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I graduated from Sussex University in 1992 with a BA Hons in Modern Languages then an MA in Children's Literature at the Roehampton Institute. Later I gained a PGCE and taught English and French in Secondary School for 12 years. In 2008 my first poetry collection, 'Windfall' was published by Oversteps Books. In 2009 I began a Creative and Critical PhD at Exeter University and in 2012 the creative work, 'Otter Country' a nature-travel memoir was published by Granta to great acclaim. In September 2013 I was appointed as Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Plymouth. I graduated with my PhD in 2014, and my research interests centre around life writing, travel and nature writing, poetry and memoir, ecocriticism and ecopoetry. Owl Sense was a BBC book of the week and was released in the US as The Wise Hours in 2023. Otter Country was published in the US in 2024. I am a frequent Arvon Foundation tutor, and often contribute to BBC Radio 4 broadcasts. I write the Nature Notebook column in The Times. I am currently working on 'Wild Church', a memoir about the intersection of humans, nature, and wildlife in historic sacred places.
Research Interests: Life Writing, Travel Writing, Nature and Place Writing, environment and conservation; memoir, biography; creative nonfiction.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review