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WILD READS Let a book take you on a wild journey this summer.
The 10 books in the Wild Reads collection, all of which explore our relationship with nature.
WILD READS
From wild places to wilding
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Wild Suffolk | Spring / Summer 2020
Cure, by Richard Mabey, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm, by Roger Deakin, Thinking on my Feet, by Kate Humble, Meadowland, by John Lewis-Stempel, The Overstory, by Richard Powers, The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn, and Wilding, by Isabella Tree. The Wild Reads collection of books is available across Suffolk, with the full collection on display and available for loan at Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds library. Find out more suffolkwildlifetrust.org suffolklibraries.co.uk/wild-reads
Look out for our Walking Book Group starting later this year.
ALAMY
A new campaign to promote the connection between the natural world and the written word is running throughout 2020. Wild Reads, organised by Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Wildlife Trust consists of a collection of 10 books, spanning fiction and non-fiction, which explore our relationship with nature. The Trust’s Head of Learning, Sara Holman, said she hoped the project will encourage people to engage with nature, whether it is through accessing the books at libraries or by taking part in book-related activities on the Trust’s reserves. The 10 books include: All Among The Barley, by Melissa Harrison, The Peace of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry, The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane, Nature
