David Farrier
@david-farrier.bsky.social
Writer. Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils | Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, shortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize 2025
Professor of Literature & the Environment, University of Edinburgh
Professor of Literature & the Environment, University of Edinburgh
Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
Still can't quite believe it, but Vanity Fair Italy interviewed me about Nature's Genius
www.vanityfair.it/article/davi...
www.vanityfair.it/article/davi...
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Still can't quite believe it, but Vanity Fair Italy interviewed me about Nature's Genius
www.vanityfair.it/article/davi...
www.vanityfair.it/article/davi...
Nature's Genius is published in Italian!!
September 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Nature's Genius is published in Italian!!
This has absolutely thrilled me!
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This has absolutely thrilled me!
I had an amazing time @wainwrightprize.bsky.social yesterday! So many inspiring writers and extraordinary books. Congratulations to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, a hugely deserving winner for conservation writing, and fellow @canongate.co.uk writer @chloedalton.bsky.social for book of the year!
September 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I had an amazing time @wainwrightprize.bsky.social yesterday! So many inspiring writers and extraordinary books. Congratulations to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, a hugely deserving winner for conservation writing, and fellow @canongate.co.uk writer @chloedalton.bsky.social for book of the year!
Can't wait to speak with Alex Riley and @calflyn.bsky.social tomorrow @edbookfest.bsky.social about all that makes life extraordinary. Come along!
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Can't wait to speak with Alex Riley and @calflyn.bsky.social tomorrow @edbookfest.bsky.social about all that makes life extraordinary. Come along!
Exciting news!!!!!!
Thanks @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!
Thanks @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Exciting news!!!!!!
Thanks @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!
Thanks @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!
Off topic, but I visited the Garden Futures exhibit at V&A Dundee yesterday--think you'd like it. Among the surprising things I learned: Patrick Geddes designed the layout of Tel Aviv's green spaces.
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Off topic, but I visited the Garden Futures exhibit at V&A Dundee yesterday--think you'd like it. Among the surprising things I learned: Patrick Geddes designed the layout of Tel Aviv's green spaces.
I'm thrilled beyond words that Nature's Genius has been long listed for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Conservation Writing prize! Congratulations to all the fantastic authors on the list.
Sincere thanks to the #wainwright judges and for everyone @canongate.co.uk for supporting the book!
Sincere thanks to the #wainwright judges and for everyone @canongate.co.uk for supporting the book!
July 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I'm thrilled beyond words that Nature's Genius has been long listed for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Conservation Writing prize! Congratulations to all the fantastic authors on the list.
Sincere thanks to the #wainwright judges and for everyone @canongate.co.uk for supporting the book!
Sincere thanks to the #wainwright judges and for everyone @canongate.co.uk for supporting the book!
I'm thrilled to see this fantastic review of Nature's Genius in Literary Review!
"Farrier's achievement is to make change feel not just possible but also exciting."
"Farrier's achievement is to make change feel not just possible but also exciting."
June 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'm thrilled to see this fantastic review of Nature's Genius in Literary Review!
"Farrier's achievement is to make change feel not just possible but also exciting."
"Farrier's achievement is to make change feel not just possible but also exciting."
My book new, Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, has a lot in common with this thread, I think. It looks at how humans are driving other species to adapt and what this can teach us about facing the challenges of breaking climate.
June 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My book new, Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, has a lot in common with this thread, I think. It looks at how humans are driving other species to adapt and what this can teach us about facing the challenges of breaking climate.
Read an extract from Nature's Genius on the Encouter Nature app
www.encounter-nature.com/features
www.encounter-nature.com/features
June 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Read an extract from Nature's Genius on the Encouter Nature app
www.encounter-nature.com/features
www.encounter-nature.com/features
It's part of my book Nature's Genius - about the lessons we can learn from nature about facing some of our greatest challenges.
June 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's part of my book Nature's Genius - about the lessons we can learn from nature about facing some of our greatest challenges.
I wrote about translating animal language for today's @theguardian.com - taken from a chapter in Nature's Genius
May 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I wrote about translating animal language for today's @theguardian.com - taken from a chapter in Nature's Genius
Nature's Genius is published today!!
Such a thrill to see it in shops. Thanks to all @canongate.co.uk for doing such a beautiful job.
Such a thrill to see it in shops. Thanks to all @canongate.co.uk for doing such a beautiful job.
May 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nature's Genius is published today!!
Such a thrill to see it in shops. Thanks to all @canongate.co.uk for doing such a beautiful job.
Such a thrill to see it in shops. Thanks to all @canongate.co.uk for doing such a beautiful job.
On my way to Brighton to talk about Nature's Genius tonight, & tomorrow evening @theconduitlondon in Covent Gd. Come along to hear how, with evolution's example, we can reimagine our relationship with nature. Both are free; non-Conduit members can register here: share-eu1.hsforms.com/1kHXTYw-pRDi...
May 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
On my way to Brighton to talk about Nature's Genius tonight, & tomorrow evening @theconduitlondon in Covent Gd. Come along to hear how, with evolution's example, we can reimagine our relationship with nature. Both are free; non-Conduit members can register here: share-eu1.hsforms.com/1kHXTYw-pRDi...
One week until Nature's Genius is out! Huge thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @calflyn.bsky.social & Isabella Tree for their kind words.
I'll be doing events in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds & St Andrews - come and say hello!
Tix here: buythebook.online/natures-genius
I'll be doing events in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds & St Andrews - come and say hello!
Tix here: buythebook.online/natures-genius
May 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
One week until Nature's Genius is out! Huge thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @calflyn.bsky.social & Isabella Tree for their kind words.
I'll be doing events in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds & St Andrews - come and say hello!
Tix here: buythebook.online/natures-genius
I'll be doing events in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds & St Andrews - come and say hello!
Tix here: buythebook.online/natures-genius
Thanks @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for some amazing book post - by the formidable Claire-Louise Bennett, and @joannapocock.bsky.social whose Surrender was a book I loved in lockdown. Can't wait to take Greyhound's tour of American edgelands.
April 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for some amazing book post - by the formidable Claire-Louise Bennett, and @joannapocock.bsky.social whose Surrender was a book I loved in lockdown. Can't wait to take Greyhound's tour of American edgelands.
Nature's Genius is out three weeks from today! (8 May)
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
April 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nature's Genius is out three weeks from today! (8 May)
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
BOOK TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!
I'll be taking my new book, Nature's Genius, on the road next month. I can't wait to share these animal stories of wonder, change, and possibility. If you're in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Bristol, Leeds, or Edinburgh (or St Andrews--details tbc), please come along!
I'll be taking my new book, Nature's Genius, on the road next month. I can't wait to share these animal stories of wonder, change, and possibility. If you're in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Bristol, Leeds, or Edinburgh (or St Andrews--details tbc), please come along!
April 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BOOK TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!
I'll be taking my new book, Nature's Genius, on the road next month. I can't wait to share these animal stories of wonder, change, and possibility. If you're in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Bristol, Leeds, or Edinburgh (or St Andrews--details tbc), please come along!
I'll be taking my new book, Nature's Genius, on the road next month. I can't wait to share these animal stories of wonder, change, and possibility. If you're in Glasgow, Brighton, London, Bristol, Leeds, or Edinburgh (or St Andrews--details tbc), please come along!
