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7 Tips for Writing Environmental Crime Fiction https://www.writersdigest.com/7-tips-for-writing-environmental-crime-fiction #EnvironmentalFiction #WriteBetterFiction #Mystery/Thriller #ScienceinFiction #ClimateFiction #NatureWriting #crimefiction #Genre

7 Tips for Writing Environmental Crime Fiction

Author Alice Henderson shares seven tips for writing environmental crime fiction that engages readers and can make a positive change.

Writer's Digest

Erik Gauger 3d ago

One of the best things you’ll read this year.

This is the final post in a three-part series on the hidden system that keeps civilization running—starting with insects along a river in Costa Rica.

https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/neotropics/rio-guayabo.html

#biodiversity #naturewriting #longreads #costarica

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 4d ago

“The richness of Donnchadh Bàn’s language becomes a metaphor for the richness of nature... The poem is a song & the music itself becomes a metaphor for the co-existence of different forms of life”

—Meg Bateman on “Moladh Beinn Dòbhrain” for Irish Pages

2/5

https://irishpages.org/in-praise-of-ben-dorain/?v=79cba1185463

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #18thcentury #naturewriting #naturepoetry

IN PRAISE OF BEN DORAIN – The Irish Pages Press

Meg Bateman: In Praise of Ben Dorain. ‘Ben Dorain: a conversation with a mountain’ is the first full-length work published by Scottish poet Garry MacKenzie.

The Irish Pages Press – Publishing outstanding books in English, Irish & Scots

Diamante Lavendar Mar 18

Beautiful Nature Poetry by John Grey!

I am delighted to have John Grey join me again to share some of his outstanding poetry!

https://www.diamantelavendar.com/blog/2026/3/17/beautiful-nature-poetry-by-john-grey

#poetry #poetsofMastodon #poet #blog #blogpost #nature #naturewriting
#poem #creative #inspiration #guestpost #beauty #peace

Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 16

How Birding Can Train a Writer’s Attention https://www.writersdigest.com/how-birding-can-train-a-writers-attention #WritingHabitsandPractices #spiritualwriting #TheWriter'sLife #NatureWriting #BeInspired #writerlife #Attention #Birding

How Birding Can Train a Writer's Attention

Author and birder Ragan Sutterfield explains how birding can help writers, especially through the development of attention.

Writer's Digest

Petra van Cronenburg Mar 14

"Her research popularised the idea of the #woodWideWeb, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the #forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with #nature." Suzanne Simard and her newest book / interview: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/my-ideas-are-a-little-revolutionary-ecologist-suzanne-simard-on-intelligent-forests-the-climate-and-her-critics

#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #ecology #science #trees #ecologist #natureWriting #womenInSTEM #climateCrisis #bookstodon #book #SuzanneSimard

‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature

The Guardian

Assoc for Scottish Literature Mar 14

“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”

—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #naturewriting #memoir #NanShepherd #NormanMacCaig #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #books

The Scottish Highlands

Five of the best books on the Scottish Highlands, as recommended by nature writer and crofter Annie Worsley

Five Books

Des Livres Rances Mar 13

[CHRONIQUE DOCUMENTAIRE]

Philosophie, famille et Nature Writing sont au programme de ce beau recueil de chroniques paru en 2021 chez Gallmeister ⤵️
#VendrediLecture
#LittératureEtatsUnienne
#NatureWriting
#ÉditionsGallmeister
#MastoLivre

https://deslivresrances.blogspot.com/2026/03/kathleen-dean-moore-sur-quoi-repose-le.html?m=1

Kathleen Dean MOORE « Sur quoi repose le monde »

Des textes brefs sous forme de chroniques familiales, des émotions et des visions et analyses philosophiques (l’autrice est philosophe) em...

Des Livres Rances Mar 9

[CHRONIQUE NOUVEAUTÉ DOCUMENTAIRE]

@cmoreldarleux relate son expérience à bord d'une expédition destinée à rendre compte de l'état du fond des mers aux Caraïbes. Pétillant et engagé avec de belles pages de Nature Writing. Paru récemment chez @LibertaliaLivre ⤵️
#LitteratureFrançaise
#Documentaire
#Écologie
#NatureWriting
#ÉditionsLibertalia
#MastoLivre

https://deslivresrances.blogspot.com/2026/03/corinne-morel-darleux-du-fond-des.html?m=1