Please note that information about nominating titles for the award can now be found on richardjefferiesaward.blogspot.com
Richard Jefferies Award
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The Richard Jefferies Award celebrates the best new nature writing book published each year that is judged by a panel from the Richard Jefferies Society and the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough. https://richardjefferiesaward.blogspot.com/
The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith wins the 2025 Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing
An evening with Mandy Haggith🌳 Join Mandy Haggith at Blackwells Edinburgh as she discusses her new book, The Lost Elms. Get your ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mandy-hagg...
Ghosts of the Farm, a lively, haunting fusion of memoir & historical biography: of forgotten, rural women’s lives, 60-80yrs apart, in the same fields. Shortlisted @rjaward.bsky.social A Spectator Book of the Year, feat on BBCR4’s Ramblings. ‘Nicola is the John Clare of our time’ (Guy Shrubsole) 1/3
A coy selfie of me and my new book, MY HEAD FOR A TREE ... in its UK edition, out from @profilebooks.bsky.social next month
I was pleased to show some farmers from Rutland around the farm this week. They had read my book and were inspired to consider something similar on their unproductive fields. They left excited to start making plans and I am beyond thrilled that my little book is making a difference, however small
The shortlist for the 2025 award has been announced Ghosts of the Farm by Nicola Chester A Wilding Year by Hannah Dale Peatlands by Alys Fowler My Head for a Tree by Martin Goodman The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith Of Thorn & Briar by Paul Lamb The winner will be announced by late spring.
Nominations for the 2026 award for #nature writing are now open. www.richardjefferiesaward.org
Richard Jefferies Award
'Richard Jefferies' 'Nature Writing Competition' 'Richard Jefferies Award'
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Nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing close at noon on Monday 1st December. There have been 27 nominations so far. Full details of the award and how to nominate can be found at www.richardjefferiesaward.org
Invitation to a Zoom meeting on Mon. 3 Nov. 2025 starting at 7.30pm and hosted by us. #SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin...
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Witnessing Wiltshire's lost wildlife: Richard Jefferies' journey
A young journalist has recorded his observations of the wildlife on his family’s Westcountry farm, a mixed farm with livestock, crops and orchard. His detailed record describes an abundance of birds –...
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To add to my delight, a courier dropped this off - Richard Jefferies’ “After London” - a neat little Everyman edition from the 1940s of what is arguable one of the earliest post-apocalyptic novels (1885) in which towns and cities are destroyed, and England returns to the wilds of nature. #BookSky
Gilbert White, Selborne and sound: nightjars and the Portsmouth Evening Gun.
From the master of nature writing, Richard Jefferies, 1883. Artwork produced today at the @rjmuseum.bsky.social
Upcoming event! ‼️ Do you enjoy reading nature writing literature? Do you have a passion for the natural world and love our local landscapes? Book our webinar exploring the life and works of Richard Jefferies, led by Chris Hare, local history expert Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-t...
Past winners of the Richard Jefferies Award since 2015
Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) is the purest and most sensitive nature writer produced by a country that has prided itself on the strength of its nature tradition. The Richard Jefferies Award is given annually to nature writers reflecting the sense of place so strong in Jefferies’ countryside books.
