK, and you have 30 minutes to spare for a cup of tea, I highly recommend a stop off at the Magna Carter and the grounds...

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Sometimes a photographic artist captures a place and the feel of a place so acutely, it's as if you are in conversation. This is how Dexter McClean's 'Tower Avenue' made me...

Women’s LIK (laughs, Ideas, Knowledge) one year on!

https://youtu.be/S9FMZzzViQI It was great to present our 12th show with Sandra Ewers and Angela Barrows

Actualitte: Open letter to the publishing industry

Actualitte:  Open letter to the publishing industry

Black History Month online

Black History Month online – Reflections on 2020by Suzy Rowland, Oct 2020 Growing up in a mainly white area of Birmingham in the 1970s, a child of 2nd generation immigrants...

Hashtag Press, Author School Author Panel, Suzy guest speaker. October 2020

Hashtag Press, Author School Author Panel, Suzy guest speaker. October 2020

Joining the dots around neurodiversity

specialneedsjungle – Joining the dots around neurodiversity October 2020

Early Years Wellbeing Week

9 Oct 2020 - Podcast: Early Years Wellbeing Week

Embracing your diverse workforce

Kingston Borough Business Magazine – “Embracing your diverse workforce” editorial by Suzy, October 2020.

Primary Times September 2020

Primary Times Article: S.E.N.D in the Clowns