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Rowland Molony

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Rowland Molony
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
NationalityBritish
SpouseElizabeth Baxendale
Children2

Rowland Molony (born 1946) is a British poet and novelist.

Life

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Molony graduated from St John's Catholic Comprehensive School Gravesend, Kent, in 1962,[1] and joined the RAF. He spent several years in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where he married the artist Elizabeth Baxendale, and has two daughters. He now lives in Beer, Devon.

He is a teacher and lecturer. His love for poetry and the teaching of English Literature led to him writing his first book for children, After the Death of Alice Bennett.[2]

Awards

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Work

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  • "Hive Inspection". Arts Council England, South West. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009.
  • Frogs and Co

Anthologies

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Novels

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  • After the Death of Alice Bennett. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 4 January 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-275472-1.
  • Themba and the Crocodile Longman Zimbabwe 1984 ISBN 0582 - 58741 - 7
  • The Raintree Longman Zimbabwe 1986 ISBN 0582 - 00370 - 9

Non Fiction

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  • Notes from a Clifftop Apiary and Fifteen Poems About Bees and Other Creatures. Published by Northern Bee Books, 2014.
  • On Stillness. (Booklet) 2016 The Philosophy behind Meditation.
  • Freedom from Self. (Booklet) 2018 A Philosophy for Living.
  • Prompts (Booklet) 2020 Spiritual Philosophy.
  • Peace of Mind (Booklet) 2023 Spiritual Philosophy.
  • Going Through Dark Times (Booklet) 2023 Spiritual Philosophy

Interviews

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References

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  1. ^ "Rowland Rowland Molony Molony | St John's Catholic Comprehensive School (Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom)". NamesDatabase. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Curtis Brown". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 5 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine