The Best American Series is a literary institution. But just in case you’re stumbling upon it for the first time: Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, science and nature writing, to food writing. Each... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-11 14:00:24 UTC ]
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, science and nature writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-05-16 15:00:45 UTC ]
In announcing the awards, the awards committee called Otsuka "a master of narrative voice" and praised Yong for "standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
The acclaimed science-fiction writer turns his hand to nature writing in a book that’s part hiking journal, part history lesson Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-21 11:00:28 UTC ]
Canongate has announced an 18-strong longlist for this year's Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented voices in nature writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-15 18:59:08 UTC ]
Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates have won the Richard Jefferies Society & the White Horse Bookshop's Literary Prize for nature writing with their book Orchard: A Year in England's Eden (William Collins). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-24 15:30:01 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Wildlife is publishing a trilogy of books by journalist Anita Sethi exploring themes of identity, place and belonging, starting with I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 07:24:30 UTC ]
Canongate is publishing a meditation on the natural world based on one man’s relationship with a tree, The Oak Papers by James Canton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 08:58:23 UTC ]
The titles agents are taking to this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair have a strong environmental theme—be it scientific polemics, nature writing or warnings on the dangers of technology—as ‘up-lit’ looks set to continue raising readers’ spirits. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 07:28:56 UTC ]
Hamish Hamilton will publish “a lost classic of children's nature writing”, The House Without Windows, from 1927, to be introduced and illustrated by Jackie Morris. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 21:56:21 UTC ]
The Forestry Commission has launched a competition to “diversify” nature writing, as part of its 2019 centenary celebrations, with two paid writing residencies up for grabs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Lost Words (Hamish Hamilton) has become the first children’s book to be shortlisted for the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The White Horse Bookshop is sponsoring the Richard Jefferies Society Writers’ Prize while the book trade is experiencing a “golden age of nature writing”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books about the natural world are now huge sellers, tapping into a new appreciation for the countryside and scepticism about material wealthBondage is so last year. Publishers who spent much of the past year in search of the next Fifty Shades of Grey are now seeking to exploit another literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]