Mark Ranger is from a small town between Southampton and the New Forest. With a BA in English & Creative Writing, and an MA in Critical Theory & Cultural Studies, his writing encompasses the overlooked details of the landscape, community, and all the little things that make up a life. Mark has 5 years experience as a support worker and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), currently using his teaching and coaching skills in the private sector to provide support and mentoring to local people.

Publications:

Shared Territory (2026), Fragments Press. A nature writing memoir about people and place. www.fragmentspress.co.uk

Fragments Exhibition (June - September 2025), Nest Coffee House, Southampton.

Fragments (2024): a series of 4 collaborative, seasonal zines. Fragments Press. www.fragmentspress.co.uk

‘Ghosts of Love Lost in Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years (2015)’ in The Big Picture Magazine (2022)

Lines of Flight (2021): a series of 12 self-published zines about the social aspect of landscape

‘The Future of Class Consciousness in Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets’ in The Big Picture Magazine (2020)

Book Review of ‘Ditch vision: essays on poetry, nature and place’ in Green Letters Journal (2019)

‘Southampton’ in PORT, Dunlin Press (2019)

‘Liminal spaces as sites of transformation in Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank’ in The Big Picture Magazine (2018)

‘A dive into the twisted psychology of Dogtooth’ in The Big Picture Magazine (2018)

‘Lost Classic: Discover the sparse realism of this dystopian road movie’ in The Big Picture Magazine (2017)