The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees – and the Fight to Save Them

Her enthusiasm is contagious. As someone who began this book with literally no idea what an elm looks like, I was inspired to download the Woodland Trust tree-ID app and resolve to pay more attention to our ligneous friends. * Guardian *Haggith’s captivating book is full of personal reflections and anecdotes. It is engagingly written and has important things to say about globalisation, the threat of climate change and the value of biosecurity. * Independent *Unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands. * Scotsman *Not just an elegy to our lost elms but also a meditation on life, culture and trees. – Fred Pearce, author of FALLOUT: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE NUCLEAR AGEThis book defies us not to fall in love with elm trees, with the idea of elms and all that their loss and what remains represents to us. – Kirsteen Bell * Caught by the River *Mandy Haggith creates an engaging and inspirational portrayal of this culturally significant and iconic tree … As a poet and novelist, her deftly sprinkled and subtle imagery brings the erudite narrative to life, helping to reveal ‘the complicated intimacy between people and trees’ … This heartfelt and enlightening book should interest anyone who loves trees. * Permaculture Magazine *

Mandy Haggith lives in a remnant of ancient rainforest in northwest Scotland and spent 20 years as a forest activist, from award-winning local campaigns in Scotland all the way to the United Nations. She is now an honorary research fellow and lecturer in creative writing at the University of the Highlands and Islands. She is the author of Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper, five novels and six poetry collections, and editor of the tree poem anthology, Into the Forest.

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