Explore and celebrate the connection between the natural world and the written word with these reading selections. In partnership with Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
The Wild Reads project aims to inspire a love and appreciation of nature through reading. Explore our selected titles, supporting booklists and a programme of activities in libraries and other wild places.
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In 1996, Roger Deakin set out to swim through the British Isles, writing a book that would go on to encourage the nation to take to the wild waters and swim. The result, Waterlog, is a celebration of the sea, lakes and rivers that we find ourselves surrounded by.
Borrow Waterlog
The Way Through the Woods: Overcoming Grief Through Nature by Long Litt Woon
On the Marsh: A Year Surrounded by Wilderness and Wet by Simon Barnes
The High House by Jessie Greengrass
Waterlog by Roger Deakin
The Moth Snowstorm by Michael McCarthy
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Explore last year's chosen Wild Reads titles.
Get more information on the featured authors and suggested reading, plus lots of wild activities, spotters’ guides and recommended reserves to visit from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
