Books By Amanda Rogers - Author

Cheryl Robson Australian-born, Cheryl worked at the BBC in London for several years then developed and produced new writing for theatre before working as an editor and publishing over 200 writers, winning numerous awards. As a playwright, she won the Croydon Warehouse International Playwriting Competition, was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize and has had several stage plays produced. Her co-translation of David's Story by Stig Dalager was shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation and her co-edited book Silent Women:Pioneers of Cinema (Supernova) was voted best book on silent film in 2017. As a director, her film Rock 'n' Roll Island won four awards at US film festivals and was nominated at Raindance London. She initiated Sight/Unseen a conference on Asian Drama to coincide with the launch of this collection at Goldsmiths and Tara Arts in London. Amanda Rogers Associate Professor in Human Geography and the Geohum