Craig Jordan Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The University of Brighton. He has published fiction in New Writing, Text, Firefly Magazine and the époque press é-zine, among others. His drama has been widely performed, including his adaptation of Beowulf and he has had dramatic work commissioned from organisations such as The New Forest National Park, The National Archives and The Booth Museum of Natural History. He is contributing co-editor of Writing Landscape and Setting in the Anthropocene- Britain and Beyond and regularly runs nature-based writing events and courses.

 

The Nacullians, Craig’s debut novel was published by époque press in 2020, followed by If the River is Hidden in 2022, co-authored with Cherry Smyth. 

Listen to two short stories from The Nacullians recited by Craig below...