Welcome to my Substack. My writing is rooted in the landscape of the ancient Isle of Axholme, in northern Lincolnhire. I want to discover the untold and forgotten stories of the Isle, explore the influence of the landscape on my mental health and investigate my own family roots deep in the soil of this land.

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I write fiction and non-fiction about the magical Isle of Axholme and my search to discover the stories of the people and the land. I also write about my mental health journey and my attempts to escape 'real' work in search of the creative life.

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I write about the magical Isle of Axholme and my search to discover the stories of the land. I am the author of a novel, Bleed Black, have an MA in Creative Writing and am a Fellow of St Hugh's Foundation for the Arts.