{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/69ff2ed0dcea0196ad8658e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 34: Beyond the Countryside - How Nature Writing Asks Us to Pay Attention","description":"<p>Join Amanda and Joseph for this week’s episode as they delve into the best that nature writing has to offer. Plus, as always, they talk about their current reads and what they're looking forward to picking up next, as well as the latest from the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bookish News</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-fiction-shortlist/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women’s Prize shortlist</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recent Reads</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Pearl Oyster by Sophie Robinson @sophiepoetry&nbsp;</p><p>London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe</p><p>Tilt by Emma Pattee</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Nature Writing</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Helm by Sarah Hall</p><p>Bewilderment by Richard Powers</p><p>The Overstory by Richard Powers</p><p>A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness by Michael Pollan @michael.pollan</p><p>Crow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt @lyandahaupt</p><p>Walden by Henry David Thoreau&nbsp;</p><p>Silent Spring by Rachel Carson</p><p>The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson</p><p>H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald @emerillon</p><p>Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton @chloedaltonuk</p><p>Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer @robinwallkimmerer</p><p>An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong</p><p>I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong</p><p>Soundings: Journeys In The Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham @doreenwriting</p><p>My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell</p><p>Wintering by Katherine May @katherinemay_</p><p>Intertidal: A Coast And Marsh Diary by Yuvan Aves @a_naturalists_column</p><p>The Peregrine by J.A. Baker&nbsp;</p><p>The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd&nbsp;</p><p>Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane @robertmacfarlane</p><p>Dart by Alice Oswald</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What We’re Reading Next&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>California Gold by Jodie Chapman @jodiechapman</p><p>The Italian Girl by Iris Murdoch</p><p>The Bell by Iris Murdoch</p><p>The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}