About Roz
Roz’s debut book, Mood: A Memoir of Love, Identity and Mental Health, was published in October 2023 (Wakefield Press). Shortlisted for the 2024 Young Jewish Writers Award and longlisted for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award, Mood explores the intersections between mental illness, Jewish and queer identity, and intergenerational trauma. Roz’s writing has appeared in The Big Issue, the Conversation, the Guardian, Huffington Post, Island Magazine, the Jewish Independent, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Kill Your Darlings, Meanjin, SBS, the Sydney Morning Herald and other publications, and in the anthologies Growing Up Queer In Australia (Black Inc.) and Living and Loving in Diversity (Wakefield Press). Roz completed a PhD at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in 2023 researching the impacts of engaging in life writing on young LGBTIQA+ people’s mental health & wellbeing.
Writing
Learn more about my memoir, Mood: A Memoir of Love, Identity and Mental Health, and read my other writing.
Workshops
I run engaging creative nonfiction and essay writing workshops for all ages and levels of experience.
Events
Find out details about upcoming events, including festivals, panels, launches and readings.