Ep 34: Beyond the Countryside - How Nature Writing Asks Us to Pay Attention

Join Amanda and Joseph for this week’s episode as they delve into the best that nature writing has to offer. Plus, as always, they talk about their current reads and what they're looking forward to picking up next, as well as the latest from the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. Bookish NewsWomen’s Prize shortlistRecent ReadsPearl Oyster by Sophie Robinson @sophiepoetry London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefeTilt by Emma Pattee Nature WritingHelm by Sarah HallBewilderment by Richard PowersThe Overstory by Richard PowersA World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness by Michael Pollan @michael.pollanCrow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt @lyandahauptWalden by Henry David Thoreau Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Sea Around Us by Rachel CarsonH is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald @emerillonRaising Hare by Chloe Dalton @chloedaltonukBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer @robinwallkimmererAn Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed YongI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongSoundings: Journeys In The Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham @doreenwritingMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellWintering by Katherine May @katherinemay_Intertidal: A Coast And Marsh Diary by Yuvan Aves @a_naturalists_columnThe Peregrine by J.A. Baker The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane @robertmacfarlaneDart by Alice OswaldWhat We’re Reading Next California Gold by Jodie Chapman @jodiechapmanThe Italian Girl by Iris MurdochThe Bell by Iris MurdochThe Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch Also mentionedCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudioFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.