Glimmering, 9781911752042
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Swim wild, find glimmers: healing in nature’s restorative embrace.
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Glimmering

Healing in 21 Wild Swims

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    14 May 2026

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Summary

In Glimmering, Megan C Hayes seeks solace and finds resilience in the wild waters of Wales and beyond. This series of swims-across-the-page tell a lyrical, haunting, yet hopeful story about healing and the restorative, redemptive power of our experiences in nature. Some of the world’s most beautiful swimming spots, from the sea at Llangrannog to Australia’s West Coast, provide the backdrop to a story of post-traumatic growth through glimmers – the term psychologists give to our momen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781911752042
ISBN-10:1911752049
Author:Megan Hayes
Publisher:Poetry Wales Press
Imprint:Seren
Format:Paperback
Release Date:14 May 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:208mm x 135mm
About The Author

Megan Hayes

Megan C Hayes is a writer, researcher, and facilitator living in Bristol. She grew up between the South-West of England and West Wales.

Megan has taught creative writing for several years, helping to set up the UK’s first online MA in Creative Writing and Wellbeing and tutoring on the MA Creative Writing (online) for the University of Hull.

Her books include:

  • The Joy of Writing Things Down (Greenfinch, 2021)
  • Write Yourself Happy (Gaia, 2018)

She holds a PhD in English from Teesside University, MSc in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of East London, and BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and English Literature from Bath Spa University.

An extract from Glimmering was Highly Commended by the Laurie Lee Prize in 2024.

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