The Wildheart Press is a home for wild words and re-enchanted writing
Founded by Eleanor Cheetham, the Press began as a small publishing house celebrating wild and feral voices. It has since evolved into a wider creative ecosystem - a place where writers gather to deepen their craft, rewild their language and return to the roots of story.
Through an online community, bespoke editorial mentoring and 1:1 support, The Wildheart Press guides writers to uncover the pulse beneath their pages. From time to time, it also births chapbooks - testaments to what happens when words and wildness meet.
The Press champions: writing that speaks to and for the Earth; words that disrupt systems of oppression; writers that dwell in the liminal, the mythic, the cyclical; the tending of grief, rage and hope with care; and the re-imagining of kinship across time, species and story.
Here, we value books as connectors, words as spells, and story as a tool of resistance and repair.
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ABOUT ELEANOR
Eleanor Cheetham is a writer, editor and educator exploring the intersections of story, land and wildness.
She is the co-author of The Rewilding Yearbook (2025) and co-founder of The Wild Academy.
Her work invites writers to remember their kinship with the natural world through language, myth and creative practice.
Solidarity & responsibility
The Press is rooted in a vision of liberation, rewilding and return. We name and reject systems of oppression - colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy and extractive capitalism - that destroy both people and planet.
We stand with the people of Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and all communities resisting genocide, apartheid, displacement and erasure.
We are committed to decolonising publishing, disrupting perfectionism, and honouring the wisdom of multiple ways of knowing.