Meet the author is a series of articles intended to introduce you to our wonderful authors. Learn about the books they’ve written, the spiritual pathways they’ve traversed and some fun little tidbits… introducing Steve Andrews!

Steve Andrews was born in Cardiff, Wales but is now based in Portugal, after living in Tenerife for nine years. He is known as the Bard of Ely, a name dubbed by Big Issue Cymru back in the late ’90s, when he was a columnist for the publication, and it refers not only to where he had been living but also to his work as a singer-songwriter, performer and poet. As the Bard of Ely he has played at Glastonbury Festival and the Green Man Festival and has two of his songs on the Green Man Festival CD album on Double Snazzy. In 2017, he was featured on Britain’s Got Talent.

Andrews has written for many publications including Kindred Spirit, Celtic Life International, Prediction, Living Tenerife, Welsh Coastal Life, Mediterranean Gardening and Outdoor Living, Bee Culture: The Magazine of American Beekeeping and Permaculture magazines, as well as having been a contributor to the Tenerife Weekly, Tenerife Sun and Tenerife News newspapers.

In the late ’90s he worked as a TV presenter on the BBC Choice magazine series In Full View in which he was out and about in the countryside looking at the plants and animals. He has also appeared on many other TV programmes including Weird Wales on HTV Wales, Roll Over Beethoven on BBC2 and The Slate on BBC1.

What books have you written?

Herbs of the Northern Shaman, Herbs of the Southern Shaman, Pagan Portals: Herbs of the Sun, Moon and Planets, Earth Spirit: Saving Mother Ocean, The Magic of Butterflies and Moths.

How would you describe your spiritual pathway?

Druid, as a Quest Knight of the Loyal Arthurian Warband.

What is something fun and quirky about yourself?

I have a green beard and appeared on Britain’s Got Talent sporting it but Simon Cowell didn’t like me inviting the audience on stage for “Stand By Me.”

Where can people find you? 

https://linktr.ee/steveandrews/

What tips do you have for folk beginning their spiritual journey?

Take it as it comes. Life is an adventure and you learn as you go along.

Which deity or deities would you love to have dinner with?

Bastet because I am very connected with cats. I have four in my daily life.

What magical items would you take with you if you had to live on an island for a year?

An athame because it could come in handy.

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