New releases

Weathering

By: Ruth Allen
Narrated by: Ruth Allen
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, dissolving, recycling, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences.... Read more

Nature’s Ghosts

The world we lost and how to bring it back

By: Sophie Yeo
Narrated by: Emily Pennant-Rea
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation ‘Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.’ Chris Packham For thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the natural world. Our activities have permanently altered the... Read more

One Garden Against the World

In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate

By: Kate Bradbury
Narrated by: Kate Bradbury
Length: 8 hours

'If you ever doubted that you can help change the world, READ THIS BOOK.' CAROLINE LUCAS
'The greatest existential crisis we face distilled into the crucible of a tiny piece of paradise.' CHRIS PACKHAM

Five years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden.

It’s busy: home to all sorts of... Read more

I Can Hear the Cuckoo

Life in the Wilds of Wales

By: Kiran Sidhu
Narrated by: Aysha Kala
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

"A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life." - Nigel Warburton

From the award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart Valley

Kiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes away, she knows she has to walk out of her old life and leave her toxic family behind. She chooses... Read more

God Is An Octopus

Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature

By: Ben Goldsmith
Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Bloomsbury presents God Is An Octopus by Ben Goldsmith, read by Simon Bubb.

'Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful.' STEPHEN FRY
'An extraordinary book.' SUNDAY TIMES

Struggling to comprehend the shocking death of his teenage daughter, Ben Goldsmith finds solace in nature by immersing himself in plans to rewild his farm.

In July... Read more

Writers on Walks: A BBC Radio 3 Collection

30 Reflections from Exploring on Foot

By: Robert Macfarlane, Deborah Levy, Jenn Ashworth, Kamila Shamsie, Michael Donkor, Michèle Roberts, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Ross Raisin, Owen Sheers, Nicholas Shakespeare, Nat Segnit, Sophie Coulombeau, Christopher Hope, Scarlett Thomas, Erica Wagner, Nicola Barker, Ian Samson, Kirsty Gunn & Philip Hoare
Narrated by: Various
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

22 writers talk about their memorable excursions and the act of walking, and share their creative observations

In these six series, taken from BBC Radio 3's The Essay, an array of novelists, poets, journalists and biographers chart the varied and inspiring walks they have taken around Britain and elsewhere. Here are treks taken at daybreak and... Read more

Not Too Late

Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

By: various authors
Narrated by: various narrators, Erin deWard, Ramón de Ocampo, Patryce Williams, Robin Miles, Katherine Littrell, Kyla Garcia, Soneela Nankani, Deanna Anthony, Hillary Huber, Steven Jay Cohen, Vikas Adam & Jenny Rich
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit, climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment.Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the political, scientific, social, and emotional dimensions of the most urgent issue human beings have... Read more

Meetings with Moths

Discovering their Mystery and Extraordinary Lives

By: Katty Baird
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer. In Meetings with Moths ecologist Katty Baird roams Scotland seeking out, documenting and observing moths. Green Longhorns, Pimpinel... Read more

British Woodland

How to explore the secret world of our forests

By: Ray Mears
Narrated by: Ray Mears
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears.

With deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills, gained over a lifetime of learning from the world's last remaining indigenous peoples, Ray offers a different way to experience our wooded landscapes. He challenges the old concepts. He looks to... Read more

The Book of Wilding

A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small

By: Isabella Tree
Narrated by: Isabella Tree
Length: 21 hours 4 minutes

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Wilding by Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell, read by Isabella Tree.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Important and empowering' – BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

'Get this great guide and be inspired' – STEPHEN FRY

'A handbook of hope ... Buy it, read it, start changing things right now' – JOANNA LUMLEY
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The enormity of... Read more

Spirals in Time

The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells

By: Helen Scales
Narrated by: Helen Scales
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. In Spirals in Time, marine biologist Helen Scales shows how seashells have been sculpted by the fundamental rules of mathematics and evolution; how they gave us color, gems, food, and new... Read more

The Observant Walker

Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain

By: John Wright
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

When we go for a walk, whether in the countryside or city, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and curiosities both visible and invisible - but though we might admire the view, or wonder idly about the name of a flower, we rarely have the knowledge to fully engage with what we see. When we do, our sense of place is expanded, our... Read more

Windswept

Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands

By: Annie Worsley
Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE ‘An instant classic of British nature-writing’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a... Read more

Be a Birder

Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024

By: Hamza Yassin
Narrated by: Hamza Yassin
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Discover the wonderful world of birdwatching with wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin - winner of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing 2022.

Journey along with Hamza as he recounts stories of his birdwatching adventures and shares tips and tricks in this beautifully illustrated guide for beginning birders. With practical advice and personal anecdotes,... Read more

The Hedgehog Diaries

‘The most poignant and heartwarming memoir of the year’

By: Sarah Sands
Narrated by: Sarah Sands
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

"If you buy one book this year make sure it's this one... Enchanting."
Daily Mail

"This charming book weaves hedgehogs into our hearts, our lives and our national identity."
John Witherow

A few days after her elderly father is admitted to hospital, Sarah Sands and her grandson find a poorly hedgehog in the garden. They name her Peggy, and her fate... Read more

All Through the Night

Why Our Lives Depend on Dark Skies

By: Dani Robertson
Narrated by: Dani Robertson
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Best New Books on Space 2024 – Forbes ‘Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging’ – Forbes Why darkness is so important – to plants, to animals, and to ourselves – and why we must protect it all costs. Darkness is the first thing we know in... Read more

The Lost Flock

Rare Wool, Wild Isles and One Woman’s Journey to Save Scotland’s Original Sheep

By: Jane Cooper
Narrated by: Jane Cooper
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them. It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney... Read more

Wild Woman

Empowering Stories from Women who Work in Nature

By: Philippa Forrester
Narrated by: Philippa Forrester
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Bloomsbury presents Wild Woman written and read by Philippa Forrester.

An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.

Surviving in the wilderness has long been associated with men, and conservation and environmental biology have... Read more

A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects

By: Sally Coulthard
Narrated by: Deborah Balm
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts 'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and – of course – the countryside.' Charles Spencer, author of The White Ship For most of human... Read more

Call of the Kingfisher

Bright sights and bird song in a year by the river

By: Nick Penny
Narrated by: Nick Penny
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“All writers want the reader to see through their eyes, but few succeed in making them hear through their ears as successfully as Nick Penny… Very special.” Jamie Blackett, Country Life
"An odyssey of simple joy, filled with historical facts and stories, where the writer makes us feel part of the journey. It’s like strolling the riverbank with a... Read more