Tumblehome: One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near Wilderness, by Brenda Missen
Missen’s descriptions of her wilderness experiences are authentic and sometimes even poetic . . . She also evokes a strong sense of mood and place.
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Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees, Edited by Christine Lowther
. . . sure to resonate with nature lovers, particularly those who appreciate the beauty and mystery of trees.
Just Passing By Kamal Parmar
I started reading this collection of poetry by Kamal Parmar mid-morning, in the aftermath of …
The Zone: Rediscovering Our Natural Self by Rob Wood
The Zone is a timely read. Wood suggests that contemporary society, with its disconnect with nature and its emphasis on materialism, is in more need of the Zone than ever before.
Larder: Poems by Rhona McAdam
Rhona McAdam explores our relationship to the living world and challenges the constraints of contemporary poetry in her latest collection, Larder.
Field Notes on Listening by Kit Dobson
Field Notes on Listening is a response to our lack of connection to the land we call home, the difficult history of how many of us came to be here and what we could discover if we listened deeply to the world around us.
Meditative Magic
n: lost in thought prose poems is an exploration of the timelessness of one human’s connection with nature in a busy city.
Hunger Moon: Poems by Deborah Banks
In Hunger Moon, Deborah Banks explores these themes on the quiet landscape of her rural life. Here her interactions in the wide hush of a slowed world bring her a sense of community with those around her and with the great healing quality of the land that sustains us.
Revisiting Restigouche: The Long Run of the Wild River by Philip Lee
In this article, author Wanda Baxter revisits Philip Lee’s “Restigouche: The Long Run of the Wild River”.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Bill Arnott visits a Nanaimo BC bookshop and purchases a copy of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, which he reviews here.
The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson
Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.
While Crossing the Field by Deborah Banks
While Crossing the Field is Deborah Banks’s debut book of poetry. Her poems take us out onto the land where experiences in the natural world are filtered through the internal landscape of longing, presence, gratitude, and attentiveness.
Words of Alchemy by Camilla Downs
In Words of Alchemy, Camilla Downs invites you to walk with her to share her …
Man And Dog by Justin Barbour
One man, one dog, a grand adventure across the Newfoundland wilderness.
New Poetry From Deborah Banks
While Crossing the Field Today in November’s fading garden a female cardinal surprises us, that …