Jon Woolcott is a writer and publisher from Dorset. His writing has appeared in The Bookseller, Caught by The River, Slightly Foxed, Echtrai Journal, for the Venice Biennale, and he writes regular travel articles for The Guardian. He is the author of Real Dorset (Seren 2023). He’s the editor of Going to Ground (Little Toller, 2024), an anthology of writing about place and nature.

Jon works for the independent publisher Little Toller Books and he edits the online journal for new writing about place, The Clearing.

Jon has held senior positions in the marketing team at Waterstones, was a buyer and Head of Marketing for Ottakar’s, and Buying and Marketing Director for Stanfords.