Anne Charnock

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Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such. https://linktr.ee/annecharnock https://annecharnock.com/

Schooner at anchor with Arran in the distance. Beach in foreground.
3 copies of Alston Moor shot against a stone wall, echoing the ruin on the front cover.
Cormorant standing on weathered wooden pillars and reaching back to preen the feathers on its back.
Robin perched on the back of a garden bench against greenery of a cherry tree.
Manuscript proof on my desk with sharp pencil and my favourite coffee cup, keyboard, screens.
Two boats in the distance with complex cloudscape with a little blue in the sky. Mainland Scotland in the backdrop.
Full wing span and tail feathers against a blue sky
A robin redbreast in profile perched on the broken end of a branch, against a dark background with blue sky peeping through.
Lucy Lapwing signs one of her books
Brownish speckled blackbird amid brownish leaf litter on embankment. A few bright green ivy leaves. Distinctive yellow ring around the bird’s eye.
Swans flying in profile over a lake, one with wings up, one with wings down. Necks and heads aligned nearly perfectly so that only one can be seen.
Small bird with orange chest and white collar perched on bramble.
Grey and yellow/gold colours, cover showing sketch of a moorland ruin and a curlew, spine in yellow with detail image of cover's line drawing
Hoar frost on shoreline trees and hillside reflected in still water of lake.
A stack of books on a window seat with binoculars and e-reader.
Sunrise over bow of ferry.
A wren in profile perching on barbed wire.
On the shoreline, striding, with telltale long beak, slightly upturned.
Snow-white plumage, black beak, long black legs, bright yellow feet. Wings outstretched and legs dangling.
Among small rocks, a blue sea, and a shellfish in its long curling beak.
Robin sat on a rock, with oddly stiff straight legs and a piercing stare.
Almost a silhouette. The crow, wings outstretched, reflected in the shoreline swash.
Dominic seated in conversation with Stuart with Wigtown logo in background. Plus front and back covers.
Derelict wooden pier with cormorants, all facing right. Strong shadows and a blue sea.
Bike in foreground. Gorgeous line of clouds over Arran in the distance
Two corvids on twisted bare branch silhouetted against pale blue sky.
Blue sky with bright clouds over still sea.
Butterfly, white wings outspread, black dot and wingtip. Sat on white flower with green leaves in background.
Helm by Sarah Hall
Jackdaw with characteristic bright grey eye and grey patch at the back of its head, standing on yellow seaweed on shoreline.
Gull standing on shore with a crab in its beak. The crab’s yellow/green underside facing the camera.
Pipit sits on a fence post with solid pale green backdrop. Pipit has distinctive brown stripes on its breast.
Heron with outstretched wings, against unusual ‘striped’ sea in two shades of blue. Wing tip reflected in water.
Perched on a tall weed amid greenery. Distinctive mid-orange breast.
Deep purple flowers and vivid greenery against a bright white wall.
In the sea and in formation adult geese with goslings in small groups scattered between them.