Elected: 2022
Charlie Swinbourne is an award-winning scriptwriter, director and journalist. His television work includes Deaf Funny, Found, My Song, Departure Lounge and Four Deaf Yorkshiremen plus BBC series such as Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On, Casualty, and Eastenders. His writing has won RTS and BAFTA awards, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2021 by the University of Wolverhampton. He is also the editor of the blog The Limping Chicken, offering a platform for other deaf writers.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
