Really thrilled to return here with lovely news that I’ve been shortlisted for the World of Books Sustainable Story Awards (non-fiction) for my new work RUST: A Personal Story of Iron. Blending memoir, eco-feminism, and geology, RUST traces iron’s imprint on body, family, and landscape.

Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com

Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans women are welcome in all Wild Women spaces. The same goes for non-binary, gender fluid & gender non-conforming people who feel included by the term wild women.This is a community that celebrates the wild & beautiful stories we each hold 💕🏳️‍⚧️

Starting with the first section of MOVING MOUNTAINS - #water - a theme that runs throughout - there are beautiful pieces of new writing by Sally Huband [Sea Bean], singer/songwriter Isobel Anderson [CHALK/FLINT], poetry by Jane Hartshorn [Tract], & @beewyld.bsky.social [All My Wild Mothers] 📚💙 🌊 💧💦

All March's episodes in one handy place 263 Wild open coastal reserve > bit.ly/LenRHFeb 262 Night stream at West Quantoxhead > bit.ly/LenQnX2 261 Midnight in Rye > bit.ly/LenRyeC3 260 Early spring in the Derbyshire hills > bit.ly/LenMild2 259 Night rain under a large tarpaulin > bit.ly/LenTRain

So incredibly proud to be part of this anthology, so beautifully crafted by Louise 🙏💕🌱 Stateside friends, go find it 📚

‘A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us...’Rainer Maria Rilke) 🕊️ Bird of Hope 2025 is a collaborative act of creative resistance creating a chorus of hope woven from birdsong around the worldan 🤍 Join the chorus. 💕 birdsongproject.substack.com/p/birdsong-2...

A conversation on life, love, death, motherhood and the winding ways it can take between first word and published book. One for those interested in memoir, nature and life writing, living with grief and finding joy 🌸📚 youtu.be/EeYfB_fyBvg

🤩 Until 31st March I’m making 🌟all the 2023-24 Wild Women Writers’ Salon recordings free to view! 🌟 13 incredible conversations between writers of non-fiction/memoir about what inspires, informs, shapes & guides their writing. Issue 14/15 of Writing Wild 💕 wildwomansalons.substack.com 🌟

Receiving messages like this is like receiving postcards from my ‘’mothers’ telling me they’ve met someone lovely on their travels 🌸🥰 It makes a big beautiful difference 🙏💕

📚 Want to know more about our wonderful Wild Women Writers’ Online Retreat? 📚Monday24th📚 🌟 Meet your wild community to set creative intentions 🌟 Discover your core stories with award winning author & poet, Catherine Simpson & Clare Shaw 💕 🌟Be inspired — evening salon with Clare & Catherine 😊

It’s a wonderful anthology, and so proud to have a couple of poems in here too, about hidden stories and how the absence of those stories is passed down.

The Wild Women Writers’ Retreat has been curated by and for writers, bringing together an amazing group of award-winning authors and poets, to offer the most gorgeous week of inspiration, creativity & community. Only 24 places www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

🌟Wild Women Writers’ Retreat (Online)🌟 💕Step into a week of creative nourishment, connection, & exploration with daily creative nurturing, writing sessions & guest authors & industry professionals 💕 Early Bird: Book by 24th Jan - get 6 month sub to Writing Wild www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Today’s wild brew is a blend of passion flower, lemon verbena, mallow petals, mullein, catnip, yarrow, lemon balm, linden flower, roseroot, peppermint, ginger, hops, cinnamon, rose petals, hibiscus flowers, chamomile and lavender flowers. Soothing, settling and restorative for those migraine days 🌸🧙🏼‍♀️

🌟2025🌟 Delighted to share that I’m now represented by Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social joining their brilliant stable of authors 📕🌟 l know that my words & my journey as a writer could not be in better, kinder, more dedicated hands. I look forward to the adventures 💕

Rather like the apothecary garden itself, All My Wild Mothers has taken time finding its own way to take root and I’m thankful for every reader. I’d love to help it reach more people in these fractured and uncertain times. Can you help me scatter its wild seeds of hope and resistance further? 🙏🌸💚🌱

Tomorrow! 🌟Wild Women Writers’ Salon 13 — Mother, Myself🌟 Join me and guest authors Tanya Shadrick, Caro Giles and Alice Kinsella, to take a deep dive into the tension between motherhood, creativity and identity. 7pm GMT, online, live & delayed viewing. 🎟️ PWYC www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

Time for getting comfy and cosy. Today’s wild brew from the store cupboard is a pot of my Comfort & Joy 🧙🏼‍♀️a blend of cardamom pods, cacao nibs, orange peel, clove, star anise, calendula, rose petals and cinnamon bark. Warming, protective and basically a snuggle in cup 🧣🥰🌸

Something’s brewing in the Orkney kitchen … 🧡🌸❤️🌸 Keeping Bert at bay 🧙🏼‍♀️

Which end is up? Today is a day of long shadows, poured gold and silver mirrors. The calm reprieve ahead of the storm 🧡

When people say to me ‘how can you cope with the dark winters in Orkney?’ — this is how. Light is alchemical here, the sea and sky swallowing it all 🩶💛

A cold salt wind blows across the apothecary garden. Soon, I will be turning to the cupboard for my brews but today, a few gifts. Today’s potion is a simple blend of calendula, spearmint, chamomile, cardamom pods and star anise. Uplifting, protective and soothing. Just right for these times 🧡🌸

This is such an important and beautiful anthology. I am so honoured to be part of it 💚

🌟 Wild Women Writers' Salon 13: Mother, Myself. — Creating Motherhood 🌟 Join me & guest authors Tanya Shadrick, Alice Kinsella & Caro Giles to explore the balance & tension between creativity, motherhood & identity 📆 Thurs 28 Nov 7pm UK time (online/recorded) 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

I loved exploring the history of the nearby wild for my memoir Land Beneath the Waves. This country diary came from my research into an ancient heronry on my local patch. 'Henry VIII lost his footing in the wetlands around Hitchin in 1525, so the story goes, and plunged face-first into the fen...'

Thanks for all the new follows 🙏Lovely to connect here under blue skies. If you’re interested, here’s a link to an interview I did with @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social on grief, gardening and why growing wild can help us find our way through uncertain times 🌸💚 www.gardenersworld.com/podcast/wint...

Here's the nature writing feed. If you add #naturewriting to your posts, they'll pop up for everyone using it. Please let your followers know about the feed, how to add to it, like it & pin it to your profile so you can enjoy it. Many thanks. 🕸️🐌🌻🍁🐝🌱🕷️

Scottish based creatives! Here’s our starter pack. Please share to join 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 go.bsky.app/63YSciq