This week’s guest is the author of one of my favourite books of 2021: Small Bodies of Water. Nina’s writing is lyrical and poetic. She blends memoir with powerful writing on the natural world. I’m not the only one who thinks so as she’s the winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize. We spoke about nature writing in multiple languages, pools from our childhood and transitioning through the seasons by swimming. Oh and the bird we’ve spotted at Hampstead Ponds is a Mandarin duck!
Our chat becomes a little bit of a swimming book club, so I hope you’re looking for some reading recommendations including work by: Jessica J Lee, Mary Jean Chan, Hannah Lowe, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Polly Atkin and Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Seren Jones, Co-Founder Black Swimming Association
Susanne Masters, Ethnobotanist
Lizzy Stewart, Illustrator
Leif Bersweden, Botanist
Tom Mason, Co-Founder of Blue Balls Cornwall
Christopher Beanland, Author of Lido
Laura Fullerton, Founder of Monk
Mark Vessey, Artist
Jessica Hepburn, Adventure Activist and Author of 21 Miles
Tom Gregory, Author of A Boy in the Water
Anna Baker, Cleveland Pools
Simon Griffiths, Outdoor Swimmer
Cathy Rentzenbrink, Author
Lauren Biddulph, The Salt Sisterhood
Nathaniel Cole, Swim Dem Crew
Marika Hackman, Singer-Songwriter
Chris Romer-Lee, Thames Baths
Jessica J. Lee, Author of Turning
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