Nature Writing Retreat . . . I am so pleased to announce that I will be assisting the lovely Hannah with Starcroft Farm Cabins’ Spring Nature Writing Retreat, 9-11 May 2025! I stayed in one of their gorgeous cabins for several days last year and it was truly inspiring – it also helped kickstart my… Continue reading April showers…
Carrot Crew on the Moon…
And other World Book Day fantasticness…. (title courtesy of Foxes class, Crowhurst School) Happy World Book Day! What have you managed to do today? Make an outfit for a teeny tiny person, possibly with a stapler and some sticky tape (sorry, just me, then)? Did you turn your own self into a book character? Read… Continue reading Carrot Crew on the Moon…
AWARDS! ACCOLADES! And away…!
Not for me so much as for books I have edited or proofread. But still… fame! Fortune! [ahem]. Also, I am heading off on a writing retreat. Just me and my ideas. And pastries. And tea. Please see my updated Fiction and Nonfiction pages – I’ve added loads – and more to come – including… Continue reading AWARDS! ACCOLADES! And away…!
1, then 2, then 3 short stories…
this view outside my window
Is ridiculous in its beauty. It shames me that I can see it. It is more than Constable. More than Bob Ross. Brushstroke trees, style it out. Ablaze in amber. Behind, bit part actors. Form a wash of ruddy forest Feathering down the hill. A stark hedge cracks through the centre. It’s all there. The… Continue reading this view outside my window
Death and dreaming
NEW POEMS… Over the spring and summer, I wrote a few poems, one about my friend Steph’s painting, another about satellites and diamonds, and string and forks and waiting. I wrote a eulogy for my dad, sprinkled his dust. I wrote some great titles for stories. I had some wonderful dreams… I fought imaginary and… Continue reading Death and dreaming
New summer fun stuff…
I felt so happy to do the Trinity Triangle podcast of BORROWED GROUND for New Writing South and Historic England as part of their High Street Tales project throughout England. Now, I am even more elated to report that I shall return to this very place to help out with a digital trail of the area this summer –… Continue reading New summer fun stuff…
An Ode to George Budd
High Street Tales is here!
It’s here! The story I wrote as part of Historic England’s High Street Tales project is out in the world, as part of an e-book. The podcast of the story will be released on 10 March, as HE is releasing one story a week, starting today (10 February). What a treat! I listened to the… Continue reading High Street Tales is here!
