Rodge Glass
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Rodge Glass is a writer. Born and bred in Gatley, Greater Manchester, England, Glass moved to Scotland aged 19 to study at Strathclyde University. He went on to study at Glasgow University before returning to work for the program at Strathclyde in which he himself studied. He is Currently a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University and an Associate Editor at Cargo Publishing.
Glass's first novel, No Fireworks, was nominated for four awards, the Saltire First Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize
, the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and the Glen Dimplex First Book Award. His biography of Alasdair Gray
won a 2009 Somerset Maugham Award
and was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council
Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. His next project was the hybrid graphic novel Dougie's War, which was nominated for Best Publication and Best Illustration at the Scottish Creative Awards, also nominated for Best Graphic Novel at the Scottish Indie Comic Book Awards. Glass's forthcoming novel Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs, will be published in April 2012.
Glass has also published a number of short stories. A Weekend of Freedom (2009) and 'Why Nothing Works No.2' (2010) were published in Gutter magazine. I Know My Team and I Shall Not Be Moved was published in Roads Ahead (Tindal Street Press, 2009) and Do All Things With Love appeared in the Edinburgh Review (2011). He was also a contributor to Pax Edina: One O' Clock Gun Anthology (Edinburgh, 2010)
Glass's first novel, No Fireworks, was nominated for four awards, the Saltire First Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize
Dylan Thomas Prize
The Dylan Thomas Prize is the world’s top cash prize for young writers. The annual prize, named in honor of the Welsh writer and poet Dylan Thomas, brings international prestige and a cash award of £30,000 . It is open to published writers in the English language under the age of thirty. The prize...
, the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and the Glen Dimplex First Book Award. His biography of Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray is a Scottish writer and artist. His most acclaimed work is his first novel Lanark, published in 1981 and written over a period of almost 30 years...
won a 2009 Somerset Maugham Award
Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to whom they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus...
and was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...
Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. His next project was the hybrid graphic novel Dougie's War, which was nominated for Best Publication and Best Illustration at the Scottish Creative Awards, also nominated for Best Graphic Novel at the Scottish Indie Comic Book Awards. Glass's forthcoming novel Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs, will be published in April 2012.
Glass has also published a number of short stories. A Weekend of Freedom (2009) and 'Why Nothing Works No.2' (2010) were published in Gutter magazine. I Know My Team and I Shall Not Be Moved was published in Roads Ahead (Tindal Street Press, 2009) and Do All Things With Love appeared in the Edinburgh Review (2011). He was also a contributor to Pax Edina: One O' Clock Gun Anthology (Edinburgh, 2010)
Novels
- No Fireworks (Faber & Faber, 2005)
- Hope for Newborns (Faber & Faber, 2008)
- Dougie's War (with Dave Turbitt, graphic novelGraphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
) - Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs (forthcoming, Tindal Street Press, April 2012)
Biographies
- Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography (2008), winner of the Somerset Maugham awardSomerset Maugham AwardThe Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to whom they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus...