For Annie Dillard, the sonic intensity of poetry was critical to every form of writing she published throughout her life.
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Rachael Mead’s body once carried her across Antarctic ice sheets. At 55, she set out to reclaim her resilience – and what she discovered was surprising.
People who have lived in a place for decades hold memories that city planners cannot see.
From dinosaur extinctions to a Himalyan memoir, climate science and creative writing experts review some of the best new and upcoming titles to look out for in 2026.
The revered nature writer asks ambitious questions in his latest work, written at a tipping point for the world’s climate.
Rawson, in burrowing from question to question, draws on a vibrant array of thinkers and essayists in environmental philosophy.
Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding us how to truly see nature.
This collective of more than 30 new and established writers offer bright, fresh voices on our sense of place, our place in nature.
For poet Robert Adamson, the natural world offered a form of deliverance.
John Alec Baker’s 1967 novel, The Peregrine, recounts the story of a bird over ten winters, but his archive is the story of a very private man.
A new book delves into the species that live in, on and near Melbourne’s Yarra: from the millions of humans who rely on it for water to creatures such as owls, wallabies and flying foxes.
I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772
Plath’s sublime nature poetry deserves widespread appreciation for its unfettered joy and deep attunement to the natural world.
Our tales of the natural world are disappearing and we shouldn’t let them.
It’s no coincidence that more books about trees are popping up. There is an air of desperation in new books by Peter Wohllben, Janine Burke and others.
For an ecologist working in a tangle of creeks in North Queensland, crocodiles are a tangible threat. We are food to them, yet we must learn to co-exist with these creatures.
The great walker and poet can give us much to ponder and marvel at on our daily jaunts
Writing vividly about her beloved Aberdeenshire landscape has reconnected many readers and writers to nature, underscoring the need to protect our fragile environment.
Scotland’s literary culture is dominated by a male perspective. So as Burns Night approaches, it’s time to give prominence to a female voice – written in both English and Scots.
Michael McCarthy’s memoir is a timely reminder of the destruction of the natural world.
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex
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Cultural engagement officer, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University
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Professor of English and Creative writing, Lancaster University
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Curator, ESCALA, Art & Special Collections, University of Essex
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Professor of Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion, UCL
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Senior Fellow in Management Practice, University of Oxford
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Teaching Associate, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Sustainable Practice, University of Southampton
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Professor of Social Sustainability, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate, English Literature, University of Liverpool
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Final year PhD student researching Sylvia Plath's nature poetry, University of Huddersfield
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne