Victoria Dickenson is Adjunct Professor, Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill University Library in Montreal and the author of Rabbit (2013) and Seal (2016), both published by Reaktion. A devoted amateur botanist, she spends summers in the berry-covered island of Newfoundland, where she has learned to savour the tiny, delicious fruits of field, forest and bog.
Dickenson traces the humble berry's journey across cultures and through the centuries with humor and passion. -- Garden's Illustrated A book that will change the way you think about berries, familiar and unfamiliar. Beautifully written, packed with information and arresting ideas, all six chapters will appeal to a range of readers, who can savor the mouthwatering illustrations as much as the harvest and preserves of the kitchen. --Mark Laird, author of A Natural History of English Gardening