Tea-powered, human-authored stories for people who've outgrown the ordinary.
A Geordie writer living in Australia and drinking lots of tea. Winner-2026 Libraro Prize. Shortlistee-2025 Bridport Short Story Prize. Author of Queentide and the Substack-Exclusive novel, Daughter of the Forgotten Goddess.
Weekly essays about bookstores, libraries, and publishing newsletters on Substack. Also the deeply concerning amount of time I spend thinking about why one memoir book sells 12 copies while another becomes a cultural event.
Resources, stories, and news for the writers, podcasters, musicians, video creators, and culture makers publishing on Substack.
I write literary fiction and non-fiction, mostly in the genre of nature writing & ecoliterature.
Reflections on climate change. Utopian visions. The joy of sustainability.