Opening hours Gallery: Wednesday to Sunday 12–5pm

Novel Writers: Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Stubborn Archivist

Novel Writers: Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Stubborn Archivist

Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Stubborn Archivist. Photograph by Atri Banerjee

Information

Information

Yara Rodrigues Fowler grew up in a Brazilian British household in London. Her debut novel Stubborn Archivist explores growing up between cultures, finding your space within them and learning to live in a traumatized body. Our stubborn archivist tells her story through history, through family conversations, through the eyes of her mother, her grandmother and her aunt and slowly she begins to emerge into the world, defining her own sense of identity. An exciting, bold, witty debut, Stubborn Archivist is unlike any book you’ve read, and one you won’t forget.

“I read Stubborn Archivist in a ravenous gulp. It's stunning: so articulate about what it means to live between two languages and countries, tenderly unravelling the knots of unbelonging.” – Olivia Laing

YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER WAS INTERVIEWED FOR OUR NOVEL WRITERS: THE WARM UP PODCAST
Novel writer Yara Rodrigues Fowler is featured smiling, front and centre of the Bristol 24/7 web page

Read Yara Rodrigues Fowler's interview with Bristol 24/7

Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Yara Rodrigues Fowler’s writing has appeared in Skin Deep, Litro, and other publications. She’s a trustee of Latin American Women’s Aid, an organisation that runs the only two refuges in Europe for and by Latin American women. Stubborn Archivist is her first book.

Novel Writers

Each month we invite a debut novelist to read from and talk about their work in an informal setting. Prior knowledge of the text is not essential. Topics of discussion include theme, structure, inspiration and the craft of writing. These sessions are a great way to discover new writing talent and great books.

In partnership with