This episode sees me combine two of my loves: books and nature! I'm joined by George Steedman Jones, host of the Coffee with Conservationists podcast (@coffee_with_conservationists) (which I totally get the name of wrong in the episode, sorry George!), who is studying for a BA in Marine and Natural History Photography at Falmouth University.
We discuss the popularity of nature writing in the UK, if eco-dystopias are good or bad for engaging people with climate change, and if as readers we need to be more environmentally aware of the impact our hobby can have on nature.
Books mentioned in the episode:
Home Time Blues by Archie Thorn
The Stone Raft by José Saramago
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Grounded by Ruth Allen
The Peregrine by J.A. Baker
Dark Skies by Tiffany Francis-Baker
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup Thygeson
The Inside Out of Flies by Erica McAlister
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Coloured Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Spirals in Time by Helen Scales
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
The Butterfly Isles by Patrick Barkham
Raptor by James Macdonald Lockheart
The Urban Birder by David Lindo
The Missing Lynx by Ross Barnes
Doggerland by Ben Smith
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Havergey by John Burnside
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
Shout-out this episode goes to Nature is Metal (@natureismetal)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/
Chatting Lit logo design and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)