Editor Katharine Norbury is the author of The Fish Ladder which was shortlisted for the 2016 Wainwright Prize, longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and was a Book of the Year in the Guardian, Telegraph and Observer newspapers. She has contributed to the Observer, the Guardian, the Telegraph, The Washington Post and Lonely Planet magazine.
'A fine, rare and landmark collection of nature writing, both prose and poetry, all by female writers' Deborah Warner, The Times 'This collection not only helps to illuminate historical and contemporary voices, but also makes you reconsider the meaning of the nature writing genre' Jane Adams, BBC Wildlife 'The writing is sure and precise. It is definite, luminous and strong' Julie Brominicks, BBC CountryFile 'I've been waiting eagerly for this. And now it's here! A veritable tumble through brilliance spanning centuries and uniting great writers' Rob Cowen 'Women on Nature is a boundary breaker. It seeks to bring down barriers on gender, geopolitics, genre, or those between humans and nature and within nature itself - the wild versus the cultivated and domesticated' Daily Post 'This gorgeous doorstop of a book ... Its sheer scope is dazzling ... Katharine Norbury has done an impeccable job and a huge service to anyone wanting to stroll off the beaten track' Caught by the River