The Places We Return To by Cecily Blench

Cecily Blench (The Places We Return To) is a freelance writer and editor. Originally from Herefordshire, she studied English Literature at the University of York and worked for several years at an independent publisher in London. She has written for Slightly Foxed, Reader's Digest and The London Magazine, among others. She has a particular interest in travel writing, history, and intrepid women. Her first novel won the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for unpublished manuscripts and is contracted for publication in 2021.

Cecily's work appears in Issue 5 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.