Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Richard Jefferies Society Award for Nature Writing for 2026 is still open for nominations until 1st December. We look forward to receiving more nominations and full details can be found at richardjefferiessociety.org/award/. So far we have had 22 nominations. 061
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith wins the 2025 Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing 22011
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 05/04/2026www.hachette.co.uk/titles/alys-...hachette.co.ukPeatlands'Bog - the word sounds dank, claggy, unlovable. Yet functioning peatlands store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined and harbour astonish... 011
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 05/04/2026www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Of-Tho...simonandschuster.co.ukOf Thorn & Briar*** THE INSTANT TOP TEN BESTSELLER ***‘This spare but elegant account is an unexpected delight, and as soothing as a walk down a tree-dappled lane ... 021
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardHeadline Books @headlinebooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2025An evening with Mandy Haggith🌳 Join Mandy Haggith at Blackwells Edinburgh as she discusses her new book, The Lost Elms. Get your ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mandy-hagg... 012
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Ghosts of the Farm, a lively, haunting fusion of memoir & historical biography: of forgotten, rural women’s lives, 60-80yrs apart, in the same fields. Shortlisted @rjaward.bsky.social A Spectator Book of the Year, feat on BBCR4’s Ramblings. ‘Nicola is the John Clare of our time’ (Guy Shrubsole) 1/3 6377
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardMartin Goodman @martingoodman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024A coy selfie of me and my new book, MY HEAD FOR A TREE ... in its UK edition, out from @profilebooks.bsky.social next month 053
Reposted by Richard Jefferies Awardwildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I was pleased to show some farmers from Rutland around the farm this week. They had read my book and were inspired to consider something similar on their unproductive fields. They left excited to start making plans and I am beyond thrilled that my little book is making a difference, however small 1112
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The shortlist for the 2025 award has been announced Ghosts of the Farm by Nicola Chester A Wilding Year by Hannah Dale Peatlands by Alys Fowler My Head for a Tree by Martin Goodman The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith Of Thorn & Briar by Paul Lamb The winner will be announced by late spring. 1124
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Nominations for the 2026 award for #nature writing are now open. www.richardjefferiesaward.orgrichardjefferiesaward.orgRichard Jefferies Award'Richard Jefferies' 'Nature Writing Competition' 'Richard Jefferies Award' 031
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing close at noon on Monday 1st December. There have been 27 nominations so far. Full details of the award and how to nominate can be found at www.richardjefferiesaward.org 0134
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Invitation to a Zoom meeting on Mon. 3 Nov. 2025 starting at 7.30pm and hosted by us. #SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin... 082
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 21/09/2025www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/opinion/caro...dartmouth-today.co.ukWitnessing Wiltshire's lost wildlife: Richard Jefferies' journeyA young journalist has recorded his observations of the wildlife on his family’s Westcountry farm, a mixed farm with livestock, crops and orchard. His detailed record describes an abundance of birds –... 050
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardDr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 07/09/2025To add to my delight, a courier dropped this off - Richard Jefferies’ “After London” - a neat little Everyman edition from the 1940s of what is arguable one of the earliest post-apocalyptic novels (1885) in which towns and cities are destroyed, and England returns to the wilds of nature. #BookSky 2143
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardSeán Street @seanstreet.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Gilbert White, Selborne and sound: nightjars and the Portsmouth Evening Gun. 041
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 30/07/2025From the master of nature writing, Richard Jefferies, 1883. Artwork produced today at the @rjmuseum.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Richard Jefferies AwardFriends of the South Downs @friendssouthdowns.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Upcoming event! ‼️ Do you enjoy reading nature writing literature? Do you have a passion for the natural world and love our local landscapes? Book our webinar exploring the life and works of Richard Jefferies, led by Chris Hare, local history expert Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-t... 041
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Nominations open for the best in #nature writing published in 2025. www.richardjefferiesaward.org 084
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Past winners of the Richard Jefferies Award since 2015 0197
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) is the purest and most sensitive nature writer produced by a country that has prided itself on the strength of its nature tradition. The Richard Jefferies Award is given annually to nature writers reflecting the sense of place so strong in Jefferies’ countryside books. 1121
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Early nominations for the best in Nature Writing published in 2025 www.richardjefferiesaward.org 15915