Chatting Nature Writing

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 ThornThe Stone Raft by José SaramagoGathering Moss by Robin Wall KimmererGrounded by Ruth AllenThe Peregrine by J.A. BakerDark Skies by Tiffany Francis-BakerThe Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert WhiteExtraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup ThygesonThe Inside Out of Flies by Erica McAlisterEntangled Life by Merlin SheldrakeThe Home Place: Memoirs of a Coloured Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew LanhamFresh Banana Leaves by Jessica HernandezBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonSpirals in Time by Helen ScalesThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThe Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan ShepherdThe Salt Path by Raynor WinnBird Therapy by Joe HarknessThe Butterfly Isles by Patrick BarkhamRaptor by James Macdonald LockheartThe Urban Birder by David LindoThe Missing Lynx by Ross BarnesDoggerland by Ben SmithThe New Wilderness by Diane CookHavergey by John BurnsideH is for Hawk by Helen McDonaldShout-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)