How do you write about nature?

Chapter 1

Why is everyone writing about nature?

Robert Bound discusses the new wave of nature writers with Lucy Jones, author of ‘Foxes Unearthed’; John Mitchinson, founder of Unbound publishers; and bookseller Susie Nicklin.

Chapter 2

Melissa Harrison: A walk in the rain

Melissa Harrison is the author of a new book published by Faber and Faber called ‘Rain: Four Walks in English Weather’. We meet her on a damp Tooting Common in southwest London with her dog Scout and hear about her relationship with nature and why it is so important that writers are beginning to turn to the natural world again in their writing.

Chapter 3

The sound of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin

Musician and author Ann McCutchan listened to the concert of marsh wildlife in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin with her guide, sound documentarian, musician and naturalist Earl Robicheaux. She tells our reporter Lyndsay Knecht about her experiences of documenting the area with Robicheaux in her book ‘River Music’.