Robert Macfarlane Books

The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and hand- painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.

Dazzlingly beautiful and wonderfully inventive, this magical new book from the creators of a bestselling literary phenomenon introduces a fresh set of natural spell-poems and artwork by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Similar in spirit to their previous work, this pocket-sized treasure presents "spells" inspired by underappreciated animals, birds, trees, and flowers—ranging from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch. Departing from the triptych format of their earlier work, it explores new shapes, spaces, and voices to conjure the essence of nature. Crafted to be read aloud, the text is infused with brushstrokes that resonate with the forest, field, and riverbank, while also appealing to the heart. The work aims to revive what is often overlooked, inspiring protection and action for the natural world. Above all, it celebrates wonder, showcasing nature's ability to amaze, console, and bring joy. Praise for the creators’ previous work highlights its beauty and the magic of language, emphasizing the astonishing artistry that invites readers to immerse themselves in its pages.

Exploring the concept of originality in the nineteenth century, this study delves into how Victorian culture perceived and utilized plagiarism. It highlights its significance not just as a moral issue but as a source of inspiration for notable authors like Eliot, Dickens, Pater, and Wilde. The book presents a nuanced understanding of how these writers engaged with the idea of originality, revealing the complex interplay between creativity and the influence of earlier works in their literary endeavors.

"'Holloway' is a hollow way, a sunken path. A route that centuries of foot-fall, hoof-hit, wheel-roll and rain-run have harrowed deep down into bedrock. In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin - author of Wildwood - traveled to explore the holloways of South Dorset's sandstone. They found their way into a landscape of shadows, spectres & great strangeness. Six years later, after Roger Deakin's early death, Robert Macfarlane returned to the holloway with the artist Stanley Donwood and writer Dan Richards. The book is about those journeys and that landscape." -- Amazon.com

Exploring the transformative idea that rivers are living beings deserving recognition, the book delves into the 'Rights of Nature' movement. Macfarlane embarks on three significant journeys: to Ecuador's threatened cloud-forest rivers, India's struggling waterways, and the defense of Quebec's Mutehekau river. Interwoven with personal reflections on a local chalk stream, this work blends the personal with the political, urging readers to rethink their relationship with nature. It challenges perspectives and emphasizes our interconnected fate with rivers.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two - now available in a beautiful new Winter edition for Christmas Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it. Praise for Robert Macfarlane: 'He has a poet's eye and a prose style that will make many a novelist burn with envy' John Banville, Observer "I'll read anything Macfarlane writes" David Mitchell, Independent 'Every movement needs stars. In [Macfarlane] we surely have one, burning brighter with each book.' Telegraph '[Macfarlane] is a godfather of a cultural moment' Sunday Times

Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago's most remarkable landscapes. Illustrated.

Presents an exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and geography, offering unsettling perspectives into whether or not humans are making the correct choices for Earth's future.

National Bestseller - New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year - NPR Favorite Books of 2019 - Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Mesmerizing...Underland is a portal of light in dark times. --Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE The original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape 'The Old Ways confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' Scotland on Sunday Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations. 'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' Sunday Times 'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' Metro 'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' Antony Gormley