The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin

The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin

As the autumn nights draw in, join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise.

‘A beautiful guide to moving through this world with tender curiosity, joy and reflection’ Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean

‘I will be thinking about the owls and the landscape of this book for a long time to come’ Jessica JLee, author of Dispersals

‘I couldn’t put down this warm and comforting, beautiful book’ Ajay Tegala, author of Wetland Diaries

‘The author is fortunate in her proximity to [owls], but this touching, gentle offering shows that, given a humble heart and willingness to stand still in Nature and look and listen, you can get closer to owls than you’d imagine.’ Country Life

‘A poet and writer based in Cumbria, Atkin has long entertained frequent visits from owls to her garden, and sees them as her neighbours. Here, she reveals what they have taught her about life’ iNews

‘An elegiac meditation laced with gems of owl lore’ Saga

POLLY ATKIN (FRSL) is a poet and nonfiction writer. Her poetry collections are Basic Nest Architecture (Seren: 2017), Much With Body (Seren: 2021) and Emergency Dream (Seren: 2026). Her nonfiction books include Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth (Saraband: 2021) and Some Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better (Sceptre: 2023), named Lakeland Book of the Year 2024 and longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2024. She grew up in Nottingham then lived in East London for seven years before moving north to Cumbria. She works as a freelancer from her home in the English Lake District, where she co-owns historic Grasmere bookshop Sam Read Bookseller.

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ISBN 13	9781783969074
ISBN 10	1783969075
Titel	The Company of Owls
Autor	Polly Atkin
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Elliott & Thompson Limited
Erscheinungsjahr	2025-10-16
Seitenanzahl	224
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