Gorgeously artistic and literary walk around Wayland's Smithy to celebrate the launch of #Downland with brilliant creators, Anna Dillon and Jonathan Davidson Congrats too to Two Rivers Press for producing such a beautiful book, and thanks to Swindon Festival of Literature presents... 💖

Huge congratulations to #MichaelMalay who has won the Richard Jefferies Award for the best nature writing issued in 2023 for his book titled 'Late Light' published by Bonnier Books UK Zaffre Books. The shortlist was incredibly strong. See more: richardjefferiessociety.org/2024/05/bristo…

Matthew Oates Zoom talk is now available to view on You Tube
youtube.com/watch?v=_xp0fz…

Only a week to go for the Richard Jefferies Society's Spring Lecture. richardjefferiessociety.org/2024/04/the-me…

The winner of the Richard Jefferies Award for best nature writing published in 2023 will be announced on 3 May. Good luck to the brilliant shortlisted writers: Annie O'Garra Worsley #michaelmalay Roger Morgan-Grenville John Lister-Kaye Mark Cocker Orchid Outlaw richardjefferiesaward.org

Matthew Oates will be talking about ‘The Meaning of Butterflies: science, aesthetics, spirituality, poetics, relationship with place’ on Sat. 27 April 2024, 2pm at the Richard Jefferies Museum. Zoom link. richardjefferiessociety.org/2024/04/the-me…

AFTER LONDON inspired by Richard Jefferies' novel with the same title. Live performance by Bird in the Belly facebook.com/groups/1015012…

Watch Lee Schofield talk about WILD FELL: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Farm youtu.be/-cPYMpQKrEE?si… via YouTube

‘And most I like the winter nests deep-hid
That leaves and berries fell into :
Once a dormouse dined there on hazel-nuts,
And grass and goose-grass seeds found soil and grew. ‘

Happy Birthday, Edward Thomas, born March 3rd 1878.

Andrew Rossabi, President of the Richard Jefferies Society and an authority on the life and works of Jefferies gave the Society of Philosophy an illustrated lecture about the writer in August 2023.
To learn more, watch a recording of the talk. youtube.com/watch?v=BJ24kt…

Good luck Lee. You were a very worthy winner of the Richard Jefferies Award last year for 'Wild Fell' and we all wish you well.

Bevis would have loved this. Arthur Ransome loved BEVIS.

Save the date for this year's 15th LitFest from 26th-29th September and watch this space as we start planning the 2024 festival programme. Sign up for our newsletters to hear all the latest info: bit.ly/3q3vknO #MLF2024 #15years

'Across a Waking Land'
by Roger Morgan-Grenville

A 1,000-Mile Walk Through a British Spring

shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies Society Award for best nature writing 🌳 🪺

read a sampe of the book by clicking here ⤵️
jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/e…

'One Midsummer's Day'
by Mark Cocker

Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth

shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award Richard Jefferies Society for best nature writing

read a sampe of the book by clicking here ⤵️
jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/e…

The shortlist for the Richard Jefferies Award (best nature writing book published last year) will be announced on Friday 26 January 2024. See the full list of nominees at richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2023.html

The familiar Liddington Clump above Swindon, with possibly the original ancient Ridgeway descending in the foreground. (The modern day Ridgeway national trail descends the other side of the clump using a farm track). #ridgeway HedleyThorne.com

📢 The KINO Short Film Fest People’s Choice Award has officially opened!

📽️ PLEASE WATCH & VOTE for our award-winning short documentary ‘Spirit of the Downs ~ Perseverance brings Success’ here:
kino.studio/film-fest/film…

#movieawards #filmfestival #shortfilm

KINO Studios

📽️ AMAZING NEWS!

Semi-Finalist Selection by London International Filmmakers Festival.

‘Spirit of the Downs ~ Perseverance brings Success’

#Worthing #Sussex #filmfestival #shortfilm