Lost Wonders

Timely, elegiac * Daily Mail *Lathan’s superb storytelling makes ecological crisis personal, local and often scarily visible. He doesn’t let the tragedy hide, as it usually does, behind graphs and abstractions. Yet there’s hope here too, in spades. This is an exhilarating and vital book. – Charles Foster, author of Cry of the WildNot just a timely epitaph … but a celebration of their existence, reminding us of their wonder. – Stephen Moss, author of Ten Birds That Changed the WorldA beautifully crafted elegy for the lost species of our age. In repopulating the world with extinct snails, lizards, bats and rats, Tom Lathan makes us marvel and care almost as much as the conservationists who tried and failed to save them. – Kate Teltscher, author of Palace of PalmsThese are important stories and Lathan tells them with pathos and sensitivity. – Ross Barnett, author of The Missing Lynx

Tom Lathan is an author and journalist living in Kent. His writing has appeared in publications including The Guardian, the Financial Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. He volunteers with Kent Wildlife Trust, working as part of their initiative to introduce wild bison to the UK at West Blean and Thornden Woods Nature Reserve. Lost Wonders is Lathan’s first book and was the recipient of a Society of Authors award.

Claire Kohda is an author, musician and artist. Her debut novel, Woman, Eating, was a book of the year in Harper’s Bazaar, New Yorker, Glamour, BBC and HuffPost. As a violinist she has played with artists including Sigur Rós and The National, and on various film soundtracks. Lost Wonders is the first book she has illustrated.