The Wood

It is a pleasure to be in the company of a man who is so attuned to his woody world … He is good at sketching nature, fixing a vivid image in the mind’s eye of a reader … Lewis-Stempel has rightly won himself the reputation as being among our best nature writers … The Wood is an entertaining, illuminating, well-turned read – Robbie Millen * The Times *John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around. * Spectator *A heartfelt and evocative diary of a year among the trees…it’s his observation of the natural world – the sight, the sound, the smell of it – that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. * Guardian *Lyrical diary documenting a year in nature … he’s brilliant on birds and their habits. – Helen Brown * Daily Mail *Another triumph. Natural, translucent, full of half-glimpsed depths….just like a wood itself. – Philip MarsdenThis is countryside writing crackling with vitality. I savoured every month spent in this exquisite sylvan zoo. And - the hallmark of a great read - I learned a lot. – Nicholas CraneIt sounds magical and you just know it will be gloriously written. – Caroline Sanderson * Bookseller *Words burn on the page, as ash logs flame in an open fire while you journey with (Lewis-Stempel) through the four seasons … his intimate knowledge sets him way ahead of his contemporaries .. A book not only for those who love the countryside but for those who enjoy the written word as set down by a master of the language. – David Hill * Western Morning News *Energetic narrative, tumbling with facts, judgements and observations, as well as bursts of humour. – Ruth Pavey * Times Literary Supplement *This is a memoir of 12 months in the life of a wood, stuffed with tales of dive-bombing owls, doomed voles and ancient trees. Beautiful writing and plenty of literary asides. * The Times *

John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and ‘Britain’s finest living nature writer’ (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.

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