New novel, OCEAN, forthcoming January 2024
A novel of a family trauma, a failing marriage and an epic journey to recover all that has been lost. Three years and two research trips in the making, my
From Research to Readership @ Moniack Mhor
Sara Sheridan (author of The Fair Botanists) and I have devised a course for fiction writers with a work in hand, running from April 4th to 9th 2022 at Scotland’s
Read All About It Podcast – Polly Clark on five life changing books
Click HERE to listen. In this podcast series Paul Cuddihy talks to authors about five books chosen in response to a series of questions. An interesting discussion ensues, and I
TIGER the Podcast Episode Two
Episode Two of the Tiger Podcast, features a rare interview with one of the Udeghe people, indigenous to the Russian Far East. Formerly nomadic, now living as Russians do in
TIGER the Podcast Episode One
In late 2017 I travelled from Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland to the frozen forests of the Russian Far East in order to track Amur (Siberian) tigers in
Tiger Trailer
Publication day for the UK paperback of TIGER is November 12th 2020! Here is trailer to whet your appetite. TIGER is also published in Germany by Eisele Verlag on November
Letter to the reader of Tiger
When you have read Tiger, you will know something of how to track and survive in the wilderness. Most of all I hope you experience the tiger as it truly is and love it as I do.
TIGER reviews
“Fierce, elegant, and compelling as the tiger itself, TIGER is less a novel than the very force of nature caught in fiction. Grabbed me by the imagination and carried me into the wilds of animal and human nature”
Laline Paull, author of The Bees
What is Mother Love? In conversation with Ana Sampson
Motherhood happened to me relatively late in life. I was 38 when I crossed that threshold where one body becomes two and the transformation from having a mother to being
German TIGER success
In less than four months, TIGER has earned out its advance and is well on the way to selling out its entire hardback print run in Germany. This is despite
Tigers and extreme research — a limited time interview
This live Facebook interview with Exeter Libraries is now edited and online on You Tube. This was very entertaining to do, the team are brilliant both at the technical side
Tigers, bears and breakfast with Dan Richards and Polly Clark
** LIVE ON FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 8.30AM UK TIME (9.30am CET) ** Escape lockdown and morning news and be transported to wild places over a coffee with Dan Richards and
Polly Clark 