Elected: 2019
Xandra Bingley worked for the Poetry Collection at the University of Buffalo, in New York State and then The Atlantic Monthly magazine. Back in London, she worked for Ian Hamilton’s The New Review, and Jonathan Cape, before setting up Xandra Hardie Literary Agency where she represeted writers including Ali Smith. A memoir of her childhood, Bertie, May and Mrs Fish, was published by HaperCollins in 2005.
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.
