Tag Archives: Essex

Essex Authors Day 11th June 2022: Crafting a Speculative Novel

Bookings are now open for the workshop I am hosting on 11th June 2022 at Chelmsford Library, entitled Crafting a Speculative Novel. Details of the session, as described in the press release, are as follows: ‘This interactive session will explore the writing process from the initial idea to completion. Essex author Owen W Knight highlights […]

The Peregrine – a Classic Nature Book Set in Rural Mid-Essex

I’ve been aware for many years of ‘The Peregrine’, by J A Baker, as a classic of nature writing, although I have never read it. What I did not know was that it is set in the countryside around my home in Little Baddow, Essex, as described in this Guardian article from last weekend, which mentions […]

November 2017: Autumn Turns to Winter in Little Baddow

Early on a bright late November morning I set out with my camera to photograph the turning season. The sun was low in the sky and beginning to cut through the mist and frost. Geese drifted aimlessly on the lake behind the canal, The sun was rising over the horizon, obscured by light cloud. A […]

Invisible College Gin Now Available!

How cool is this? A bespoke bottle of gin, distilled by Adnams to include my preferred botanicals and named after my YA trilogy! So how did this come to be produced? My daughter Emily, proprietor of the respected and popular Bristol Bites food blog, entered a competition to create your own gin…and she was the […]

August 2017: The Beginning of Autumn

I’m sure that autumn arrives a month earlier than it used to. On my early morning walk today, the first of August, there were definite signs. I was pleased that my secret supply of wild raspberries was not completely exhausted. These are hidden in a remote part of the local woods that not many know […]

July 2017: Holloways

A ‘holloway’ is a sunken lane, usually created over a period of time by water, erosion and traffic. The main characteristics are the steep banks to either side, which may be up to five metres in height, and the trees and hedges that touch overhead, giving the impression of a tunnel. This is a modest […]