Category Archives: Interviews

Writers on place talk about their work

Attachment to Place

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Lyn Reeves

As part of my exploration into writing about place I talked to Pete Hay, known a ‘a trailblazer in the research and scholarship of environmental politics and policy in Australia and the founding convenor of the Ecopolitics Association of Australasia’, to … Continue reading →

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Nature Writer

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Peter Grant, on his blog Nature Writer, describes himself as ‘a Tasmanian-based writer who loves learning and writing about the natural world, from the smallest bugs to the broadest landscapes.’ His blog entries are well-researched, articulate and poetic essays on … Continue reading →

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Annamaria Weldon speaks about nature writing

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Annamaria Weldon has won the inaugural Nature Conservancy Nature Writing Prize of $5,000 for her essay Threshold Country. Judges Mark Tredinnick and Sally Blakeny described it as ‘a marvellously orchestrated, complex meditation on belonging. It is at once assured and … Continue reading →

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Where is Nature-Writing?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

John Tallmadge gives a potted overview of nature writing in America, its history and who the authors are who write in this mode in this videoclip from wholeterrain. What is the history, and who are the authors, in the field … Continue reading →

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