Nature Tales for Winter Nights

‘From the author of our former Non-Fiction Book of the Month Fifty Words for Snow comes a luminous collection of fascinating seasonal tales that explore everything from Tove Jansson’s childhood to polar bird myths.’ Waterstones

‘As we travel into the coldest season and approach the shortest day of the year, this book is a perfect companion to help you while away the long wintry nights’ The Countryman

‘Winter has its own special magic, and this collection from around the world makes you want to pull on your boots and get out there.’ Saga 



‘Rich, multi-layered and deeply meaningful. … This anthology isn’t twee or cutesy – it is profound, surprising and moving. It will transport you to another place and time and bring a new, nuanced understanding of our coldest season.’ Resurgence & Ecologist

Nancy Campbell is a poet and non-fiction writer. Her work has engaged with the polar environment since a winter spent as Artist in Residence at the most northern museum in the world on Upernavik in Greenland in 2010. Her books include Fifty Words for Snow, a Waterstones Book of the Month, her memoir Thunderstone: Finding Shelter from the Storm and The Library of Ice: Readings in a Cold Climate. She was appointed Canal Laureate in 2018, writing poems for installation across the UK waterways from London Docklands to the River Severn, and received the Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society in 2020. She lives in a van outside Oxford.