Connections With Nature: 50 Moments of Assembly the Wild, our anthology of nature writing, photos, poetry and artwork work from The Wildlife Blogger Crowd launched merely over 2 months beforehand, and so far we’ve been off to a unbelievable begin, with even Sir David Attenborough himself wanting ahead to discovering out his copy of the e e book.
Bigger than solely a e e book, the ‘Connections With Nature’ downside has been about connecting of us from the beginning; giving our neighborhood members a platform for sharing tales and the general public an opportunity to share in our enthusiasm for nature and wildlife — even perhaps turning into impressed to assemble some connections of their very private. Listed beneath are a few of our highlights from the last word couple of months…
We held our first in-person e e book occasion
On the top of November, we held our first in-person Connections With Nature e e book occasion at Not Merely Books in Thetford, that options contributorsBerenice Tregenna,Rachael Barber, Nick Stephenson and Rosemary Snowdon.
We talked about how and why the e e book was made, what the background was to our contributions and blogs, and one of the simplest ways we’re utilizing product gross sales of the e e book for good, together with supporting organisations like World Land Notion, and one of the simplest ways we’re partnering with Talek Major College in Kenya.
You possibly can watch the occasion in full beneath:
To encourage the connections with our pure world to hold on earlier the occasion, I made up some goodie baggage for everybody who obtained proper right here, full of data on partaking with native wildlife and organisations, very like BTO Birds, rising your specific individual fruit and veg, having a greener Christmas and a wildlife days calendar for subsequent 12 months — together with some fowl seed, a fowl ID chart and a wildlife recording sheet.
We’ve been featured contained in the Bury Free Press newspaper
All through the times before our occasion, the e e book acquired some unbelievable security contained in the Bury Free Press newspaper, relating to the story behind our Connections With Nature e e book, the The Wildlife Blogger Crowd at massive, and our deliberate occasion at Not Merely Books in Thetford.
“A journalist, blogger and wildlife campaigner, initially from Thetford, is returning dwelling on Saturday alongside collectively along with her new e e book…”
You could be taught the total security correct proper right here, or by clicking on the picture beneath.
We’ve been listed as undoubtedly one among ‘The Greatest Books to Purchase — or Ask For — This Christmas’
How cool is that this?! We’ve been chosen as most likely the perfect books to purchase — or ask for — this Christmas and featured on Good British Life’s website; the publishers of regional ‘Life’ magazines up and down the nation.
An infinite due to our pretty good pal Jane James from Not Merely Books for placing us ahead for this itemizing, collated by Norfolk Journal.
Be taught the total article correct proper right here, or by clicking on the picture beneath.
In case you are considering of choosing up a replica for a Christmas current (it certain would make a stunning stocking filler ☺️), chances are you’ll uncover Connections With Nature in a few the bookshops talked about on this itemizing — @notjustbooksthetford in Thetford and @bookbugsdragontales in Norwich.
The e e book, it’s manufacturing and the cash we’ve raised for charity was coated in Bloom in Doom Journal
One among our Wildlife Blogger Crowd members, Emily Gilford, furthermore occurs to be senior editor at Bloom in Doom journal, and was choice ample to interview me for an on-line attribute.
Oh my goodness, what an honour to have our e e book and the story of its creation depicted in a surprising illustration by Caitlin Niamh Illustrations, with the picture even together with only a bit quote from my preface.
I can’t specific my gratitude ample to Emily for such a radical and considerate article.
It means considerably fairly a bit to have the pliability to inform the total story of our e e book — from why I select to work with Bradt Guides and the options we made contained in the publishing course of, to why we’ve chosen to assist World Land Notion and why/how we’ve determined to seek out out an ‘teaching affiliate’ in Talek Major College in Kenya.
Emily even gave me the prospect to speak relating to the distribution and selling of the e e book — from electing to inventory in impartial e e book retailers and present retailers or organisations that assist nature (supporting just one Amazon, and that’s the one which has bushes); to prioritising press copies being despatched to the e e book reviewers inside our non-public neighborhood — we actually examined all areas of why and one of the simplest ways the e e book reveals the values of these of us represented inside.
Please give the attribute a be taught, because of it really does inform the story of Connections With Nature. You could be taught the total piece correct proper right here.
Connections With Nature Within the market in Waterstones
Merely final week, we acquired our first Waterstones shelf placement (with our unbelievable cowl artwork work by Chloé Valerie Harmsworth, face-up)! And have a look on the unimaginable company we’re sustaining!
Big attributable to Norwich Waterstones for taking an opportunity on our little e e book, and for giving us such an impressive highlight on the cabinets.
Efficiently achieved to all our contributors for elevating your voices for nature and wildlife! I’m so comfy to say that your printed writing is throughout the retailers now in Waterstones Norwich, Bookbugs & Dragon Tales and Not Merely Books, and hopefully, you’ll be succesful to seek out us in a bookshop close to you quickly!