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Rachelle Atalla

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Other contact method: Agent (Cathryn Summerhayes): [email protected]
Local authority: East Dunbartonshire
Languages: English
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I am a novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. My debut novel The Pharmacist will be published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2022, with a second novel scheduled for the following year. I was a participant of Scottish Film & Talent Network’s Write4film programme and their Scottish Shorts Development scheme. My short film Trifle was commissioned by SFTN and will premier at Manchester Film Festival in 2021. My short stories have been published in numerous literary anthologies and I also co-edit New Writing Scotland. I am available for readings, residencies, mentoring and workshops across Scotland.

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Clackmannanshire; Dundee; East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Glasgow City; Inverclyde; North Lanarkshire; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Mentoring; Panel event; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop; Chairing events

Topics of work

Characters of colour & BAME characters; Childhood; Contemporary fiction; Death, grief & bereavement; Environment & climate; Friendship; Loneliness & isolation

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+