The final proofs of THE WORLD BENEATH OUR FEET are in, so it's almost time for this labour of love to go to the printers!

My popular science-style book about the incredible life in soil is now available for pre-order EVERYWHERE, so please go bag yourself a copy! Now I just have to decide the shortlist of my photographs to go into it...

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Welp. Only one month left to finish my edits, and then the book is off for copy editing and out of my hands… if I fall off the radar over the next few weeks, you’ll know why!

The US publication date has now been announced as 1st September 2026, and it’s available now for US preorder! All the links can be found on the book’s Penguin Random House webpage: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779567/the-world-beneath-our-feet-by-frank-ashwood/

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#WhatWereReading : it's Joe's turn to choose (just!) three #books from 2025 that he loved!

Is a River Alive? by Robert MacFarlane, The Sun Rising: James I & the Dawn of Global Britain, by Anna Whitelock, & The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, by Bryan Talbot.

And yes, I am cruel, restricting us to to just three choices each!

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The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!

This safari tour of the life in soil and what it means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to fall in love with soil!

So far there will also be German, Polish and Japanese language versions too!

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