The Heeding : (Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing) by Nick Hayes

LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022___Take a journey filled with everyday beauty and wonder. A year of looking, listening and noticing across four unique seasons and thirty-five beautifully illustrated poems. `Dazzling, moving... A book that will touch many, and be given often: here, take this, you must read this.'?Robert Macfarlane`A book about people, place and nature that's impossible to put down.'?BBC Wildlife Magazine___The world changed in 2020. Gradually at first, then quickly and irreversibly, the patterns by which we once lived altered completely. Across home and town, allotment and moorland,?The Heeding?paints a picture of four unique seasons caught in the grip of history yet filled with moments of wonder close at hand. A sparrowhawk hunting in a back street; butterflies massing in a high-summer yard as death rates rise; the moon overhead with a loved one held tight - the everyday memories that shape a life and help us recall our own. The Heeding?leads us on a journey that takes its markers and signs from nature and a world filled with fear but beauty and joy too. Collecting birds and animals, land and people together, it helps us look again, to heed: to be attentive to this world we share, to grieve what's lost and together seek a better and brighter tomorrow. ____SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOK ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS 2021`The Heeding?isn't a book. It's a gateway into the place all of us have been looking for.'?Joanne Harris`A love letter to all that still remains for us to hold dear, to protect, to celebrate.'?Kerri n? Dochartaigh`I have clung to this book since it arrived, keeping it close, and the words have clung to my mind.'?Jackie Morris`Rob Cowen's poems speak to us all, guiding us through the emotional journey the nation has gone through. Powerful, moving and brilliant.'?Stephen Moss`Visceral, achingly tender and with stunning illustrations by Nick Hayes.'?Dara Mcanulty`Luminously hopeful . . .?The Heeding?is an invitation to appreciate the gifts of the moment.'?Kathryn Aalto
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