Bio & Archive
Dr Paul Evans FEA, writer,
Guardian Country Diarist, playwright, poet,
broadcaster, environmental journalist and senior lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Biography
Like many in his generation, Paul began to write poems in his teens. Early inspiration from lyrics of folk traditions, popular music and Beat poetry lead to a wider interest in the Romantics, Oriental poetry and Nature poetry. His own writing combined natural history and psycho-spiritual interests in Nature, place, landscape and journey and was grounded by his working experience as a gardener. He began to do readings with the Anglo Welsh Poetry Society in the late seventies and collaborated with musicians, forming a number of bands which performed widely around Britain. When work took him to New York in the mid 80s he began performing in NYC particularly with the NY Writers and Artists Underground. Back in Britain in the 90s and working for nature conservation organisations, he developed a narrative, documentary style from his nature writing, environmental journalism and philosophy. Since then, as a freelance writer and broadcaster, this form has morphed into radio poems and award winning drama-documentaries with aural landscapes by sound recordist Chris Watson, produced for BBC Radio 4 by Sarah Blunt, and performance pieces either alone or with musical collaborators. Paul has been a contributor of Country Diaries for The Guardian since 1992, and he thinks of his three diaries a month as a continuous work of nature writing that so far amounts to c.302,400 words. He also writes Nature Watch columns for the Guardian Weekly published in 173 countries, feature articles for The Guardian and for magazines such as BBC Wildlife, Geographical, The National Trust Magazine, Natural World and Country Living. His radio broadcasting began with reports for Costing the Earth on BBC Radio 4 then moved to the BBC Natural History Unit as a regular writer and presenter of Radio 4 programmes, strands such as Nature, World on the Move, Saving Species and Living World. His feature programmes are based on creative nature writing about places such as Wicken Fen, Islay, The Wrekin, Orford Ness and Dungeness. Paul holds a PhD in philosophy from Lancaster University and is a Fellow of the English Association. He became an academic in 2010, setting up the Travel & Nature Writing MA at Bath Spa University and is currently a senior lecturer in the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Books
Evans, P,. Jan 2020. Oak Earth (The View from a one-legged stool). Manchester. Manchester Metropolitan University/Guild of Saint George
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Evans, P,. 4 Oct 2018. How To See Nature. London 1st ed. Batsford.
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Evans, P., 1 Feb 2018. Herbaceous. 2 nd ed. Toller Fratrum: Little Toller Books.
Evans, P., 6 Apr 2017. Field Notes From the Edge. 2nd ed. London: Rider Books.
Evans, P., 4 Jun 2015. Field Notes From the Edge.. 1st ed. London: Rider Books.
Evans, P., 1 Sep 2014. Herbaceous. 1st ed. Toller Fratrum: Little Toller Books.
Anthologies
Hoar, B., ed 2018. A Nightingale Sang. 1st ed 15-17 Nov 2018, New Network for Nature.
Smalley, M., ed 2018. Cornerstones. From Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle. 1st ed. 24 July 2018. Toller Fratrum: Little Toller Books.
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Bradbury,S., ed. 2017. Spring: A Folio Anthology. 1st ed. 2017. London: The Folio Society.
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Cooper, A., ed. 2016. Arboreal: A Collection of Words from the Woods. 1st ed. 21 Oct 2016.
Toller Fratrum: Little Toller Books.
Harrison, M., ed. 2016. Summer: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons. 1st ed. 19 May 2016. London: Elliott & Thompson.
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Kingsley, N,. ed. 2015. Wenlock Poetry Festival 2015. 1st ed. 2015. Oswestry, Shropshire: Fair Acre Press.
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Wainwright, M., ed. 7 Nov 2013. The Bedside Guardian 2013.1st ed. London: Guardian Books.
Wilson, M., ed. 5 Sep 2013. Nearest Earthly Place to Paradise:The Literary Landscape of Shropshire.1st ed. Ludlow: Merlin Unwin Books.
Wenlock Poetry Festival., ed. 2013. Wenlock Poetry Festival Anthology 2013. 1st ed. 2013. Much Wenlock Shropshire: Wenlock Poetry Festival.
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Carey, L., ed. 2013. Words and Wild Places: Poetry and prose from the Shropshire Hills. 1st ed. Craven Arms Shropshire: Caring for God's Acre.
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Wenlock Poetry Festival., ed. 2012. Wenlock Poetry Festival Anthology 2012. 1st ed. 2012. Much Wenlock Shropshire: Ellingham Press.
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Bates, S,. ed. 2012. The Bedside Guardian 2012. 1st ed. 2012. London: Guardian Books.
Vickery, B., ed. 2011. The Living Edge: A Wanderer’s Guide to Wenlock Edge.1st ed. 8 Sep 2011. Chruch Stretton, Shropshire: National Trust.
Caught by the River,. ed. 2011. On Nature: Unexpected Ramblings on the British Countryside.1st ed.
23 Jun 2011. London: Collins.
Allen, M., Patel Ellis, S,. ed. 1 Jul 2011. Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain’s Wildlife.1st ed.1 Jul 2011
London: Elliot & Thompson.
Kingsley, N,. ed. 2011. Shropshire Butterflies: A poetic and artistic guide to the butterflies of Shropshire.1st ed. 23 Jul 2011. Bridgnorth: Fair Acre Press.
Wenlock Poetry Festival,. ed. 2011. Wenlock Poetry Festival Anthology. 1st ed. Much Wenlock Shropshire:
Ellingham Press.
Halcyon Gallery,. ed. 2010. Wild Life - The Value of Wild Nature. 7 Aug 2010. London: Halcyon Gallery.
Halcyon Gallery,. ed. Sporting Life. 1st ed. 30 Jul 2010. London: Halcyon Gallery.
Petrie, R,. Wainwright M,. ed. 2008. The Guardian Book of the Countryside. 1st ed. 1 Sep 2008. London: Guardian Books.
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Wainwright, M,. ed. The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries. 1st ed. 2 Oct 2007. London: Guardian Books.
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Johnson, J,. ed. 2006. On The Edge, Alan Hunt. 1st ed. London: 1 Jan 2006. Halcyon Gallery.
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Wainwright, M,. ed. 2006. A Gleaming Landscape: A Hundred Years of the Guardian's Country Diary. 1st ed.
25 Sep 2006. London: Aurum Press Ltd.
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Pirkis, G,. Wood, H,. ed. 2006. Slightly Foxed: NO.10 Summer 2006, 'Dreaming of Home and Haileybury'.1st ed. 6 Jun 2006. London: Slightly Foxed Ltd.
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Steel, P,. ed. 2004. The Signing Forest. 1st ed. Loch Cottage Press. 1 Sep 2004.
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McNay, M,. ed. 2000. The Guardian Year 2000. 1st ed. 20 Nov 2000. London: The Guardian.
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Binney, R, Davies, K, Johnson, C, Lawson, P, Moisy, M,. ed. 1989. Origins of Everyday Things. 1st ed. 21 Jun 1989. London: Readers Digest.
Ezard, J,. ed. 1997. The Guardian Year 1997. 1st ed. 20 Nov 1997. London: Fourth Estate.
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Tweet of the Day BBC Radio 4
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Evans, P,. (2017). Tweet of the Day Raven. BBC Radio 4. 3 Nov 2017.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c0pw0
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Evans, P,. (2017). Tweet of the Day Merlin. BBC Radio 4. 2 Nov 2017
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c0m4k
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Evans, P,. (2017). Tweet of the Day Barn Owl. BBC Radio 4. 1 Nov 2017
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09byxlf
[Accessed 23 Feb 2018]
Evans, P,. (2017). Tweet of the Day Carrion Crow. BBC Radio 4. 30 Oct 2017
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09by75m
[Accessed 23 Feb 2018]
BBC Radio 4 Poems
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Evans, P,. (2014). BBC Radio 4. The Spirit Child. 27 Oct 2014. Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mc1h
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans,P,. (2012). BBC Radio 4. Hy-Brasil. 5 Sep 2012.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mdg51
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2012). BBC Radio 4. Cave. 25 Jun 2012.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k8bjr
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Radio Drama: BBC Radio 4
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Evans, P,. (2013) BBC Radio 4. Chapel of Skins: Afternoon Drama. 23 Jan 2013. Available from:
https://archive.org/details/CHAPELOFSKINS
[Accessed: 22 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2011). BBC Radio 4. The Shining Guest: Afternoon Drama.12 Sep 2011.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014f9qf
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2010). BBC Radio 4. The Ditch: Afternoon Drama.1 Feb 2010.
The Ditch won the drama award at the BBC Audio and Music Awards (2011) Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qbvg9
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2008). BBC Radio 4. Owls. Afternoon Drama.17 Oct 2008. https://archive.org/details/OWLSBYPAULEVANS
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Selected Features: BBC Radio 4 /3
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Evans, P,. (2017). BBC Radio 3. Coal, Cornerstones: The Essay. 11 Jan 2017.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04n84ty
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2016). BBC Radio 4. Sabrina and the Fish of No Return: The River. 15 Aug 2016.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07nprbk
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2009). BBC Radio 4. Island of Secrets: Nature. 25 Mar 2009.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j7528
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2010). BBC Radio 4. Shingle Street: Nature. 27 Jan 2010.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q3fr6
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2010). BBC Radio 4. Juan Fernandez Islands: Nature. 13 Jan 2010.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pqj0v
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2007. BBC Radio 4. The Extinction of Experience: Nature. 8 Oct 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0080rsh
[Accessed: 23 Febuary 2018].
Evans, P,. (2007). BBC Radio 4. Wrekin Forest: The Sounds of Britain Nature. 1 Oct 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00803r5
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2007). BBC Radio 4. Islay: The Sounds of Britain, Nature.18 Sep 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007yv2f
[Accessed: 23 Febuary 2018].
Evans, P,. (2007). BBC Radio 4. Wicken Fen: The Sounds of Britain, Nature. 11 Sep 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007y98b
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Selected Natural History Documentary: BBC Radio 4
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Evans, P,. Contributer (2017). BBC Radio 4. Earthworms: Natural Histories. 31. Jul 2017.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ynq55
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Contributer (2017). BBC Radio 4. Tardigrade: Natural Histories. 3 Jul 2017.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vy0yb
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Contributer (2016). Radio 4. Yew: Natural Histories. 29 Nov 2016.
Available from Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082ymp5
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. (2013). BBC Radio 4. Natural History of Me!18 Apr 2013.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rvpkb
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2012. BBC Radio 4. Hedgehogs: Nature. 25 Apr 2012.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gg7cn
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2012. BBC Radio 4. The Water Boatman’s Song: Nature. 12 Jan 2012. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0194mvq
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Waxcap Grasslands: Nature. 13 Nov 2011. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0171yqt
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Malham Caddisfly: The Living World. 21 Aug 2011. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013fjqs
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Vampire Plants: The Living World. 14 Aug 2011. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0134yc9
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Farne Island Puffins: The Living World. 31 Jul 2011.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012wckr
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Raft Spiders: The Living World. 22 May 2011.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0118cml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Oil Beetles: The Living World.15 May 2011. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112975
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2011. BBC Radio 4. Dymock Daffodils: The Living World. 8 May 2011. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010xy2r
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. 2010. BBC Radio 4. A Local Patch, part 2: Nature. 10 Feb 2010.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qhmfr
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2010. BBC Radio 4. Wildlife Gardening: Nature.19 Jan 2010. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pxmcr
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2009. BBC Radio 4. Ospreys: A Life With. 30 Dec 2009.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lsyql
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2009. BBC Radio 4. Microbes: A Life With. 28 Dec 2009.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lk12y
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2009. BBC Radio 4. Insect Sounds: Nature. 07 Oct 2009.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n0wyw [Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2009. BBC Radio 4. Pollination: Nature. 10 Jun 2009. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kt8r1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2009. BBC Radio 4. Access For All?: Nature. 29 Apr 2009. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k3x9n [Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2008. BBC Radio 4. The Beetles: Here, There and Everywhere: Nature. 21 May 2008. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jcm4
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. 2008. BBC Radio 4. Great Animal Migrations, reports Paul Evans the Scribbler. 29 Apr 2008.
Evans, P,. 2007. BBC Radio 4. Goshawk Down: Nature.16 Oct 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0081d30
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2007. BBC Radio 4. An Urban Dawn: The Sounds of Britain. 24 Sep 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007zldv
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2007. BBC Radio 4. Unearthing Buried Rivers: Nature. 15 May 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007h3tc
[Accessed: 23 Febuary 2018].
Evans, P,. 2008. BBC Radio 4.100 Years of Country Diaries: Nature.12 Feb 2007.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20070212.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. Diary from a strange country: Nature. 6 Nov 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20061106.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4.Ups and Downs: Nature. 23 Oct 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20061023.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. The Urchin in Trouble: Nature.16 Oct 2006.
Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20061016.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. Why Garden for Wildlife: Nature. 9 Oct 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20061009.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4.What a scorcher: an ecological review of summer 2006: Nature. 25 Sep 2006. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060925.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4.The Rarity Factor: Nature. 3 Jul 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060703.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. Phoenix Trees: Nature. 26 Jun 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060626.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Febuary 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. The Engabreen Glacier: Nature. 29 May 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060529.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2006. BBC Radio 4. An Uphill Struggle: Nature.14 May 2006.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060515.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. Autumn Review: Nature.14 Nov 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20051114.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. Trees of Trafalgar: Nature. 24 Oct 2005.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20051024.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Febuary 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. What’s In A Name? Nature. 10 Oct 2005.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20051010.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. A Blight On The Landscape: Nature. 3 Oct 2005.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20051003.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. New Forest; ancient landscape: Nature. 26 Sep 2005.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20050926.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. Great Ape Conservation: Nature.19 Sep 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20050919.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. Planet Earth Special: Nature. 27 Feb 2005.
Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060227.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. The Animal Image: Nature.13 Feb 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060213.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. BBC Radio 4. The Life of Ferns: Nature. 7 Feb 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20050207.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. BBC Radio 4. Midwinter Wonders: Nature. 31 Jan 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20050131.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. 2005. BBC Radio 4. Re-Wilding: Nature. 20 Jan 2005. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature_20060130.shtml
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Selected articles
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Evans, P,. Lament of the Nightingale. BBC Wildlife Magazine. 1 Apr 2017
Available from https://www.magzter.com/preview/8845/212098#page/4
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Water spins into a million bubbles filled with light. The Guardian. 22 Mar 2017.
Available From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/22/country-diary-long-mynd-shropshire-light-spout-waterfall
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Goulson, D., Smyth, R., Benson, R., White, S., Herbert, K., Hudston, S., Perrin, J., and others. It's blooming spring! The 20 best UK walks with a great pub lunch. The Guardian. 18 Mar 2017
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/18/22-great-spring-walks-in-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Simplicity and symbolism in flowers and poems. The Guardian. 22 Feb 2017
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/01/spring-flowers-verses-keats-wordworth-eliot
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Evans, P,. Snowdrops: something at last to cheer about. The Guardian. 22 Feb 2017. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/22/snowdrops-something-at-last-to-cheer-about
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. There's nothing dull about dunnocks . The Guardian. 8 Feb 2017. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/08/nothing-dull-about-dunnocks-country-diary
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. These squirrels are not native. So what? The Guardian. 1 Feb 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/01/these-squirrels-not-native-so-what- country-diary
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Evans, P,. Wool on the wire that feeds on fog. The Guardian. 25 January 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/25/wool-wire-feeds-fog-country-diary- wenlock-edge
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. The tiny world in a rotten post top. The Guardian.11 Jan 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/11/tiny-world-rotten-post-top-shrop- shire-country-diary
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Winter woods seen through the eyes of a buzzard. The Guardian. 14 Dec 2016.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/14/winter-scene-through-eyes-buzzard- country-diary
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Echoes of War Amid The Sound of Nightingales. Resurgence & Ecologist. 9 Nov 2016.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/author1319-paul-evans.html
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Rain Sideways. Little Toller Books.1 Aug 2016.
Available from https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/rain-sideways-paul-evans/
Evans, P,. Water spins into a million bubbles filled with light. The Guardian. 22 Mar 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/22/country-diary-long-mynd-shropshire-light-spout-waterfall
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Goulson, D., Smyth, R., Benson, R., White, S., Herbert, K., Hudston, S., Perrin, J., and others. It's blooming spring! The 20 best UK walks with a great pub lunch. The Guardian. 18 Mar 2017
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/18/22-great-spring-walks-in-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Evans, P,. Simplicity and symbolism in flowers and poems. The Guardian. 22 Feb 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/01/spring-flowers-verses-keats-wordworth-eliot
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Snowdrops: something at last to cheer about. The Guardian. 22 Feb 2017. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/22/snowdrops-something-at-last-to-cheer-about
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. There's nothing dull about dunnocks . The Guardian. 8 Feb 2017. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/08/nothing-dull-about-dunnocks-country-diary
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. These squirrels are not native. So what? The Guardian. 1 Feb 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/01/these-squirrels-not-native-so-what- country-diary
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Evans, P,. Wool on the wire that feeds on fog. The Guardian. 25 Jan 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/25/wool-wire-feeds-fog-country-diary- wenlock-edge
Evans, P,. The tiny world in a rotten post top. The Guardian. 11 Jan 2017.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/11/tiny-world-rotten-post-top-shrop- shire-country-diary
Evans, P,. Winter woods seen through the eyes of a buzzard. The Guardian. 14 Dec 2016.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/14/winter-scene-through-eyes-buzzard- country-diary
Evans, P,. Echoes of War Amid The Sound of Nightingales. Resurgence & Ecologist. 9 Nov 2016.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/author1319-paul-evans.html
Evans, P,. Rain Sideways. Little Toller Books. 1 Aug 2016.
Available from https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/rain-sideways-paul-evans/
Evan, P,. How to identify seaweed. BBC Wildlife Magazine. 30 Sep 2015.
Retrieved from http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/naturalist-skills/how-identify-seaweed
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. We must all realise why botany and Kew Gardens really matter. London Evening Standard.
15 Sep 2015. Available from http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/paul-evans-we-must-all-realise-why- botany-and-kew-gardens-really-matter-a2947821.html
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. A Cinema of Roses. Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today Newspaper. 23 Jun 2015.
Available from http://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2015/06/a-cinema-of-roses/
Evans, P,. Vidal, J,. From the steppe to central Spain, Europe echoes to the howl of the wolf. The Guardian.
4 Jan 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/04/wolf-pack-howls-from-steppe-to-madrid
Evans, P,. An Elephant In The Woods. Resurgence & Ecologist. 1 Oct 2013.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article4006-an-elephant-in-the-woods.html
Evans, P,. Bearing Down On Wildlife. Resurgence & Ecologist. 1 Apr 2013.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article3897-bearing-down-on-wildlife.html
Evans, P,. Spring is in the air - and Zoroastrians and hares and pagans. And me. The Guardian. 20 Mar 2013. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/20/spring-zoroastrians-pagans- march-equinox
Evans, P,. Pricing Nature. Resurgence & Ecologist. 1 Dec 2012.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article3774-pricing-nature.html
Evans, P,. Saviour of the Snakes. Country Living. 1 Sep 2011.
Evans, P,. How to be a nature writer. BBC Wildlife Magazine. 14 Feb 2011.
Available from http://www.discoverwildlife.com/competition-article/how-be-nature-writer
Evans, P,. The Tragedy of Biodiversity. Resurgence & Ecologist. 1 Oct 2010.
Available from http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article3171-the-tragedy-of-biodiversity.html
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Evans, P,. Pine martens make comeback in UK after leading a secret life for decades. The Guardian. 4 Jun 2010.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/04/pine-martens-uk-comeback
Evans, P,. Unique wildlife on Robinson Crusoe island at risk from goats and brambles. The Guardian.
16 Nov 2009. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/16/conservation-endangeredspecies
Evans, P,. Where there’s life, there’s hope for conservation. The Guardian. 7 Aug 2009.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/07/vulture-conservation
Evans, P,. Reintroduced species: Nature doesn’t care about righting historic wrongs. The Guardian. 29 May 2009. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/29/conservation-reintroductions- nature
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Diversionary tactics - the imaginative campaigns protecting the countryside from developers. The Guardian. 1 Apr 2009. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/01/conservation- developers-countryside-uk
Evans, P,. Vantage point for a visionary. The Guardian. 25 Feb 2009.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/feb/25/pendle-hill
Evans, P,. Salted away. The Guardian.18 Feb 2009 .
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/feb/18/conservation-brownfield-sites
Evans, P,. Wildly ambitious. The Guardian. 28 Jan 2009.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jan/28/beaver-reintroduction
Evans, P,. Council obstructs family’s ethical land project. The Guardian. 19 Nov 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/19/low-carbon-living-karuna
Evans, P,. Foul deeds of fair prey? The Guardian. 15 Oct 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/oct/15/conservation-wildlife
Evans, P,. Where there’s life, there’s hope for conservation. The Guardian.7 Aug 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/07/vulture-conservation
Evans, P,. Woodlands Tree Change. National Trust Magazine. 1 Aug 2008.
Evans, P,. A recession will give ecological development a new life. The Guardian. 23 July 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/23/conservation.greenbuilding
Evans, P,. Growing awareness. The Guardian. 9 Jul 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/09/food.organics
Evans, P,. Natural balance. The Guardian. 4 June 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jun/04/conservation.environment
Evans, P,. Season’s greetings. The Guardian. 19 March 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/mar/19/wildlife.weather
Evans, P,. A world apart. The Guardian. 7 May 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/may/07/wildlife.conservation
Evans, P,. Tortuous paths. The Guardian. 23 Apr 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/apr/23/conservation.endangeredhabitats
Evans, P,. Lost horizons. The Guardian. 27 Feb 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/feb/27/water.conservation
Evans, P,. Porous defences. The Guardian. 23 Jan 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jan/23/flooding.water
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Evans, P,. Woolly thinking. The Guardian. 9 Jan 2008.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jan/09/2
Evans, P,. Bare necessities. The Guardian. 19 Dec 2007.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/dec/19/conservation.wildlife
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Giving too much ground. The Guardian. 12 Dec 2007
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/paulevans?page=10
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans., P,. Seed sense. The Guardian. 18 Jul 2007.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jul/18/conservation.food
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans,. P. A wildlife icon. The Guardian. 14 June 2007
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/jun/14/awildlifeicon
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans,. P. The lark v the butterfly. The Guardian. 22 May 2007.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/may/22/thelarkversusthebutterfly [Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Missing monitors. The Guardian. 9 May 2007.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/may/09/society.conservationandendan- geredspecies
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Evans, P,. Heart of the Mata. Guardian Weekly. 4 Apr 2007.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/apr/04/conservationandendangeredspecies.- guardiansocietysupplement
Evans, P,. Business as usual. The Guardian. 31 Jan 2007.
Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jan/31/guardiansocietysupplement4
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. The thrill of the chase. The Guardian. 8 Nov 2006.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/nov/08/society.guardiansocietysupplement [Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. The power and the glory. The Guardian. 30 Oct 2006. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/oct/30/guardiansocietysupplement4
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Evans, P,. Return of the native. The Guardian. 19 Apr 2006. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/19/guardiansocietysupplement5
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Unnatural selection. The Guardian. 18 Jan 2006.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jan/18/guardiansocietysupplement6
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. In the mire. The Guardian. 7 Dec 2005.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/dec/07/guardiansocietysupplement2
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Bird’s-eye views. The Guardian. 13 July 2005.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/jul/13/society.environment
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Awkward squads. The Guardian. 8 Jun 2005.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jun/08/environment.environment2
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Burying treasures. The Guardian. 13 Apr 2005.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/apr/13/environment.environment1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Divided loyalty. The Guardian. 1 Dec 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/dec/01/environment.ruralaffairs
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. New fungus may bring sudden death to Britain’s oaks. The Guardian. 11 Nov 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/nov/11/environment.science2
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Sale of the centuries. The Guardian. 18 Aug 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/aug/18/environment.environment1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. How does your garden grow? The Guardian. 26 May 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/may/26/environment.environment
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. India fears public health catastrophe as vultures head for extinction. Guardian Weekly. 22 April 2004. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/22/outlook.development1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. On a wing and a prayer. The Guardian. 14 Apr 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/apr/14/environment.environment1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Pirates of the high fields. The Guardian. 31 Mar 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/mar/31/guardiansocietysupplement.science [Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. The rot’s set in. The Guardian. 11 Feb 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/feb/11/environment.environment1
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Growing pains. The Guardian. 7 Jan 2004.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jan/07/environment.environment
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Foreign fields. The Guardian. 23 Jul 2003.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/jul/23/greenpolitics.society
Evans, P,. Reappearing act. The Guardian. 3 Dec 2003
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/dec/03/environment.environment2
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Truth is beauty. The Guardian. 22 May 2002.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/may/22/guardiansocietysupplement3
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Flower Power. The Guardian. 3 Apr 2002.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/apr/03/guardiansocietysupplement3
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
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Evans, P,. Burning issues. The Guardian. 9 Jan 2002.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jan/09/guardiansocietysupplement7
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Movers and Shakers. The Guardian. 17 May 2000.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2000/may/17/guardiansocietysupplement5
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Rhyme or reason? BBC Wildlife Magazine. 1 March 2000.
Evans, P,. It’s a blooming shame. The Guardian. 19 May 1999.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/1999/may/19/guardiansocietysupplement9
[Accessed: 23 Feb 2018].
Evans, P,. Beast in all of us. The Guardian. 7 Apr 1999.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/society/1999/apr/07/guardiansocietysupplement3
Evans, P,. Limestone cowboys. The Guardian. 20 Feb 1999.
Evans, P,. Blinded by light. The Guardian. 10 Feb 1999.
Available from https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/feb/10/spaceexploration.society
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Evans, P,. Crow nation, Ted Hughes celebrated the wild. The Guardian. 4 Nov 1998.
Evans, P,. Barking mad. The Guardian. 7 Oct 1998.
Evans, P,. Back in your box, little minx. The Guardian. 19 Aug 1998.
Evans, P,. The Wildlife Interview, Valmick Thapar. BBC Wildlife Magazine. 1 Feb 1998
Evans, P,. Response to Peretti, 'Nativism and Nature'. Environmental Values 7 (1998): pp.198 -200
Evans, P,. The taming of the trees. The Guardian. 27 Nov 1992.
Evans, P,. The Need for an Environmental Ethic. Resurgence Magazine. 1 Jul 1992.
Evans, P,. When nature must stop hiding behind science’s cloak. The Guardian. 6 Dec 1991
Evans, P,. Use your wildest imagination. Horticulture Week. 25 May 1990.
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Videos
The Verb Paul Evans reads 'Petunia' from 'Herbaceous'
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The Royal Horticultural Society's Secret Garden Sunday: Herbaceous book reading, signing and musical performance by author Paul Evans and Michael Kwiatkowski guitarist in the Magical Poetry Yurt .
Field Notes From The Edge book launch at Wenlock Books, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Extract reading from introduction by Paul Evans.
Paul Evans on the theme of "Connecting with Nature" at the Communicate 2010 conference.
Reviews
Green Letters
Studies in Ecocriticism
Review of Field Notes from the Edge by Prof. Terry Gifford, poet & ecocritic
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''From data to dream, from virus to vision, Field Notes from the Edge is not only the touchstone for future nature writers, it is, for readers, an exemplary and challenging reminder of why we should mitigate the Anthropocene from our own edgelands."
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The leading international weekly for literary culture.
Where the wild things are
Nick Groom
"The latest crop of nature-writing books, and wildness is all. There’s a quiet ferocity running through these three very different volumes, powerful yet subtle, refreshingly practical and quotidian – and leagues away from the teen fantasies of George Monbiot with his schemes for “rewilding”. So we have John Lewis-Stempel retro-farming a field of wheat, John Wright rootling about in hedges, and Paul Evans in rapt communion with the fairy folk .....
....Thus the landscape does not need to be made strange by wheezes to reintroduce charismatic species; it is already magical for those who have the eyes (and imagination) to see. Evans’s book is a manifesto for fey living rather than rewilding: “I am fascinated by the idea that some places frighten us for reasons we don’t understand; places that feel weird, eerie, sinister, the eldritch places (from the Old English for a strange country, the Otherworld)”. Evans wants us to become more experienced in immaterial encounters, alive to the “eco-gothic” rather than being victims of ecophobia – the anxiety that “Nature bites back” despite human attempts to control and harness it through managing (and denuding) the environment ".
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Field Notes' magic lies partly in the sheer quality of the prose, partly in Evans' ability to loop together disparate threads in a way that feels both natural and carefully patterned: images and words recur, subtle altered each time, layering meaning upon meaning so that each chapter becomes rich with significance. It makes for a profoundly satisfying read.
Melissa Harrison author of 'At Hawthorn Time'
literary ecocritic, nature writer, author of Cold Blood
novelist, poet, short-story writer, professor of fiction, author of I’ll Go to Bed at Noon, Nourishment, Vanishing.
naturalist, BBC radio producer, author of The Running Sky, The Poetry of Birds (with Simon Armitage)and Four Fields
What other writers are saying
'Paul Evans ...a rare original. He made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end with his mastery of otherwise unseen moments of life on earth ....'
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Maggie Gee OBE FRSL novelist professor of creative writing, author of The White Family, The Ice People, Virginia Woolf in Manhattan.
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In spring 2018 Paul Evans was invited to become a fellow of the English Association.The Association has a long tradition of honouring distinguished figures who have made a special contribution to the promotion of the language arts in all their many facets. Past presidents have included John Galsworthy, Harley Granville–Barker, Sir Kenneth Clark and Dame Rebecca West.
The English Association
The Guardian Letters 6 Appril 2018
Field Notes From The Edge location photographs