WRITING

My non-academic writing has been published in numerous outlets including The Times Educational Supplement. And my non-fiction book about the North of England, Back Up North, is available at all the usual retailers, as well as directly from Scratching Shed Publishing. 

NON-FICTION

 'A very beguiling take on the North and Northern culture - clever, insightful and, yes, very droll'  - Charles Jennings, author of Up North: Travels Beyond the Watford Gap

2025. Back Up North, Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd. 
(Extracts can be read in Chester Writers Anthology, 2023)
https://www.scratchingshedpublishing.com/products-page/comedy/back-up-north/

FLASH FICTION

2023. When Geese Were Swans. Flash Fiction Magazine. October 20. https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2023/10/20/when-geese-were-swans/ 

2022. The Sparrow. 101 Words. June 7. https://101words.org/the-sparrow/

POETRY

2021. Fragments, Autumn Sky Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily | a poem each day  6 July.

2020. Blue. In: Can You Hear the People Sing? Global Responses to the Pandemic, Camilla Reeve (ed), Palewell Press, UK.

TRAVEL WRITING

2021. El Salvador - Bolas de Fuego, In the Know Traveler, El Salvador - Bolas de Fuego - In the Know Traveler, July 23. 

2021. Reclaim the Night, SOUVENIRS: Highlighting Global Movements, LifFest Zine, https://issuu.com/wisconsinunion/docs/litfest-final

2016. A day in the life of Alison Shepherd (Myanmar), The Times Educational Supplement. Friday 29 April. No. 5195.

2012. Mexican Fiestas, MicMag: Culture & Society. 14 January. 

2011. Permaculture in El Salvador: The New Revolution, Permaculture Activist. No. 81.

2009. Pontefract: A Middle Age Market Town, Excelle Magazine, May.