For us in working class Cornwall, it meant more than just an escape from Thatcher’s Britain, it was a moment held in time, a moment and a place where folk could shout ‘this here, this land and these people are mine’

Natasha Carthew on the Elephant Fayre

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Cus I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to live by the sea in the Cornish village where I was born & raised, where the average house price is £800k I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #Cornwall #UndercurrentBook

LOVE Waterstones Plymouth 💚🤍

First and last time I was at Elephant Fayre/Port Eliot - Loved writing this article for The Quietus about our wild and unruly backyard festival: thequietus.com/articles/34085… #Cornwall #Festivals

FRIDAY GIVEAWAY! Fancy winning one of three signed copies of my bestselling newly published memoir about growing up in rural poverty in #Cornwall ? Repost/Follow for chance to #win

Research road trip for new nonfic ;)

'That elephant was a dream come true, made of wicker and scrap wood, and to my eyes it walked the muddy banks of the estate like an exotic circus escapee'

Natasha Carthew on the Elephant Fayre

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So proud of all the incredible writers that entered our ClassNature Octopus Publishing Nature Writing Prize this year - can't believe it's been 5 years, so many doors kicked open for #WorkingClass writers! Any journos interested in our mission and background to the prize, hit me up!

My memoir isn't just about growing up in rural poverty, it's about what it took to lift myself up and out; I didn't want a life of menial dead-end jobs, I wanted to be a writer, and when I was told at school to aim lower, I learnt one thing as a result - RESILIENCE, cus fuck that

Stoked to have been asked to write for the iconic The Quietus about the equally iconic Festival of my childhood - cowboy hats and warm scrumpy at the ready, we're off to Elephant Fayre x #Cornwall thequietus.com/articles/34085…

Move aside Undercurrent cus I've just turned in the new fiction - six years since the last cus I've been on a non-fic rollercoaster, reckon it's the best I've ever written but what do I know?

If I can overturn the toxic narrative that somehow poverty is our fault, that it has been caused by personal flaws and bad life decisions, then I'm doing something right - that's why I'm touring, signing books & chatting to you guys, it makes a difference #undercurrenttour24 x

'A powerful story of social inequality' RAYNOR WINN
'By turns marvellous, moving and mesmerising' ANITA SETHI

Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards, UNDERCURRENT by Natasha Carthew is out today in paperback.

Get your copy: brnw.ch/21wIIqc

The state of non-fiction narrative has never looked so depressing

The lovely Douglas Stuart bigging up #UndercurrentBook over on Insta 💙x

Lighthouses, looking out for each other

I set up the ClassNature Prize for #WorkingClass Writers to burst the stereotype of what it means to be a nature writer, giving unrivaled access to Octopus Publishing editors, agents & ace opportunities wth Arvon & Campaign for National Parks Please RT! Info: thebookseller.com/news/the-natur…

My memoir publishes TODAY & I tell you what folks, there's a bloody storm brewing, cus I won't shut up about poverty, won't shut up about 2nd homes, won't shut up about library closures & financial disparity & I definitely won't shut up about our shit government #UndercurrentBook

Safe voyage little one - Undercurrent publishes in paperback today x