A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation both their own and the Earth’s.
‘Connection’ was a key word this year where natural world titles were concerned. None epitomised this more than Katie Holten’s The Language of Trees (Elliott & Thompson). A hit far beyond these shores, this compendium from the Louth-born, New York-based artist sparked something of a movement with its ingenious, affection-laden “tree alphabet”.