Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane goes Underland
Nature and travel writer Robert Macfarlane grew up in coal country, just next to limestone country. What was underground defined what was up above for him from a very young age. His new book Underland… Audio
Robert Macfarlane: nature, landscape and language
Kim Hill talks to Dr Robert Macfarlane, a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Director of Studies in English. His first book, Mountains of the Mind (2003), and his second, The Wild Places… Audio
Richard Mabey: the cabaret of plants
British writer and broadcaster whose work takes a cultural perspective on the natural world. His latest book is The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination. Audio
Charles Foster: being a beast
Kim Hill talks to veterinarian, lawyer and passionate naturalist Charles Foster, who took on the neuro-scientific and literary challenge of living like a fox, badger, otter, deer and swift to write… Audio
Books 2015 with Laura Kroetsch and Kate De Goldi
Laura Kroetsch is director of Adelaide Writers' Week at the 2016 Adelaide Festival. Kate De Goldi's most recent novel is From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, and the stage adaptation of her 2012… Audio
Walking holidays
Going on holiday can mean cramming in so much that you dash from one tourist hotspot to another, without really getting a feeling for the country you're in. Going on a walking holiday gives you time… Audio