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'''Roger "Rodge" Paul H Glass''' (born 17 January 1978 in ])<ref>{{cite web|url=//search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=r&lastname=glass&eventyear=1978&eventyear_offset=0&county=lancashire%2ccheshire|title=Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}</ref> is an English writer.
'''Rodge Glass''' (born 17 January 1978 in ])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-10-06 |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://shortstoryproject.com/writers/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Short Story Project |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=http://covepark.org/artists/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Cove Park}}</ref> is a British writer.


==Biography==
Glass studied at ] and ], before returning to work for the programme at Strathclyde in which he himself studied. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at ] and an Associate Editor at Freight Books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rodgeglass.com/about-rodge/|title=About Rodge|work=Rodge Glass}}</ref>
Glass was born in ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> He attended an "] Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, ] in Jerusalem."<ref name=":0" /> In 1997,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/author/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Faber |language=en-US}}</ref> Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from ]. For graduate school, he attended ], where he was tutored by ], ], ],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Spinning Scotland |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/spinningscotland/committee/rodge/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=]}}</ref> and received a ] degree in Creative Writing.<ref name=":3" /> Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer.<ref name=":4" /> In 2008, he received a ] degree from the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roger Glass |url=https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/roger-glass |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for '']'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rodge-glass |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> '']'', '']'', ''],'' and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at ] and Fiction Editor at ]."<ref name=":0" />
Glass's first novel, ''No Fireworks'', was nominated for four awards, the ], the ], the ], and the ]. His biography of ] won a 2009 ] and was shortlisted for the ] 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.


He is currently a ] in Creative Writing at the ], where he also serves as the Convener of the ] program in Creative Writing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Roger Glass |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/glassrogerdr/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=]}}</ref>
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: The One O' Clock Gun Anthology'' (Edinburgh, 2010)


==Novels== ==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
* ''No Fireworks'' (Faber & Faber, 2005)
|+Awards for Glass's writing
* ''Hope for Newborns'' (Faber & Faber, 2008)
!Year
* ''Dougie's War'' (with Dave Turbitt, ])
!Title
* ''Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs'' (Tindal Street Press, 2012)
!Award
* ''LoveSexTravelMusik'' (short story collection, Freight Books, 2013)
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|2006
|''No Fireworks''
|]
|Nominee
|<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-03-19 |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://www.jennybrownassociates.com/rodge-glass.htm |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Jenny Brown Associates |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Contemporary fiction & non-fiction |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/research/subjects/creativewriting/contemporaryfictionnon-fiction/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=]}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|''No Fireworks''
|]
|Nominee
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|2006
|''No Fireworks''
|Glen Dimplex First Book Award
|Shortlist
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|''No Fireworks''
|]
|Nominee
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|2009
|''Alasdair Gray''
|Scottish Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction
|Nominee
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
|2009
|''Alasdair Gray''
|]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=Somerset Maugham Awards |url=https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/somerset-maugham-awards/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''LoveSexTravelMusik''
|]
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
|}


==Biographies== ==Publications==
*''Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography'' (2008), winner of the ]


==References== === As editor ===
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* ''The Year of Open Doors'' (Cargo, 2011)
* {{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/hope-for-newborns-by-rodge-glass-844187.html|title=Hope for Newborns, By Rodge Glass}}
* ''Second Lives: Tales From Two Cities'' with ] (Cargo, 2012)
* ''Articles of Faith'' by Michael Cannon (Freight, 2014)
* ''Head Land'' (Edge Hill University Press, 2016)
* ''The Storey's Story: Memories, Stories, Poems, Images''


=== Biographies ===
==External links==
*''Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography'' (2008)
*''Michel Faber: The Writer & His Work'' (], 2023)


=== Novels ===
* {{cite web|url=//www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/biography1|title=Be my Boswell'}}
* ''No Fireworks'' (Faber & Faber, 2005)
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* ''Hope for Newborns'' (Faber & Faber, 2008)
*
* * ''Dougie's War'' with ] (Freight, 2010)


=== Short story collections ===
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* ''LoveSexTravelMusik: Stories for the EasyJet Generation'' (Freight, 2013)


=== Select short stories ===
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* "We're All Gonna Have the Blues," in ''Beacons: Stories for our Not So Distant Future'', edited by '']'' (Oneworld, 2013)
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Roger Glass

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English writer
== References ==
| DATE OF BIRTH = 17 January 1978
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Manchester , England

| DATE OF DEATH =
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 23:23, 13 November 2024

British writer

Rodge Glass (born 17 January 1978 in Cheshire) is a British writer.

Biography

Glass was born in Cheshire, England. He attended an "Orthodox Jewish Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, Hebrew University in Jerusalem." In 1997, Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from Strathclyde University. For graduate school, he attended Glasgow University, where he was tutored by Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Janice Galloway, and received a Master of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing. Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer. In 2008, he received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy degree from the University of Glasgow.

Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for The Guardian, The Paris Review, The Herald, The Scotsman, and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at Edge Hill University and Fiction Editor at Freight Books."

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where he also serves as the Convener of the Master of Letters program in Creative Writing.

Awards

Awards for Glass's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2006 No Fireworks Authors’ Club First Novel Award Nominee
2006 No Fireworks Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee
2006 No Fireworks Glen Dimplex First Book Award Shortlist
No Fireworks Saltire Award Nominee
2009 Alasdair Gray Scottish Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction Nominee
2009 Alasdair Gray Somerset Maugham Award Winner
2013 LoveSexTravelMusik Frank O’Connor Award Nominee

Publications

As editor

  • The Year of Open Doors (Cargo, 2011)
  • Second Lives: Tales From Two Cities with Jane Bernstein (Cargo, 2012)
  • Articles of Faith by Michael Cannon (Freight, 2014)
  • Head Land (Edge Hill University Press, 2016)
  • The Storey's Story: Memories, Stories, Poems, Images

Biographies

Novels

  • No Fireworks (Faber & Faber, 2005)
  • Hope for Newborns (Faber & Faber, 2008)
  • Dougie's War with Dave Turbitt (Freight, 2010)

Short story collections

  • LoveSexTravelMusik: Stories for the EasyJet Generation (Freight, 2013)

Select short stories

  • "We're All Gonna Have the Blues," in Beacons: Stories for our Not So Distant Future, edited by Gregory Norminton (Oneworld, 2013)

References

  1. ^ "Rodge Glass". The Short Story Project. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. ^ "Rodge Glass". Cove Park. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  3. ^ "Rodge Glass". Faber. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ^ "Spinning Scotland". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. "Roger Glass". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. "Rodge Glass". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  7. "Dr Roger Glass". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. ^ "Rodge Glass". Jenny Brown Associates. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  9. ^ "Contemporary fiction & non-fiction". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  10. "Somerset Maugham Awards". The Society of Authors. 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

External links

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