an UNTAMED press, publishing feral words for wild souls.
Founded on the belief that writing doesn’t have to look the way you’ve been told it should, we seek to untame the definitions of writer, publisher and consumer, holding the winding and multiple possibilities that words and stories offer.
The Wildheart Press was founded in 2024 by Eleanor Cheetham, publisher of Creative Countryside magazine and other wildhearted offerings from 2017 - 2020. You’ll also find Eleanor over at The Wild Academy, home of untamed learning.
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ABOUT ELEANOR
Eleanor is a writer, mentor, mystic and old soul. She has an intrinsic connection with the land and is inspired by ancient folklore and stories, and by the soulful relationships that our ancestors had with the more-than-human world. Based in Lincolnshire, she’s most at home by the sea or in the woods, and is usually found running to keep up with her seven year-old son, Monty.
A trained literature and creative writing teacher, Eleanor worked in academia for over five years before starting Creative Countryside, an independent magazine and small press. Around the same time (2016) she ditched bricks and mortar for canvas and lived in a tent for a year, rooting her relationship with seasonal change and the natural world. Much of her own writing and explorations of rewilding stem from this experience.
In 2019, Eleanor co-founded The Wild Academy - home of untamed learning - with Maddy Mason. At the Academy she runs courses, programmes and retreats to help you connect with your wild self.