David Batten was educated at Loughborough and Hull and worked in rural development in Gwynedd, North Wales. He now lives with his partner, Ingrid, in the Aveyron, southern France, where he writes, brews beer and works as a paysagiste.His previous publications are Transhumance (Cinnamon Press 2016); Storme Passage (pamphlet, Cinnamon Press 2017); Untergang (Cinnamon Press 2018); Rotterdam (novella, Liquorice Fish Books 2019); Winterreis *(Cinnamon Press 2021) and *Aubrac (Cinnamon Press, 2024).

David Batten was educated at Loughborough and Hull and worked in rural development in Gwynedd, North Wales. He now lives with his partner, Ingrid, in the Aveyron, southern France, where he writes, brews beer and works as a paysagiste.His previous publications are Transhumance (Cinnamon Press 2016); Storme Passage (pamphlet, Cinnamon Press 2017); Untergang (Cinnamon Press 2018); Rotterdam (novella, Liquorice Fish Books 2019); Winterreis *(Cinnamon Press 2021) and *Aubrac (Cinnamon Press, 2024).