Sally Huband & Malachy Tallack: The Shape of Water

Join the writers of two moving nature memoirs which explore the ongoing allure of the water. Malachy Tallack’s Illuminated by Water uses his decades long passion for fly fishing to explore ‘wildness’, and how we use that concept to engage with nature; while Sally Huband’s Sea Bean is a moving story of beachcombing for the titular bean, a seed with mystical significance. Chaired by Dan Richards.

Categories: Environment/Nature, Fiction, New Writers Award

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Grounding

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