Joan Taylor-Rowan copyright Peter King

Joan Taylor-Rowan is a teacher of Art and Textiles, and world traveller. She is the author of The Birdskin Shoes, a tale of circuses and earthquakes in Mexico.  She has had several stories read on Radio 4 and performed at Short Fuse, Storytales, Liars’ League and Tales of the Decongested. She is currently writing a musical with a composer she met through Liars’ League.

We published Joan in our very first book: London Lies her story Renewal, was first read at London Liars’ League in March 2012, as part of the Hired & Fired evening.

Joan Taylor-Rowan Renewal clip

Joan’s Story for Stations, Birdland, is set in Anerley and features an awkward moment with a policeman, and a search for hedgehogs

Since then we’ve published a number of Joan’s stories in our #WomenVote100 anthology, Five by Five

Joan reading at the launch of Five by Five