The Heeding : (Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing)

A year of looking, listening and noticing across four unique seasons and thirty-five beautifully illustrated poems.

Across home and town, allotment and moorland, The Heeding paints a picture of four unique seasons caught in the grip of history yet filled with moments of wonder close at hand. A sparrowhawk hunting in a back street; butterflies massing in a high-summer yard as death rates rise; the moon overhead with a loved one held tight – the everyday memories that shape a life and help us recall our own.

The Heeding leads us on a journey that takes its markers and signs from nature and a world filled with fear but beauty and joy too. Collecting birds and animals, land and people together, it helps us look again, to heed: to be attentive to this world we share, to grieve what’s lost and together seek a better and brighter tomorrow.

Author: Cowen, Rob, Hayes, Nick
Poetry by individual poets
Published on 31 March 2022 by Elliott & Thompson Limited in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 112 pages, Illustrations, black and white
131 x 197 x 13 | 130g