Meet our Wild Pages writers

By James Powell | November 25, 2025

Meet the wild writers taking part in this week’s ‘Wild Pages’ five-day environmental residency for emerging short-form writers at Felixstowe Library.

The residency is part of the annual Wild Reads campaign. Developed in partnership with the National Centre for Writing and Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Wild Pages supports writers to create new work inspired by Suffolk’s landscapes while building their confidence in community-focused creative practice.

Throughout the week, participants will explore a range of natural and local settings, meet readers and residents, and respond to the county’s environment through original writing. Other libraries will also be involved including Ipswich County Library, Framlingham Library and Southwold Library.

By the end of the residency, each writer will produce a new short-form piece and outline a workshop or activity they may go on to deliver in libraries in the future.

Meet the Writers

Aruna Stannard (she/her)

Aruna has lived in Suffolk for 13 years. She enjoys many forms of writing, but poetry in particular, finding inspiration in the natural world and our complex yet profound connections to it. Coming from a healthcare background, she has long believed in the importance of stories and community for health and wellbeing. She co-directs a voluntary organisation that champions creativity for wellbeing, for medical staff and students. Aruna is keen to continue combining her caring values with her writing, in developing a community practice.

Amy Adshead (they/them)

Amy Adshead is a queer writer based in rural East Anglia, specialising in short fiction and poetry. Their writing is rooted in the sounds, textures, and sensations of a tangible connection to the land and often examines an intertwined relationship between humans and non-humans. Constantly experimenting with unusual forms and mediums, Amy views their poetry as just one facet of an interconnected and constantly evolving creative practice. Alongside writing, they sing for an art punk band, create zines and practice photography.

Felix Uff is a writer and actor from Felixstowe, trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. For screen, Felix has collaborated with Moonage Pictures and Hat Trick Productions, and he’s currently working on his debut play, Art: The Value of Nothing. In his practice, he explores the more macabre aspects of the human condition to show that even in the darkest places there’s always light.

Nashwa Nasreldin (she/her)

Nashwa Nasreldin is a writer and a translator of Arabic literature based in Bury St Edmunds, where she launched the Bury St Edmunds Writers’ Workshop. Her poems and essays have been published in a number of journals in the UK and further afield. She is currently working on a book-length essay of reflections and meditations on nature, war and identity.

Kate Flurrie (she/her)

Kate is an artist working with moving image and installation, creating work rooted in lived experience and is often collaborative. She is now developing her practice to incorporate creative writing as an integral part of her artistic language. Kate has worked with a number of arts organisations on film projects which involve local communities, and she also works on a number of cultural projects as a volunteer coordinator connecting people to creative volunteering opportunities.

Amy Wragg (she/her)

Amy Wragg is a poet, zine maker, & spoken word nerd, based in Ipswich. Despite being best known as the woman behind (getonthe)SoapBox – music & poetry events she has been running in the East for almost two decades – she is now emerging as an artist in her own right. Amy is a writer & performer of spoken word poetry, and a prolific zine maker (15 zines made so far, this year!). She is inspired by power of language and storytelling to reach people, amplify marginalised voices, build kinder communities, share ideas, and motivate positive change. None of her zines are available digitally – print only – and they are all made by hand (scissors & glue) using collage.