The 2022 Wainwright Prize for Nature- Shortlist Review

Hi, I'm Bob, and I loved reading the shortlist for the Wainwright Prize this year. My review of the Global Conservation shortlist is coming soon.

00:00 Introduction
01:22 James Aldred- Goshawk Summer]
03:32 Nicola Chester- On Gallows Down
05:14 Anna Fleming- Time on Rock
07:04 Matthew Green- Shadowlands
09:05 Thomas Halliday- Otherlands
10:25 Amy Liptrot- The Instant
12:07 Overview

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[GregHarness]

I just read "Shadowlands" and loved it. The Welsh village being drowned was incredibly moving. Thanks as always, Bob, and I pleased you don't mind me coming back to these "old" videos and dropping comments.

[danicaholly]

How well you are describing such a wide range of books. Thank you.

[ioanna.]

Thank you for drawing our attention to all these books Bob!!!!😊

[barbarahelgaker]

I also was hooked on last year`s Wainright after I read Merlin Sheldrake and James Reebank. I really liked Otherlands on this year`s list and Goshawk summer will be in my postbox any day now. I used the Wainright guides to the fells in the lake district when I walked there as a teenager so it is very fitting that I read the books in honour of his memory!

[ReadingintheDriftless]

I discovered this prize while visiting England a few years ago now and absolutely love it. So much so I have begun a project of reading ALL the short listed books since the beginning. I will finish Badgerland this weekend. Thanks for advancing this prize on your channel, Bob!

[SpringboardThought]

Wow Shadowlands sounds awesome I hope it comes over here too. That’s just a fantastic premise. Love the cover for The Instant. What a great shortlist. Another prize list dowwwn. 2000 to go Bob. Haha

[christinacampbellbooks]

Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on all of these, Bob. I hadn't heard of any of them so it was a lovely run through the prize ☺

[curioushmm]

i love the image of the female goshawk sending off papa with sticks..it is certainly curious behavior..sounds like a book for me.

[ChaoticBibliophile]

Thanks for this video! I love the Wainwright and need to follow it more closely

[TutankhamunReads]

Great video! I want to get to reading quite a few of these

[drawyourbook]

Such an interesting collection of books. I hope I had time to read everything. Why are there so many good books out there???

[annenilsen]

I have to read Shadowlands !! Thank you so much for describing these books…I have several on my TBR LIST, but Shadowlands will be first. Do you recall a novel that involves one of the “drowned cities” ?

[starstuffpuff]

I wouldn’t consider Otherlands to be nature writing :). It’s most definitely in the popular science category, which happens to make up the majority of my non-fiction reading. Anything to do with evolution, paleontology, paleoanthropology, the history of the planet in general is catnip for me ;).