Nick Hayes is a British writer, illustrator, and campaigner for land access.^[1] He has written a number of graphic novels and a non-fiction book, The Book of Trespass.^[2]

Life and work

Hayes grew up in Upper Basildon, Berkshire.^[1]

He works as an illustrator.^[1] In 2004 he was a founding editor of Meat Magazine.^[3]

In August 2020, Hayes and Guy Shrubsole launched a campaign on freedom to roam in England, called Right to Roam.^[4] In July 2021 he and Shrubsole collaborated with Landscapes of Freedom and David Bangs to organise a mass trespass on the Sussex Downs to raise awareness of the failings of the 2000 CROW act, which Shrubsole claims still only gives the public access to 8% of land and 3% of rivers in England.^[5][6]

Publications

Graphic novels

• The Rime of the Modern Mariner. Jonathan Cape, 2011. ISBN 978-0224090254.^[7]
• Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads. Harry N. Abrams, 2016. ISBN 978-1419719455.^[8][9][10]
• Cormorance. Jonathan Cape, 2016. ISBN 978-1910702055.^[11][12]
• The Drunken Sailor. Jonathan Cape, 2018. ISBN 978-1910702062.^[13]

Non-fiction books

• The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us. London: Bloomsbury, 2020. ISBN 9781526604699.^{[14][15][16][17]}