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Dr Anjana Khatwa
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Earth Scientist, Writer, Presenter. 📗 #WhispersOfRock, 4 Sept Little Brown (UK), 4 Nov Basic Books (US). Own views. Likes ≠ Endorsement.
Agents: 📺 Knight Ayton Management 📚 C&W
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Thank you @britsciassoc.bsky.social for inviting me to #BSF25! I loved inspiring the audience about rocks and the magical stories they can tell us 🩵🙏🏾
September 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Share your rock stories with me using #rockwhisperer! I'd love to meet them!
#naturewriting
Hands holding a piece of vesicular basalt. Text says tell my story. Remember me. Woman crouching on a beach with pebbles and rocks. Text says what are the rocks whispering to you? #rockwhisperer
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Happy Publication Day to The Whispers of Rock! A journey that started with the Nan Shepherd Prize to this epic work that reframes our relationship with rock.
Link to buy: anjanakhatwa.com/writing
#rockwhisperer #WhispersOfRock #naturwriting
Book called The Whispers of Rock on a background of orange sandstone Hand holding a laminated siltstone. Words say what does it feel like to hold silence in your hands Hand holding limestone with a sea urchin fossils. Text says what can you teach me about cycles of love and loss Hands holding a piece of coal. Test says will you ever learn to let me go?
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Unboxing my book with my parents 🥰 We've had our ups & downs over the years, but they are so proud of me now!
#naturewriting #nonfiction #unboxing
September 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Lets go behind the scenes and watch The Whispers of Rock being printed at Clay's Printers in Suffolk! Released on 4 September, order the book today
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#naturewriting #geology #geography #nonfiction #newrelease
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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All this week I am sharing Indigenous stories from The Whispers of Rock on my Insta account @anjanakhatwa. My book is released next week, 4 Sept! Pre orders open at geni.us/WhispersofRock
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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What are my Roots to Routes? 🤔 As South Asian Heritage Month comes to an end, explore my journey into Geology that began when my ancestors left Rajasthan, India for a new life in Kenya. Full story is in The Whispers of Rock, released 4 Sept, Pre order now!
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August 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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4 Week Mark till the Whispers of Rock is released. A journey that began with being longlisted for 2021 Nan Shepherd Prize, achieving a 6 figure offer in Xmas 2022, Submission of 1st draft Sept 2024. And release of UK ed 4 Sept 2025. Thank you for all your support 🥰 #TheWhispersOfRock #naturewriting
August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Do you want to be a Rock Whisperer? Join me in these short series of videos to discover the clues you need to step into this fascinating world! My book sets this science alongside the human experience in granite landscapes across the world.
Preorder my book here! www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing
August 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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South Asian Heritage Month ROCKS! An amazing story about the Makrana Marble that features in my new book The #WhispersOfRock 😊🤍 Pre-orders open now
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#naturewriting #science #southasianheritagemonth
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Constantly distracted by all the amazing untold geological stories in #Human. Look at that beautiful bit of limestone (weathered & eroded into a pedestal rock) behind Ella! Sorry, not sorry 😅
Presenter Ella Al-Shamahi on a beach standing in front of a limestone pedestal feature.
July 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Ready to become a #rockwhisperer? Then let's go!
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#naturewriting #geology #sciencewriting #earthscience
July 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Attended Bourne Free Pride repping the @nationaltrust.org.uk Brownsea/Kingston Lacy teams with a tractor that blew bubbles! Then ran into GirlGuiding colleagues & fell in love with this rock. Proud to be linked to both national institutions 🤩💕💙 #Pride #BourneFree #Pride2025
Woman wearing a big hat, a white t-shirt with a Pride National Trust logo on it. Behind her is a flag for Bourne Free Pride Festival. A rock which says Pride Rocks (literally) painted on it. The rock rests on a magazine for Girlguiding.
July 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📣 US Friends! #WhispersOfRock is coming Nov 4 2025 🎉🇺🇸 @barnesandnoble.com offer 25% off pre-orders (PREORDER25) for Reward Members, Premium Members get extra 10% off. Reward Membership is FREE 🥰 Hurry, offer closes July 11th!
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Preorder here tinyurl.com/mryvxaxy
#naturewriting
July 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Join me & @bengarrod.bsky.social at the British Science Festival, Liverpool to explore how rocks have shaped our world & our lives. Come & learn how to become a #rockwhisperer! There will be a book signing afterwards, bring your rocks for me to meet 💖🙏🏾 #whispersofrock
Join me at the British science festival. Q and a with prof Ben Garrod. Sunday 14 September, 2pm to 3pm. Museum of Liverpool. All events are free book now
July 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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In Ep 6 Art Against the World Podcast for the Liverpool Biennial 2025 I discuss the magical story of the sandstone that formed the city & aspects of my new book, The Whispers of Rock #WhispersOfRock #rockwhisperer #naturewriting
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Art Against the World Podcast The Soil and the Rock. We talk to Dr Anjana Khatwa whose descriptions of rock are pure poetry.
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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The #WhispersOfRock meets a contributor, the basalts at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland 🌋🩶 A place where 2 continental plates are rifting apart but also a place where words unite them in my book. Pre-order now at www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing
#naturewriting #geology
A woman in a black coat stands on a path which runs through a rift valley separating dark grey rocks. On one side is the North American plate, on the other side is the Eurasian plate. She is holding her book the Whispers of Rock.
June 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Can you hear the whispers of a rock that tells you about gentle lapping waves on the edge of a lagoon? These ancient storykeepers are all around you - seek them out and they will speak to you 🥰🩶 #WhispersOfRock #rockwhisperer
A view of a grey coloured paving slap with fossilised ripples. In the distance is the Aberdulais Falls where coal measures were mined.
June 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Can somebody please hook me up with an Iceland tour company based in Reykjavik that responds to emails! Please! Image for attention!
#icelandtour #iceland #geology
A waterfall rushing over rock covered in moss.
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I can hear whispers of rivers rushing over a desert & a gentle wind shifting grains of sand. Can you? Learn the art of seeing the unseen through my new 📚 The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth, out 4 September. Pre-order now at www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing
#naturewriting #WhispersOfRock
May 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Casper, my 17yo cat was killed last Sunday by a violent dog that broke into our garden. Casper was valiant - fighting till the end but later died of his injuries. Beautiful, gentle & always seeking the best lap & cosiest blanket - I miss him dreadfully. RIP my beautiful boy 💔🖤
A stunning black cat with yellow eyes stares out into the distance. He is sitting on a fluffy brown blanket with his paws crossed. A gorgeous black cat lies on a bed cover looking out into the distance. He has yellow eyes.
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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It's an amazing moment when you see your work that has taken 2 years to write arrive in Proof form. The Whispers of Rock is available now for Pre-Order! Thank you all for your support & belief in me 💚🙏🏾🙂 #naturewriting #geology
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May 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Welcome to The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth. A secret world that whispers stories of creation & destruction, of magic & mystery, of beauty & power. The keepers of such extraordinary tales are the rocks around us. Out 4th Sept 2025, pre-order: tinyurl.com/3m3vnzex
#naturewriting #geology
the front cover of a book called the whispers of rock: stories from the earth. behind the text is a multicoloured sandstone rock with lots of bands.
May 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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One of my favourite walks in inland Dorset goes through 3 villages collectively called the Tarrants. The wisteria looked stunning on my birthday, it made me feel so blessed to be born in May.
#naturewriting #wisteria #blossomwatch
A beautiful old cream stone house with purple wisteria blossoming over the front of it.
May 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The most wonderful weekend celebrating my 50th Birthday with family & friends! This is such a momentous year with amazing things yet to happen 😊🩷🙏🏾
Sign by the incredible @lornarees.bsky.social 😎
#naturewriting #birthday
A woman is cutting a birthday cake which is on a small table. There is a sign propped up on a bar that says Anjana 50th, A man and a woman holding a sign that says Anjana's 50th. She is wearing a white top and a pink skirt. The man is wearing a light blue shirt and brown trousers.
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM