Roger Dobson
Roger Alan Dobson was a British author, journalist, editor and literary researcher.
Dobson wrote the Arthur Machen entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. He also edited John Gawsworth's biography of Machen and co-edited Machen's Selected Letters. He was a regular contributor to Antiquarian Book Monthly Review, Faunus, All Hallows, Wormwood and The Doppelganger Broadsheet.
Works
Books written by Dobson
- Ann Lee: The Manchester Messiah, St John Press, 1987
- Hail, O King! The Last Days of John Gawsworth, Tartarus Press/Friends of Arthur Machen, 2005
- The Library of the Lost, Tartarus Press, 2015
Books edited by Dobson
- Arthur Machen: Apostle of Wonder, Caermaen Books, 1985
- Arthur Machen, Artist & Mystic, Caermaen Books, 1986
- Taverns and Temples: A Guide to Some London Haunts of Arthur Machen, Caermaen Books, 1986
- Dreams and Visions by Arthur Machen & Morchard Bishop, Caermaen Books, August 1987
- Machenstruck: Tributes to the Apostle of Wonder, Caermaen Books, 1988
- Selected Letters of Arthur Machen: The Private Writings of the Master of the Macabre, The Aquarian Press, 1988
- The Life of Arthur Machen by John Gawsworth, The Friends of Arthur Machen, Reino de Redonda, Tartarus Press, 2005
Journals edited by Dobson
- Aklo: A Journal of the Fantastic, various issues 1988–1998
- Redondan Cultural Foundation Newsletter
- The Lost Club Journal, various issues 1999–2004
Radio scripts by Dobson
- Redonda: The Island With Too Many Kings, BBC Radio 4 programme narrated by Angus Deayton, broadcast 22 May 2007. Interviewees include Javier Marías, Jon Wynne-Tyson and his wife Jennifer, Fay Weldon, Brian Stableford, Bob Williamson, William L. Gates, Oliver Cox, Cedric Boston, A. S. Byatt and Arthur Freeman.
- Eagle: The Space Age Weekly, presented by Sir Tim Rice, broadcast 23 December 2010.
- Classics Illustrated: The Comic Book Unbound, presented by Bill Paterson, broadcast 25 October 2011.
- Scream Queens, presented by Reece Shearsmith, broadcast 15 October 2012.