Wild Reads

Why Our Minds Need the Wild.

Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and…

Author Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: an otter, a deer, a fox. So he tried it out.

Lev Parikian sets out to explore the many, and particular, ways that he, and we, experience the natural world beginning face down on the…

No matter where she is transplanted, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship, even in the strange and the unlovely. For it is this way…

A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award.

Delve into the mysterious lives of swifts; the bird that eats, drinks, sleeps, and mates in the air.

A ground-breaking expose of the dangers of pesticides that revolutionised the laws affecting our air, land, and water.

The charming diary of a Londoner who relocated to Suffolk and rediscovered the simple joys of nature.

An inspirational and immersive call to reconnect with the natural world by ventuing into the darkness.

A powerful journey through time via the subterranean worlds beneath our feet.

The autobiographical story of an autistic teenager coping with modern life whilst pursuing his life as a naturalist.

A stunning novel of the extraordinary and the everyday, exploring how we get used to change that once seemed unthinkable.

A bold assertion of a swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.

A beautifully detailed account of the joy & wonder to be found in the natural world.

One woman’s journey to overcome grief by delving into an overlooked wonder of nature.

How the rewilding of eight acres of Norfolk marshland inspired a family and brought nature even closer to home.

The story of Kate Humble’s walking year, highlighting all the joys of walking in nature.

Falling into a deep depression, Richard Mabey rediscovers the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness.

Brought together by their unique life experiences with trees, nine Americans address the destruction of forests.

A unique, intimate, biographical account of an English meadow’s life from January to December.