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Michael J. Warren @drmjwarren.bsky.social · 9h

Delighted to be speaking about #thecuckooslea @burylitfest.bsky.social this Thursday (8th). And it’s a #naturewriting double-whammy: @steverutt.bsky.social is speaking right after me about #waterlands. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💧Introducing the BEAUTIFUL new paperback cover of #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, now with a 20% discount when you pre-order from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social! This is a captivating retelling of the water cycle, and an urgent call to protect our most essential resource. 🗓 Out 11 March

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tickets are going fast for our Words of the Wild Book Festival, with some events already sold out! Don’t miss your opportunity to meet some of today’s top nature writers, join our online talks or nurture your creativity at one of our workshops. Find out more on our website 📖 buff.ly/fI23XcV

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British Wildlife @britishwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And @steverutt.bsky.social has been reading Ghosts of the Night by @chrissperring.bsky.social . Read the review: www.britishwildlife.com/ghosts-of-th...

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Jason Ormiston @missedtheargo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

After reading @steverutt.bsky.social's The Waterlands, a colleague put me on to his storytelling on bats and art from Claire Todd, in partnership with Species on the Edge. If you're looking for insight and a moment of calm, well worth a listen/ watch. speciesontheedge.co.uk/echoes-whisp...

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Echoes & Whispers | Species On The Edge

Explore the world of bats in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by Stephen Rutt and Claire Todd.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thank you! It was a nice project to follow finishing The Waterlands with. I'm bat obsessed now.

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🎉Huge congratulations to @steverutt.bsky.social on his book #TheWaterlands: Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea being longlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social for Nature Writing! #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect #waterlands #wetlands #bog #marsh #nature #NonFiction #WaterCycle #ecology

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The Flow Country — where nothingness is something very special... @steverutt.bsky.social speaks to @thetimes.com about The Flow Country, a vast bog in the far northeast of #Scotland where the plants have turned predator and the soil is less solid than milk: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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The Flow Country — where nothingness is something very special

The vast bog in the far northeast of the Scottish mainland is an otherworldly place where the plants have turned predator and the soil is less solid than milk

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Kate Blincoe @kateblincoe.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

At last, time to sit down and read @resurgencetrust.bsky.social magazine. Adore the Echopoetry (inspired by bats) and am reminded how much I enjoyed reviewing The Waterlands @steverutt.bsky.social

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Dive into the hidden world of water with author of #TheWaterlands @steverutt.bsky.social. From chalk streams to peat bogs, in this episode of Roots and All Stephen Rutt explores the watery landscapes we so often overlook: bit.ly/4uZibYy #WaterCycle #Nature #Water #Wetlands #NonFiction #NatureWriting

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Episode 380: Following a Drop of Water

Podcast Episode · Roots and All - Gardening Podcast · 13 April · 37min

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Paul Cheney @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This arrived whilst I was away on holiday. Thank you to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for sending a copy of @steverutt.bsky.social's new book, Waterlands

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

💧Happy publication day to #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social! Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources, saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries, spectacular lochs, crystal-clear chalk streams, blanket bogs and more. bit.ly/4dbmYka #NatureWriting #wetlands

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Join naturalist and award-winning author, @steverutt.bsky.social on 1st April at 7pm, as he chats to Jen Stout at Blackwells #Edinburgh about his lyrical and insightful new book #TheWaterlands. 'A masterpiece' - Ajay Tegala, author of Wetland Diaries Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-ru...

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Join naturalist and award-winning author @steverutt.bsky.social Blackwells Edinburgh on 1 April at 7pm, as he chats to Jen Stout about his lyrical and insightful new book #TheWaterlands. Tickets now on sale! 🎟️ bit.ly/4sbuDmR

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

30 seconds of skeins over Dumfries (just along from Lidl if we're being precise).

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Looking forward to reading #TheWaterlands? Close your eyes and immerse yourself in Britain's watery landscapes with author @steverutt.bsky.social's playlist on Spotify: 🎧https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ib6U5Mayp8LuXk4BdFLTY?si=37ZlSZiqSrOfKeeaKLHz-g&pi=ZJglFI8ARkCiA&nd=1&dlsi=f7a09a9f067841dc

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Species on the Edge. Echoes & Whispers - Explore the world of bats 🦇 in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by @steverutt.bsky.social and Claire Todd. Thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social speciesontheedge.co.uk/echoes-whisp...

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Echoes & Whispers | Species On The Edge

Explore the world of bats in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by Stephen Rutt and Claire Todd.

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle. Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams. Out 26 March

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Thanks Ian! The first words of this were written in 2020 so it's been a long time coming.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Decent! First I've heard of locally.

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We are so excited to be publishing @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands, an evocative journey through British waterscapes revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea. 💧 Read more @bookbrunch.bsky.social: www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

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E&T signs book on water

Elliott & Thompson aquires The Waterlands by Stephen Rutt, an evocative journey through British waterscapes 'revealing everything a single raindrop can show us on its journey from source to sea'

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

On the sandy soils of the Breckland, red-banded sand wasp is common. It catches caterpillars, immobilises them with a sting, lays an egg in them and drags them down a burrow. The egg hatches and the wasp larva eats it's way out of the living caterpillar.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I'm offering mentoring sessions now for writers of non-fiction. One-to-one video call, 2000 words of your writing reviewed with honest feedback and pointers for development. More information here: stephenrutt.com/mentoring/

Me standing in front of some reeds looking authorial.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

A walk in Galloway: common blues, bog asphodel & big orchids.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

When the cinnabar finds the sunlight in a shady hedge.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

(unseen, the grim slog of bird surveying: 1.30am alarms, the frigid chill of pre-dawn uplands, cold enough for the shiver of snipe song, cuckoos keeping themselves warm by cuckooing, the ecstatic swan-diving of tree pipits, hours of fruitless waiting and grey dawns, days going nowhere)

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Scenes from a series of Galloway dawns.

Full moon descending behind hill, mist in the valley, stars above

Panorama of pines, distant hillside and hint of loch

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thanks James, I'm sure you'll love it too

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hair ice in the woods, lingering after the thaw. And a frost of fungi.

Hair ice bursting out of a stick, surrounded by dead beech leaves.

Close up of hair ice on a stick, the filaments of frost lifting up like hair.

A dead tree liberally coated in white mushrooms I don't know.

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Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

A train through the fens. It's all black fields and lines of golden reeds and hundreds of wild swans. Silvery skies. East Anglia always does something to me.

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