“This was such a wonderful place to write and think. I spent my days walking in the gardens and moors, sitting by the fire, and working on my first novel. It was a magical place to be in the middle of winter.” — Ben Smith
Ben lives in Cornwall and is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Plymouth University, specialising in environmental literature and focusing particularly on oceans, climate change and the Anthropocene.
His first poetry pamphlet Sky Burials was published by Worple Press and his poetry and criticism have appeared in various journals and anthologies. Doggerland is his first novel.
Doggerland (4th Estate, 2019)
Sky Burials (Worple Press, 2013)
