Books
Two books, and a third on the way.
Essays on writing slowly, and a year walking one valley. Signed copies come from the bookshop in town.

Essays
2024
The Pencil Forgives
Twenty essays on writing slowly, by hand and on foot.
Quiet, exact and very funny about stationery.
The Northern Review
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Nature writing
2021
Field Notes from the Calder
A year walking the Calder Valley, one notebook page a day.
A small book that opens out like the valley it describes.
Countryfile Magazine
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Forthcoming
2027
Letters to a Young Notebook-Keeper
Twelve letters on keeping a notebook for life.
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