Nature and the natural world: general interest

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize

‘Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening’ Sunday Times

A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor.

'If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ The Times

‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ Daily Mail

'If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ The Times

‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ Daily Mail

'If a Louis Wain cat were reading this book, he would raise his topper in tribute’ – The Times

‘Excellent … Hughes reveals a fascinating, forgotten aspect of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain: how the British fell in love with felines’ –Daily Mail

‘Evokes the thrill of the chase’ SPECTATOR

‘This book is a revelation’ THE HERALD

‘Baird writes with gusto . . . her remarkable book can guide all of us back towards the light’ SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL

Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

‘Magnificent’ Guardian

‘Remarkable … A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben

‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See

‘Eating the Sun’ is the story of the discovery of a miracle: the source of life itself. From the intricacies of its molecular processes to the beauty of the nature that it supports, ‘Eating the Sun’ is a wondering tribute to the extraordinary process that has allowed plants to power the earth for billions of years.

Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.