PALEWELL PRESS

Roz Doe has been working with young refugees for over 20 years. She holds an MSc in Forced Migration and a doctorate focused on the experiences of Bhutanese refugee children growing up in camps in Nepal, both from the University of Oxford. In 2004, she co-founded the charity, Young Roots, which has worked with young refugees in Lebanon, Egypt, Nepal and currently provides services for young people living in London. She held various roles within the organisation including as a Senior Youth Caseworker supporting young refugees in Croydon until September 2021. More recently she was a Specialist Support Worker at the Hummingbird Refugee Project in Brighton and she is also a counsellor within a school counselling service.

Roz Doe has been writing poetry for the last 8 years and much of her work focuses on the experiences of the refugees she has worked with. After becoming a mother in 2015, Roz initiated a women’s writing group, which (prior to lockdown) met monthly in a community centre with assistance from a childminder. In 2019, Roz was selected to be part of The Writers’ Place Poets Development Programme at New Writing South. She has had poems published in South Bank Poetry magazine, and her poem co-authored with young refugees received a special commendation in the 2022 Freedom from Torture poetry competition. In 2024, Palewell Press published her poetry collection Welcoming Blue Robins.