Creative Writer
I’m Allison Hill. Welcome to my author website!
This website showcases a small selection of my shorter creative writing pieces and introduces the books I’ve published. As well as short stories and poems, you will find articles on a range of subjects, from my wildlife exploits to general observations on daily life.
If you like what you see, please do share as I always welcome new readers.
Short Pieces
Our Pride of Lionesses
A poem inspired by the brilliant performance of the Lionesses at the World Cup Millions of us keenly tuned in, A World …Read More »A Magpie Muses
A poem from the point of view of the only magpie living in Shetland Gannets and guillemots throng in their thousands, Screeching …Read More »
Shetland’s Spectacular Birds
How to describe Shetland? Remote. Stunning. Beautiful. Peaceful. Extraordinary and well worth a visit. Which is what I recently did.Read More »Face Facts
A poem about animal sentience and how we can understand chimpanzees’ facial signals Since we descended from great apes, Their gestures form …Read More »
Memories of Madikwe
After a four-year gap, going on safari again was a real treat. I’m very lucky to have seen the Big Five a …Read More »
Crisis, What Crisis?
We can learn so much from our great leaders if we pay attention to their words and deeds. I’ve been looking at …Read More »