LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE
WRITING 2022 ___ 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 'So
vivid... A call out to our elemental relationship with love and
nature. Beautiful.' WILLEM DAFOE ___ The world changed in 2020.
Gradually at first, then quickly and irreversibly, the patterns by
which we once lived altered completely. The Heeding paints a
picture of a year caught in the grip of history, yet filled with
revelatory perspectives close at hand: a sparrowhawk hunting in a
back street; the moon over a town with a loved-one's hand held
tight; butterflies massing in a high-summer yard - the everyday
wonders and memories that shape a life and help us recall our own.
Across four seasons and thirty-five luminous poems and
illustrations, Rob Cowen and Nick Hayes lead us on a journey that
takes its markers and signs from nature and a world filled with
fear and pain but beauty and wonder too. Collecting birds, animals,
trees and people together, The Heeding is a profound meditation to
a time no-one will forget. At its heart, this is a book that helps
us look again, to heed: to be attentive to this world we share and
this history we're living through, to be aware of how valuable and
fragile we are, to grieve what's lost and to hope for a better and
brighter tomorrow. ____ 'The Heeding speaks to us all, guiding us
through the emotional journey the nation has gone through during
the past year, with humour, pathos and forensically sharp
portrayals of people and nature at a time like no other.' Stephen
Moss, author of The Robin 'Poignant and exquisite' Lucy Jones,
author of Losing Eden 'Vivid, beating, aching. The Heeding feels
like both a eulogy and a defiant, wild challenge to go on. I loved
it.' Josie George, author of A Still Life 'It is rare to find a
writer that is able to tease apart the threads that make up the
fragile fabric of our loves, hopes and despairs with such care and
humility. An exceptionally good book for an exceptionally bad
time.' Matt Gaw, author of Under the Stars
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