Julian Hoffman
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
Writing, nature, people, climate, place. New book: LIFELINES - Waterstones Book of the Month Author of IRREPLACEABLE & THE SMALL HEART OF THINGS Upcoming: THE LAST WILD RIVER Prespa, Greece. Rep'd by @jmlockhart.bsky.social linktr.ee/jhoffmanprespa
We have seen some stunning #Lifelines displays at Waterstones stores this month! Have you spotted the book out and about? Thank you so much to @waterstones.bsky.social for choosing Julian Hoffman's stunning memoir as a Non-Fiction Book of the Month. #WBOTM Get your copy now: bit.ly/4pF7kS6
#Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social is a @waterstones.bsky.social Book of the Month! Read more about this transporting #memoir on the Waterstones blog, where Julian tells how a chance encounter with a book changed his life forever: www.waterstones.com/blog/julian-... #WBOTM #Greece #Travel
A fascinating look at how we got here, where the water runs, and how climate change is forcing us to reckon with that history. "Canada’s three largest cities have something in common — they’re not just built along bodies of water, they’re built over them." newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
Discover where ancient rivers flow under Canadian cities | CBC News
Ancient rivers once nourished and protected the lands where we built our biggest cities. Now, they’re buried underground. Is it finally time to let them see daylight?
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I wrote a short piece for the @waterstones.bsky.social blog about how books can change lives. In our case, Giorgos Catsadorakis' Prespa: A Story for Man & Nature led us to a mountain village in Greece. What other books have changed lives? @eandtbooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/blog/julian-...
☀️ #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social is a @waterstones.bsky.social Non-Fiction Book of the Month! 'Hoffman's exquisite account of relocation to a crossroads region of Greece called Prespa deftly blends travel and nature writing with history, memoir and ecology.’ bit.ly/3TcPFVy #WBOTM
The UK paperback of LIFELINES is out tomorrow, but I'm also so deeply thrilled and honoured to share that it's Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for July! Huge thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for the selection and to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for believing in this book from the beginning.
Some thoughts on the unique and irreplaceable Vjosa-Narta ecosystem at the heart of the #flamingorevolution in Albania right now. Petition against the destruction of the Vjosa-Narta here: c.org/R76Q28MSZY
Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick
Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 2mo agoMona Khalil spent over 20 years protecting sea turtles on Mansouri Beach. After she was injured in an Israeli attack, activists continued her initiative at Rmeileh Beach, where they protected the first loggerhead nest of 73 eggs on Thursday. youtu.be/fbBKzK4JNRc
Delighted to have an excerpt from LIFELINES up on the fabulous @terrainorg.bsky.social - on wonder, outer space, brown bears and humility. Plus a video clip from a very resilient camera of bears in Prespa, Greece! www.terrain.org/2026/nonfict...
In Praise of Humility - Terrain.org
"In Praise of Humility" is an excerpt from Julian Hoffman's beautiful new memoir, Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece.
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Delighted to have an excerpt from LIFELINES up on the fabulous @terrainorg.bsky.social - on wonder, outer space, brown bears and humility. Plus a video clip from a very resilient camera of bears in Prespa, Greece! www.terrain.org/2026/nonfict...
In Praise of Humility - Terrain.org
"In Praise of Humility" is an excerpt from Julian Hoffman's beautiful new memoir, Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece.
terrain.org
“I call it the place where I go to meet the gods.” ~ Hanais Mhilli Excellent and important piece @mongabay.com on what's happening right now in the Vjosa-Narta area of Albania and the Flamingo Revolution aiming to stop the destruction of these irreplaceable sites. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/flam...
‘Flamingo Revolution’ aims to stop Kushner-backed resort on protected Albanian delta
VJOSA-NARTA, Albania — In late April, heavy machinery began moving into the Pishë Poro-Narta protected landscape on Albania’s Adriatic coast without permits or public notice. Bulldozers and excavators...
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So elated and honoured to have LIFELINES win the @anglohellenic.bsky.social Runciman Award 2026 this week. With immense thanks to the judges for selecting it - and to my brilliant publisher, @eandtbooks.bsky.social, who believed in this book from the beginning. www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1306...
🥂 Huge congratulations to @julianhoffman.bsky.social who last night accepted the @anglohellenic.bsky.social Runciman Award 2026 for his life-affirming memoir, #Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece 🎊 Pre-order the paperback edition @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/49QNooM
I’ll be talking with the brilliant @joannapocock.bsky.social on June 8th. Details here - tickets £5 WITH ‘refreshments’! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/event/peter-...
Peter Fiennes in conversation with Joanna Pocock - Everybody Reads - The Chiswick Calendar Events
Join Everybody Reads on Monday, 8 June to listen to Peter Fiennes & Joanna Pocock talk about Peter’s new book, En Route: A Journey round France in the Company of […]
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Beautiful book with a beautiful new cover
Julian Hoffman@julianhoffman.bsky.social · 2mo agoDelighted to say that the North American edition of LIFELINES is now published! With immense thanks to the wonderful team at Godine and to Nicole Caputo for the fabulous cover. Now available at all your favourite bookstores across Canada and the United States! bookshop.org/p/books/life...
Delighted to say that the North American edition of LIFELINES is now published! With immense thanks to the wonderful team at Godine and to Nicole Caputo for the fabulous cover. Now available at all your favourite bookstores across Canada and the United States! bookshop.org/p/books/life...
“Slow the flow, get the habitat right and the species will come." An inspiring story of action and restoration when so much river news from the UK is grim. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The English community that brought its river back from the brink: ‘If we can get it right here, we can do it everywhere’
For 150 years, the Mease had been altered by human hands, which destroyed habitats. But in 2013, a restoration project began – and now its wetlands are abuzz with wildlife
theguardian.com
Such a pleasure talking about the Greek mountains, the Prespa lakes and the unique Aoos-Vjosa river system spanning Greece and Albania for the brilliant Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast. @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/13/l...
Lifelines
Jason König interviews Julian Hoffman about his book Lifelines and his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river.
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Such a pleasure talking about the Greek mountains, the Prespa lakes and the unique Aoos-Vjosa river system spanning Greece and Albania for the brilliant Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast. @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/13/l...
Lifelines
Jason König interviews Julian Hoffman about his book Lifelines and his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river.
msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough!💚 Portrait by Benji, drawn age 12 🌍 (animals drawn age 6 to 12) 🪶 ‘Thank you for inspiring us all across the world with a love for nature! I hope people will see my artwork and remember to care for our planet.’🌈💚
What a legacy! How lucky we are he’s lived long and productively. Happy 100 years! 🎈
Happy centenary, David! Attenborough’s 100 most spectacular TV moments
He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary...
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The five years I spent at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada were amongst the most transformative of my life, so it's a particular honour to be so generously profiled for the university's alumni magazine. Many thanks to Dan Rubinstein for writing it up so beautifully. carleton.ca/news/story/j...
Carleton Alum Julian Hoffman Explores Prespa in New Book
Carleton alum Julian Hoffman writes about Prespa, Greece, exploring nature, borders, and connection in his latest book Lifelines.
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The devastating reality of what's going on right now in Albania's Vjosa Delta and Narta Lagoon, one of Europe's last intact deltas systems and absolutely crucial for migratory and resident wildlife.
Ariel Brunner@arielbrunner.bsky.social · 3mo agoHave just been on site, with @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social Partners from across Europe, in Albania's Vjosa delta-Narta lagoon "protected" area. It is being devastated as we speak by the construction of an airport and a massive luxury tourism complex promoted by Jared Kushner.
After their long migratory journey from southern Africa, great white pelicans are back in Prespa again, crossing the mountains of this ancient lakes basin shared by Greece, Albania and North Macedonia. So beautiful to see so many of them flying through the cold silver light.
We are so pleased to share that #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social has been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize! Congratulations to Julian and the other longlisted authors! 🎉
On #earthday, an image I took last week of the Vikos Gorge in northwestern Greece. Sculpted over millions of years by the Voidomatis River, the chamois I startled flowed like a river too, rippling across scree with electric energy: a current, a course, a torrent. So at home in the skyrise heights.
The spirit of place has always been my great fascination as a writer so it's an especial honour to see LIFELINES longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, which celebrates place in all its countless, extraordinary and vital forms. Immense congratulations to all - honoured to be in such incredible company!
Deeply honoured to be in such amazing company on the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award shortlist! Given annually for a book in English inspired by Greek culture and history, this is the 40th anniversary of the prize @anglohellenic.bsky.social www.anglohellenicleague.org/news/1q3q33h...
“The alternation of light and dark is not a trivial background condition. It is one of the oldest organising principles of life on Earth.” It feels like we're on the cusp of crossing, if we haven't already, into uncharted territory for the planet's life systems. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Satellite mirror plans could disrupt sleep and ecosystems worldwide, scientists say
Letters to US agency raise concerns over tech firm’s plans to use reflective satellites and expand numbers in low Earth orbit
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