Victoria Bennett
@beewyld.bsky.social
Disabled writer, carer & apothecary gardener. 🧙🏼♀️Founder/Host Wild Women Writers’ Salons 🏆Shortlist World of Books Sustainable Story Awards 2025📚PreOrder THE APOTHECARY BY THE SEA (2026) Debut memoir ALL MY WILD MOTHERS (2023- Nautilus Award Winner) 🦭Orkney
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🌊 Introducing… #TheApothecaryByTheSea by @beewyld.bsky.social!
From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a lyrical, tender story of creating a wild #apothecary garden on the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney...
With beautiful illustrations by Adam Clarke🌼
Out 30 April
#garden #gardening
From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a lyrical, tender story of creating a wild #apothecary garden on the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney...
With beautiful illustrations by Adam Clarke🌼
Out 30 April
#garden #gardening
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🌊 Introducing… #TheApothecaryByTheSea by @beewyld.bsky.social!
From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a lyrical, tender story of creating a wild #apothecary garden on the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney...
With beautiful illustrations by Adam Clarke🌼
Out 30 April
#garden #gardening
From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a lyrical, tender story of creating a wild #apothecary garden on the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney...
With beautiful illustrations by Adam Clarke🌼
Out 30 April
#garden #gardening
Really thrilled to return here with lovely news that I’ve been shortlisted for the World of Books Sustainable Story Awards (non-fiction) for my new work RUST: A Personal Story of Iron. Blending memoir, eco-feminism, and geology, RUST traces iron’s imprint on body, family, and landscape.
August 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Really thrilled to return here with lovely news that I’ve been shortlisted for the World of Books Sustainable Story Awards (non-fiction) for my new work RUST: A Personal Story of Iron. Blending memoir, eco-feminism, and geology, RUST traces iron’s imprint on body, family, and landscape.
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Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com
Bird of Hope 2025 | Victoria Bennett 🌼🐝🐺 | Substack
Bird of Hope is a collaborative act of creative resistance. Our first act of resistance (Birdsong) launches 22 March 2025. Artists: Victoria Bennett and Sheena Graham-George. Click to read Bird of Hop...
birdsongproject.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com
Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com
Bird of Hope 2025 | Victoria Bennett 🌼🐝🐺 | Substack
Bird of Hope is a collaborative act of creative resistance. Our first act of resistance (Birdsong) launches 22 March 2025. Artists: Victoria Bennett and Sheena Graham-George. Click to read Bird of Hop...
birdsongproject.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Still collecting birdsong for our #BirdofHope2025 project. Record and email 1 min of birdsong by 22 June. Be part of a global chorus of hope and peace. Details in newsletter birdsongproject.substack.com
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are welcome in all Wild Women spaces. The same goes for non-binary, gender fluid & gender non-conforming people who feel included by the term wild women.This is a community that celebrates the wild & beautiful stories we each hold 💕🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are welcome in all Wild Women spaces. The same goes for non-binary, gender fluid & gender non-conforming people who feel included by the term wild women.This is a community that celebrates the wild & beautiful stories we each hold 💕🏳️⚧️
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Starting with the first section of MOVING MOUNTAINS - #water - a theme that runs throughout - there are beautiful pieces of new writing by Sally Huband [Sea Bean], singer/songwriter Isobel Anderson [CHALK/FLINT], poetry by Jane Hartshorn [Tract], & @beewyld.bsky.social [All My Wild Mothers]
📚💙 🌊 💧💦
📚💙 🌊 💧💦
April 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Starting with the first section of MOVING MOUNTAINS - #water - a theme that runs throughout - there are beautiful pieces of new writing by Sally Huband [Sea Bean], singer/songwriter Isobel Anderson [CHALK/FLINT], poetry by Jane Hartshorn [Tract], & @beewyld.bsky.social [All My Wild Mothers]
📚💙 🌊 💧💦
📚💙 🌊 💧💦
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All March's episodes in one handy place
263 Wild open coastal reserve
> bit.ly/LenRHFeb
262 Night stream at West Quantoxhead
> bit.ly/LenQnX2
261 Midnight in Rye
> bit.ly/LenRyeC3
260 Early spring in the Derbyshire hills
> bit.ly/LenMild2
259 Night rain under a large tarpaulin
> bit.ly/LenTRain
263 Wild open coastal reserve
> bit.ly/LenRHFeb
262 Night stream at West Quantoxhead
> bit.ly/LenQnX2
261 Midnight in Rye
> bit.ly/LenRyeC3
260 Early spring in the Derbyshire hills
> bit.ly/LenMild2
259 Night rain under a large tarpaulin
> bit.ly/LenTRain
April 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
All March's episodes in one handy place
263 Wild open coastal reserve
> bit.ly/LenRHFeb
262 Night stream at West Quantoxhead
> bit.ly/LenQnX2
261 Midnight in Rye
> bit.ly/LenRyeC3
260 Early spring in the Derbyshire hills
> bit.ly/LenMild2
259 Night rain under a large tarpaulin
> bit.ly/LenTRain
263 Wild open coastal reserve
> bit.ly/LenRHFeb
262 Night stream at West Quantoxhead
> bit.ly/LenQnX2
261 Midnight in Rye
> bit.ly/LenRyeC3
260 Early spring in the Derbyshire hills
> bit.ly/LenMild2
259 Night rain under a large tarpaulin
> bit.ly/LenTRain
So incredibly proud to be part of this anthology, so beautifully crafted by Louise 🙏💕🌱 Stateside friends, go find it 📚
Now that MOVING MOUNTAINS: WRITING NATURE THROUGH ILLNESS & DISABILITY is out in paperback in the UK I am beyond thrilled to announce that it will soon also be available across the Atlantic!!
MOVING MOUNTAINS IS OUT FOR PUBLICATION IN THE USA & CANADA ON 6th MAY
AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!
#BookSky
MOVING MOUNTAINS IS OUT FOR PUBLICATION IN THE USA & CANADA ON 6th MAY
AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!
#BookSky
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
So incredibly proud to be part of this anthology, so beautifully crafted by Louise 🙏💕🌱 Stateside friends, go find it 📚
‘A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us...’Rainer Maria Rilke) 🕊️
Bird of Hope 2025 is a collaborative act of creative resistance creating a chorus of hope woven from birdsong around the worldan 🤍 Join the chorus. 💕 birdsongproject.substack.com/p/birdsong-2...
Bird of Hope 2025 is a collaborative act of creative resistance creating a chorus of hope woven from birdsong around the worldan 🤍 Join the chorus. 💕 birdsongproject.substack.com/p/birdsong-2...
Bird of Hope 2025
An artist-led international project of hope in small acts of creative resistance. Launch project 'Birdsong' 22 March 2025.
birdsongproject.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
‘A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us...’Rainer Maria Rilke) 🕊️
Bird of Hope 2025 is a collaborative act of creative resistance creating a chorus of hope woven from birdsong around the worldan 🤍 Join the chorus. 💕 birdsongproject.substack.com/p/birdsong-2...
Bird of Hope 2025 is a collaborative act of creative resistance creating a chorus of hope woven from birdsong around the worldan 🤍 Join the chorus. 💕 birdsongproject.substack.com/p/birdsong-2...
A conversation on life, love, death, motherhood and the winding ways it can take between first word and published book. One for those interested in memoir, nature and life writing, living with grief and finding joy 🌸📚 youtu.be/EeYfB_fyBvg
January 14 - Bookable Space with Victoria Bennett
YouTube video by Yvonne Battle-Felton
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March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A conversation on life, love, death, motherhood and the winding ways it can take between first word and published book. One for those interested in memoir, nature and life writing, living with grief and finding joy 🌸📚 youtu.be/EeYfB_fyBvg
🤩 Until 31st March I’m making 🌟all the 2023-24 Wild Women Writers’ Salon recordings free to view! 🌟 13 incredible conversations between writers of non-fiction/memoir about what inspires, informs, shapes & guides their writing. Issue 14/15 of Writing Wild 💕 wildwomansalons.substack.com 🌟
Wild Women Writers' Salons | Victoria Bennett 🌼🐝🐺 | Substack
Behind-the-scenes extras from Wild Women Writers' salons - take a deep dive into memoir and creative non-fiction with Victoria Bennett & guests - talking inspiration, creative practice, publishing exp...
wildwomansalons.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🤩 Until 31st March I’m making 🌟all the 2023-24 Wild Women Writers’ Salon recordings free to view! 🌟 13 incredible conversations between writers of non-fiction/memoir about what inspires, informs, shapes & guides their writing. Issue 14/15 of Writing Wild 💕 wildwomansalons.substack.com 🌟
Receiving messages like this is like receiving postcards from my ‘’mothers’ telling me they’ve met someone lovely on their travels 🌸🥰 It makes a big beautiful difference 🙏💕
Such beautiful, raw, powerful writing, thankyou @beewyld.bsky.social for your wonderful words.
February 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Receiving messages like this is like receiving postcards from my ‘’mothers’ telling me they’ve met someone lovely on their travels 🌸🥰 It makes a big beautiful difference 🙏💕
📚 Want to know more about our wonderful Wild Women Writers’ Online Retreat?
📚Monday24th📚
🌟 Meet your wild community to set creative intentions
🌟 Discover your core stories with award winning author & poet, Catherine Simpson & Clare Shaw 💕
🌟Be inspired — evening salon with Clare & Catherine 😊
📚Monday24th📚
🌟 Meet your wild community to set creative intentions
🌟 Discover your core stories with award winning author & poet, Catherine Simpson & Clare Shaw 💕
🌟Be inspired — evening salon with Clare & Catherine 😊
January 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📚 Want to know more about our wonderful Wild Women Writers’ Online Retreat?
📚Monday24th📚
🌟 Meet your wild community to set creative intentions
🌟 Discover your core stories with award winning author & poet, Catherine Simpson & Clare Shaw 💕
🌟Be inspired — evening salon with Clare & Catherine 😊
📚Monday24th📚
🌟 Meet your wild community to set creative intentions
🌟 Discover your core stories with award winning author & poet, Catherine Simpson & Clare Shaw 💕
🌟Be inspired — evening salon with Clare & Catherine 😊
It’s a wonderful anthology, and so proud to have a couple of poems in here too, about hidden stories and how the absence of those stories is passed down.
2/2 My story of a sweeping away of heritage & culture is in this beautiful anthology ed by @rainegeoghegan.bsky.social along with other wonderful poets & writers, including @beewyld.bsky.social You can order it here: booksupstairs.ie/product/kin-...
January 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It’s a wonderful anthology, and so proud to have a couple of poems in here too, about hidden stories and how the absence of those stories is passed down.
The Wild Women Writers’ Retreat has been curated by and for writers, bringing together an amazing group of award-winning authors and poets, to offer the most gorgeous week of inspiration, creativity & community.
Only 24 places www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
Only 24 places www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
January 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Wild Women Writers’ Retreat has been curated by and for writers, bringing together an amazing group of award-winning authors and poets, to offer the most gorgeous week of inspiration, creativity & community.
Only 24 places www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
Only 24 places www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
🌟Wild Women Writers’ Retreat (Online)🌟 💕Step into a week of creative nourishment, connection, & exploration with daily creative nurturing, writing sessions & guest authors & industry professionals 💕 Early Bird: Book by 24th Jan - get 6 month sub to Writing Wild www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
January 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🌟Wild Women Writers’ Retreat (Online)🌟 💕Step into a week of creative nourishment, connection, & exploration with daily creative nurturing, writing sessions & guest authors & industry professionals 💕 Early Bird: Book by 24th Jan - get 6 month sub to Writing Wild www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
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National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
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National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary
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January 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
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Today’s wild brew is a blend of passion flower, lemon verbena, mallow petals, mullein, catnip, yarrow, lemon balm, linden flower, roseroot, peppermint, ginger, hops, cinnamon, rose petals, hibiscus flowers, chamomile and lavender flowers. Soothing, settling and restorative for those migraine days 🌸🧙🏼♀️
January 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today’s wild brew is a blend of passion flower, lemon verbena, mallow petals, mullein, catnip, yarrow, lemon balm, linden flower, roseroot, peppermint, ginger, hops, cinnamon, rose petals, hibiscus flowers, chamomile and lavender flowers. Soothing, settling and restorative for those migraine days 🌸🧙🏼♀️
🌟2025🌟 Delighted to share that I’m now represented by Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social joining their brilliant stable of authors 📕🌟 l know that my words & my journey as a writer could not be in better, kinder, more dedicated hands. I look forward to the adventures 💕
January 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌟2025🌟 Delighted to share that I’m now represented by Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social joining their brilliant stable of authors 📕🌟 l know that my words & my journey as a writer could not be in better, kinder, more dedicated hands. I look forward to the adventures 💕
Rather like the apothecary garden itself, All My Wild Mothers has taken time finding its own way to take root and I’m thankful for every reader. I’d love to help it reach more people in these fractured and uncertain times. Can you help me scatter its wild seeds of hope and resistance further? 🙏🌸💚🌱
December 4, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Rather like the apothecary garden itself, All My Wild Mothers has taken time finding its own way to take root and I’m thankful for every reader. I’d love to help it reach more people in these fractured and uncertain times. Can you help me scatter its wild seeds of hope and resistance further? 🙏🌸💚🌱
Tomorrow! 🌟Wild Women Writers’ Salon 13 — Mother, Myself🌟 Join me and guest authors Tanya Shadrick, Caro Giles and Alice Kinsella, to take a deep dive into the tension between motherhood, creativity and identity. 7pm GMT, online, live & delayed viewing. 🎟️ PWYC www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
November 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Tomorrow! 🌟Wild Women Writers’ Salon 13 — Mother, Myself🌟 Join me and guest authors Tanya Shadrick, Caro Giles and Alice Kinsella, to take a deep dive into the tension between motherhood, creativity and identity. 7pm GMT, online, live & delayed viewing. 🎟️ PWYC www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
Time for getting comfy and cosy. Today’s wild brew from the store cupboard is a pot of my Comfort & Joy 🧙🏼♀️a blend of cardamom pods, cacao nibs, orange peel, clove, star anise, calendula, rose petals and cinnamon bark. Warming, protective and basically a snuggle in cup 🧣🥰🌸
November 25, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Time for getting comfy and cosy. Today’s wild brew from the store cupboard is a pot of my Comfort & Joy 🧙🏼♀️a blend of cardamom pods, cacao nibs, orange peel, clove, star anise, calendula, rose petals and cinnamon bark. Warming, protective and basically a snuggle in cup 🧣🥰🌸
Something’s brewing in the Orkney kitchen … 🧡🌸❤️🌸 Keeping Bert at bay 🧙🏼♀️
November 23, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Something’s brewing in the Orkney kitchen … 🧡🌸❤️🌸 Keeping Bert at bay 🧙🏼♀️
Which end is up? Today is a day of long shadows, poured gold and silver mirrors. The calm reprieve ahead of the storm 🧡
November 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Which end is up? Today is a day of long shadows, poured gold and silver mirrors. The calm reprieve ahead of the storm 🧡
When people say to me ‘how can you cope with the dark winters in Orkney?’ — this is how. Light is alchemical here, the sea and sky swallowing it all 🩶💛
November 22, 2024 at 9:45 AM
When people say to me ‘how can you cope with the dark winters in Orkney?’ — this is how. Light is alchemical here, the sea and sky swallowing it all 🩶💛