Helen Baczkowska is a writer and ecologist living in rural Norfolk.  Her writing is largely non-fiction and explores the histories, both natural and human, of places, as well as memories of 30 years as an environmental campaigner. Helen has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglian and in 2021, was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd prize for under-represented voices in nature: www.nanshepherdprize.com.

Previous publications include Twyford Rising, land and resistance, published in 2020.  Twyford Rising, published under the name Helen Beynon, is an oral history of Britain’s first direct action road protest camp at Twyford Down in 1992.  Information can be found on twyfordrising.org

Helen’s essays have also been included in Small World, Big Ideas (under the name Helen Beynon) and Speculative Nature Writing, available from https://www.guillemotpress.co.uk

Collaborations with photographer John Volynchook include Beyond the Shingle Bank and Faultlines, an exploration of land and communities in the UK impacted by fracking.

Work in progress includes Common Place a book about common land in Britain today.

Find Helen on Bluesky @helenb92.bsky.social