Roz Bellamy Roz Bellamy i(A88495 works by) (a.k.a. Rozy Bellamy)
Gender: Non-binary
Heritage: Jewish
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1 1 y separately published work icon Mood : A Memoir of Love, Identity and Mental Health Roz Bellamy , Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2023 27432555 2023 single work autobiography

'Mood is a memoir that perfectly suits our times, and our collective journey to understand how we are shaped by our identities. It is a testament to hard-won growth through self-knowledge.

'Roz Bellamy is a first-generation Jewish Australian who identifies as non-binary. They met their wife, Rachel, as a university student, as the pair made their first tentative forays into queer culture - and fell in love - through a Buffy the Vampire Slayer online message board. As a young teacher, Roz's longstanding anxiety intensified, as past trauma of being bullied in their own schooldays and the creeping toll of antisemitism in the classroom undermined their burning desire to be the 'perfect' teacher.

'Therapy to treat their distress became a deeper inquiry. As Roz began to investigate and unfurl the various strands of their identity, and how they intersect to make them who they are, they were handed more pieces of the puzzle.

'Mood is a story about love, family and self-fulfilment, while living with mental illness. It's also a candid, absorbing inquiry into the self, and the rewards of embracing who you are, in all its complexity and contradictions. Even - especially - when it's hard.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 What I’m Reading Roz Bellamy , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021;
1 Reimagining the Mikvah Roz Bellamy , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Island , no. 160 2020; (p. 60)
1 Binary School Roz Bellamy , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 57-62)
1 My Helmet Roz Bellamy , 2018 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Living and Loving in Diversity : An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures 2018;
1 y separately published work icon Return Flight MEL > EDI Elizaveta Maltseva (editor), Megan Anderson (editor), Tony Birch , Chloe Wilson , Roz Bellamy , Clifton Hill : Going Down Swinging , 2017 11999243 2017 anthology prose interview
1 Silence and Stillness Roz Bellamy , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , January no. 28 2017; (p. 43-54)
'Sometimes the most ideal writing conditions still don't produce work. How do different types of creative distraction manifest, and how can they be overcome?' (Introduction)
1 The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood Roz Bellamy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , February 2016;

— Review of The Natural Way of Things Charlotte Wood , 2015 single work novel

'A captivating and haunting novel by Charlotte Wood that ripples with anger.'

1 A Double Bed, Please Roz Bellamy , 2015 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: The Activity Report : Adventure Within , January 2015;
1 Memory Box Roz Bellamy , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , January 2015;
1 Hannah Kent : Burial Rites Roz Bellamy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2014;

— Review of Burial Rites Hannah Kent , 2013 single work novel

'Kent succeeds in offering up a fascinating, rich character and leaves it up to the reader to decide how to feel about her fate.'

1 Destroying the Joint : Why Women Have to Change The World Roz Bellamy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , May 2013;

— Review of Destroying the Joint : Why Women Have to Change the World 2013 anthology essay criticism autobiography biography

'Sydney radio presenter Alan Jones' infamous comment that women are destroying the joint inadvertently gave rise to a new movement.'

1 Inconvenience Roz Bellamy , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: BanQuet 2011 : A Feast of New Writing and Art by Australian Queer Women 2011; (p. 37-38)
1 Rurbania Roz Bellamy , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: BanQuet 2010 : A Feast of New Writing and Art by Australian Queer Women 2010; (p. 29-34)
1 Addict's Town i "Ana is called eccentric", Roz Bellamy , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Loose Lips : UTS Writers' Anthology 2004; (p. 112)
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