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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 5d

Delighted to share the North American cover for LIFELINES. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the beautiful design and for placing Edward Lear's 1837 lithograph of a Dalmatian pelican at its heart. Published by Godine on April 14th, it's available to pre-order now!
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A book cover depicting a Dalmatian pelican surrounded by yellow and white flowers, a fire salamander, a peacockk butterfly and a firefly against a purple-blue background suggesting mountains.

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 6d

We are so excited to be publishing @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands, an evocative journey through British waterscapes revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea. 💧

Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

E&T signs book on water

Elliott & Thompson aquires The Waterlands by Stephen Rutt, an evocative journey through British waterscapes 'revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea'

www.bookbrunch.co.uk

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 11d

‘For several minutes I stood and stared as they looped, settled, flew again, feeling like I was in a dream.’

An unexpected encounter: As Jill Hopper walks by the River Wandle, electric blue shoots across the water www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/jill...

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 15d

This year's Rick Allen Memorial Talk is being given by AC member @annamfleming.bsky.social.

Anna will be discussing her book Time on Rock and her experience of mountaineering with Bolivia's Cholita climbers.

Held on 21 October at Birmingham University, the talk is free to attend & open to all.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25d

Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.

To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...

Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 25d

@wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social has acquired The Ghosts of Chalk Country, a 'journey into the chalk downs' by Sunday Times-bestselling author Guy Shrubsole. Publication is scheduled for April 2027 👇 #BookSky

William Collins lands Guy Shrubsole's new book The Ghosts of Chalk Country

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Sep 16

So excited to be returning to the fabulous @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social to join a wonderful line-up of writers. I'll be in conversation about my new book, LIFELINES, with the brilliant author and biodiversity campaigner Kate Rawles on Nov 22nd.
tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/689...

A promotional image for the Kendal Mountain Festival and an event with author Julian Hoffman.

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · Sep 17

We're delighted to announce that we'll be publishing 'predominant nature writer' Jim Crumley's latest book, Symphonic: Harmony in Nature and Why It Matters ✨

Read more here:

saraband.net/2025/09/17/s...

#Booksky
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Sep 15

Such a joy and honour to interview the brilliant Dr Lee Durrell for the Corfu Literary Festival. Celebrating the centenary of Gerald Durrell's birth, she generously shared stories of their remarkable life together and her ongoing efforts to protect endangered species throughout the world.

Photo of Lee Durrell and Julian Hoffman taken against a marble wall.

An audience in chairs listening to Lee Durrell at the Corfu Literary Festival.

Lee Durrell reading from the book Myself and Other Animals.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good to speak at today’s @wildsummituk.bsky.social on why this government needs a vision for the countryside that isn’t about soulless attacks on newts. We need a new Nature Bill that takes inspiration from Attlee’s postwar govt: making national parks wilder & creating a right of responsible access

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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 11

Many congratulations to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing @wainwrightprize.bsky.social last night for his brilliant & important book The Lie of the Land, published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Sep 10

Absolutely delighted that my book THE LIE OF THE LAND has won the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing!

This week, one of the book’s recommendations, a ban on moorland burning, became a reality. Next, we need a Nature Bill for England…

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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · Sep 10

The WINNER of the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing...

The Lie of the Land, @guyshrubsole.bsky.social (@wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social)

#WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎇📚 SHORTLISTED! 📚🎇

We are absolutely delighted that Gwyneth Lewis's bold and honest memoir 'Nightshade Mother' has been shortlisted for the Sky Arts Literature award!

Make sure to tune in to the ceremony on 16 September!

www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/articl...

'Remarkable' Adam Phillips
'Dangerous' M. Wynn Thomas
'Moving' Rowan Williams
'Astonishing' Pascale Petit
'Extraordinary' Tom Bullough
'Compelling, radical and moving' alice hiller

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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 3

Many congratulations to Gwyneth Lewis whose memoir, Nightshade Mother has been nominated for the 2025 Sky Arts Literature Award:
www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/articl...

Nominees announced for 2025 Sky Arts Awards

Nominees are announced today for this year’s Sky Arts Awards, returning to London’s Roundhouse on 16 September.Launched last year as an evolution of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, The Sky Arts Awards...

www.skygroup.sky

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Such a pleasure recording this podcast for Sense of Place about Lifelines, home and the more-than-human world!
www.senseofplacepod.com/podcast/epis...

A map of the Prespa lakes region shared by Greece, Albania and North Macedonia that appear on the endpapers of my book Lifelines.

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 31

Online this Tuesday evening. Delving into the exciting & urgent question of how we can include the lives & experiences of nonhumans in writing w/ fellow author Emma Geen, hosted by @walklistencreate.org! Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals

How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...

walklistencreate.org

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Peter Cairns @petecairns.bsky.social · Aug 23

Books that intelligently poke at our complex relationship with wild nature, should be compulsory reading - this is one of them.
@chantallyons.bsky.social immerses herself in the world of wild boar and those people with an opinion on their growing presence.

www.waterstones.com/book/groundb...

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Ático de los Libros @aticodeloslibros.com · Aug 29

Os invitamos a la presentación en Barcelona de "La melodía del mundo" de @casparhenderson.bsky.social, en conversación con Claudia Casanova @lallum35.bsky.social, directora editorial de Ático de los Libros, en @documentabcn.bsky.social ✨

⏲️ Miércoles 10 de septiembre - 19:00h

📌 Librería Documenta

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Michael J. Warren @drmjwarren.bsky.social · Aug 18

Bird place-name of the day 81: ARNEWOOD (Hants). OE earn + wudu. ‘Eagle wood’. A lost place. FINALLY, I saw WTEs in Sussex yesterday at Amberley Brooks, my childhood haunts. I write about this hoped-for moment in #thecuckooslea, so delighted I’ve now seen these birds. #birdsandplace #naturewriting

A white-tailed eagle about to make a kill.

OS map show Hampshire place-names relating to old and now lost Arnewood.

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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · Aug 15

Two brilliant new reads on coexistence with creatures great & small - @adamweymouth.bsky.social on wolves, & @julianhoffman.bsky.social on fellow humans, bears, wrens, swallows & beyond in Greece ❤️

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · Aug 14

'This book could be chosen as an alternative introduction to Orkney history.'

As John Murray Press launch their John Murray Classics imprint, read Amy Liptrot’s brand new foreword to George Mackay Brown’s ‘Beside the Ocean of Time’: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/besi...

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · Aug 6

"I’m on a steadily rising road in northern Greece as swallows sweep over the burnished grasses to either side of me & pelicans spiral through the summer sky"

@julianhoffman.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com about the stunning #Prespa lakes, the setting of his new memoir #Lifelines:
bit.ly/3UiL69L

Balkan bounty: the little-known corner of Greece now ripe for walkers and nature tourism

Mountains, butterflies, bears and pelicans are among the natural wonders in the stunning Prespa lakes region, which straddles three countries

www.theguardian.com

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Aug 5

Absolutely thrilled that my book THE LIE OF THE LAND has been shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social for conservation writing!

Honoured to join an incredible shortlist of authors including @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social

More here:
wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...

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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · Aug 5

We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists!

From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.

Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com

#StoriesThatConnect

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · Jul 27

Lovely empty windows: @lauraparker.bsky.social tells the story of a 1928 lifeboat tragedy, as memorialised in the windows of an East Sussex church www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/love...

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