Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing Longlist 2024

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6 participants, 12 books

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

Named in honour of Alfred Wainwright – the man who elevated the humble walking guide into an art-form – the Wainwright Prize celebrates the finest nature, travel and environmental writing that encourages exploration of the great British outdoors.

Challenge Books

1

Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories that Surround Them by Derek Gow

Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories that Surround Them

Derek Gow

2

Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter by Kat Hill

Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter

Kat Hill

3

The Lost Paths by Jack Cornish

The Lost Paths

Jack Cornish

4

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

5

Late Light: Finding Home in the West Country by Michael Malay

Late Light: Finding Home in the West Country

Michael Malay

6

Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith

Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside

Rebecca Smith

7

Hedgelands by Christopher Hart

Hedgelands

Christopher Hart

8

Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden by Marchelle Farrell

Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden

Marchelle Farrell

9

Be a Birder: My love of birdwatching and how to get started by Hamza Yassin

Be a Birder: My love of birdwatching and how to get started

Hamza Yassin

10

Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better by Polly Atkin

Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better

Polly Atkin

11

Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee

Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging

Jessica J. Lee

12

Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness by Alastair Humphreys

Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness

Alastair Humphreys