On this Ground

Best Australian Nature Writing

Dave Witty

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Monash University Publishing
01 December 2024

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Many of us gain inspiration, solace, beauty and a sense of wonder from our interactions with nature, and writers have long plumbed and explored these depths.

At the same time as many of us tune in to natural landscapes, our environment is imperilled as never before. We are in the midst of a climate emergency that is challenging the future of our species, and all living creatures we share the earth with.

This unique collection of Australia's best new nature writing gathers together some of our most widely known and most original voices to reflect on our relationship with nature.

These pieces, by turns compelling, urgent, poignant and passionate, offer an insight into the wonder of the natural world around us, and form a clarion call for its protection.

With an introduction from Dave Witty, and featuring contributors including Tim Winton, Bruce Pascoe and Inga Simpson, this collection makes the perfect summer read or gift for the nature-lover in your life.

Praise for What the Trees See:

'Fascinating and revelatory'

Kate Holden

'The story of learning a landscape'

Billy Griffiths

Edited by: Dave Witty
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781923192935
ISBN 10: 1923192930
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dave Witty is the author of the acclaimed What the Trees See: a wander through millennia of natural history in Australia, which examines aspects of Australia's history through our indigenous and non-indigenous trees. He is the recipient of the 2021 Rosina Joy Buckman Award in the Nature Conservancy Nature Writing Prize, and his work appears widely in Australian literary journals and publications.