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Emma Oldham

Emma Oldham (she/her) is an award-winning conservation biologist, campaigner, public speaker, and writer from Newark-on-Trent, England. Her passion for wildlife and storytelling took root in childhood, never far from a notepad or a rescued creature. This early curiosity has blossomed into a lifelong mission: exploring how stories and poetry illuminate our relationship with the natural world and inspire meaningful action. Emma is currently pursuing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln.

Articles by Emma Oldham

Dugout by Emma Oldham
In this short story by Emma Oldham, the Australian sun is its own overbearing, brutal character, beating down especially on poorer and Aboriginal communities. The story follows the narrator's relationship to the heat and her complicated, uneven entanglement with a richer white man, who offers both 'pleasure and climactic relief' in his air-conditioned home. This piece was shortlisted for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
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