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Writing the Wiltshire Landscape
I’m looking forward to taking part in this event at Trowbridge Museum in January, alongside Glyn Coy, photographer and author of Hidden Wiltshire. We’ll be discussing how our books came about, our shared interest in Wiltshire’s hidden history and the challenges and pleasures of capturing the Wiltshire landscape in words and photographs. Tickets are free.…
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Promoting Walking the White Horses
There was a peculiar sense of unreality as I found myself standing at a lectern earlier this week talking to an audience about Walking the White Horses. After many years of attending other writers’ book talks, to suddenly be the person at the front doing the speaking gave the whole evening a dreamlike quality. But…
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Video: On walking in nature
In 2020, I started regularly walking in Green Lane Woods – a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve close to my home. In this video, I talk a little about why my daily interaction with the natural world became increasingly important and helped to inspire my writing.
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Walking the White Horses Book Talk
I am delighted (and perhaps just a little terrified) to have been invited to speak at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes on Tuesday December 5 following the publication of Walking the White Horses: Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail on Foot. The talk will take place in the Museum’s lecture theatre and will be followed by a book…
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Walking the White Horses launch week video
It’s been amazing to launch Walking the White Horses this week. Here’s a little video of me explaining what I’ve been up to. Anyone who has already read the book will know that for Charlie, my 10-year-old son who joined me on the 93-mile walk, creating a YouTube video about the adventure was one of…
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Walking the White Horses – in bookshops
It’s been exciting this week to launch Walking the White Horses after months of walking and writing. Amazon and Kindle offer such a wonderful route to market for self-published writers these days. But I wanted to take a moment to thank the lovely bricks-and-mortar retailers who have agreed to stock the book. If you live…
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OUT NOW – Walking the White Horses
Walking the White Horses: Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail on Foot is out now – available from Amazon, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited a range of independent bookshops and local Wiltshire attractions. Earlier this year, my 10-year-old son Charlie and I decided to set off on a walk around each of Wiltshire’s eight White Horse hill figures. Some…
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Coming soon: Walking the White Horses
Exciting news… In a couple of weeks, I will be releasing a new book, Walking the White Horses: Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail on Foot. Earlier this year, I set off on a long walk – seeking to tackle the 90+ miles of Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail, joined in the adventure by my wide-eyed 10-year-old son, Charlie. Walking…
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Island Life: A History of Looe Island out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
Seventeen years after first publishing Island Life: A History of Looe Island, it’s great to see the new edition out and for the first time available on Kindle. It’s just £1.99 on Kindle or free to view if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.eu/d/cUoIwET
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Frome Festival Short Story Competition 2023
I was thrilled to win the Local Prize at the Frome Festival Short Story Competition 2023, for my story They’re Getting Help. The Sunday afternoon event, held at the Merlin Theatre in the Somerset town, brought together the local writing community – from teenagers to retirees – for a really inspiring celebration of the…
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