Heeding by Rob Cowen - ISBN: 9781783965977
Hardcover
A year of change, beauty, and hope found in nature’s quiet.

Heeding

(Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing)

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  • Hardcover

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    17 August 2021

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Summary

“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. Across four seasons and a luminous series of poems and illustrations, Rob Cowen and Nick Hayes paint a picture of a year c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783965977
ISBN-10:1783965975
Author:Rob Cowen
Publisher:Elliott & Thompson Limited
Imprint:Elliott & Thompson Limited
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:17 August 2021
Weight:278g
Dimensions:143mm x 222mm
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Heeding by Rob Cowen - ISBN: 9781783965977
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Critics Review

‘Writing that finds light in the dark… Poignant, powerful, pressing.’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonmen t

‘So powerful, and rich, and true. Every line in The Heeding feels freshly discovered, full of urgency and clarity. This is an exceptionally moving and beautiful book.’ Nick Drake, poet and author of Out of Range


‘A dazzling collection of words and images.’ Helen Jukes, author of A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings


‘Poignant and exquisite.’ Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden


‘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


‘Writing that finds light in the dark… Poignant, powerful, pressing.’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment


‘A raw, dark and tender, visually stunning, emotionally unravelling distillation of the year in which minutes were endless but whole months disappeared. It’s all here.’ Dr Amy-Jane Beer, author of The Flow

About The Author

Rob Cowen

Rob Cowen is an award-winning writer, hailed as one of the UK’s most original voices on nature and place. His book Common Ground was shortlisted for the Portico, Richard Jefferies Society, and Wainwright Prizes and voted one of the nation’s favorite nature books on BBC Winterwatch. His poems have featured on Caught By The River and in Letters to the Earth (Harper Collins). He lives in North Yorkshire.

Nick Hayes is a writer, illustrator, and print-maker. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Book of Trespass. He has published graphic novels with Jonathan Cape and worked for many renowned titles. He lives on the Kennet and Avon canal.

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