About

I am a naturalist, writer and illustrator and I’m starting this blog to gather together my creative non-fiction pieces that have been previously published elsewhere. I shall also include any other writing that I think might go with it.

I have had work published in:

• Caught by the River
  • Night Birds
  • The Barn Owl of Baconsthorpe.
  • On the Trail of Boar
• Earthlines Magazine
• The Curlew
• City Creatures blog
  • Dawn Chorus in the City
  • A Volery of Wagtails
• Somesuch Stories
  • Clusters of My Mind
• The Seasons anthologies – Spring, Summer and Autumn published by Elliott and Thompson and The Wildlife Trusts in 2016
• Impossible Things anthology published by Creative Future in 2015
  • Impossible Things
• The Preston Pages – nature writing column
• The Real Story
  • Night Eyes
• Toast Magazine
  • Time in the Limestone Hills
  • Tracks in the Snow
• The Simple Things Magazine November 2018

I am currently writing and illustrating a book about encounters in the natural world during the hours of dusk, night and dawn.

@AlexiFrancis