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Last week, The Bookseller announced that my book, Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside will be out in June. I have been totally blown away by all the messages and retweets about it. I can’t wait for it to be out in the world now. You can pre-order it already. Here is a linkContinue reading “Book News”

The last year ran away with me but rather a lot did happen… My book was bought by William Collins last summer and I have been finishing the first draft of that. Estate: The Lives of the Rural Working-Class should be out Spring 2023! This is both incredibly exciting and very daunting. I graduated fromContinue reading “News”

Every September I suffer from a kind of insomnia, a restlessness. I think it’s the change of seasons. As I lay in bed wide awake last night I remembered this piece I wrote for BBC’s Out of Doors. It was recorded as an audio essay and still feels appropriate now. Maybe it’ll help some ofContinue reading “Restlessness”

Delighted to tell the world I have an agent now! Jenny Brown and I have been working on my debut non-fiction novel about the rural working class for a few months. Jenny is such a great agent and represents some of the authors I admire hugely, including Malachy Tallack, Chitra Ramaswamy and Esther Rutter. I’veContinue reading “Repped”

I am very excited to announce some news over the coming months but will be holding onto it for a little while yet… For now I have been reading and writing, chairing online books events and reviewing live on air. And most of all, counting the days to warmer Spring when I can travel downContinue reading “Big News”