Ticket: The Book Nook Meets...Nic Wilson: Author of Nature. Land Beneath the Waves

The Book Nook bookshop in Ware is delighted to welcome Hertfordshire Author Nic Wilson on the evening of Tuesday the 17th of June to celebrate the publication of her debut book : Land Beneath the Waves : How the Natural World Helped One Woman Navigate Chronic Illness, Self-Acceptance and Belonging. 

Nic will be in conversation with The Book Nook's Kate Miller, taking questions from the audience and signing copies of the book. Join us for an interesting relaxed and enjoyable evening about  healing power of nature. 

Tickets are £6 and include refreshments, and you can also pre order your signed copy of here

About the Book: Land Beneath the Waves

A moving, honest and revealing memoir of living with chronic illness, and an examination of the ways a relationship with the natural world can affect us, from debut author and nature writer Nic Wilson. When Nic Wilson begins researching the history of her local landscape and its wildlife, the last thing she wants to do is consider her own past.

 But as she unearths tales of giant sequoias, puss moths, nightingales and chalk streams, Nic realises her affinity with the nearby wild began as a way to handle growing up with a mother who lived with a debilitating chronic illness. Now in her forties, and struggling with mental and physical health herself, Nic revisits her childhood to trace the influence of the natural world on her life.

As she grapples with revelations from the past, the boundaries between self and land become increasingly porous, and the lure of the wetlands around her home threatens to engulf her. Can she find the strength to face the waves of chronic illness - past and present - and learn to reach for steady ground?

With the natural world facing more threats than ever before, Land Beneath the Waves inspires us to develop a meaningful bond with our local natural spaces and landscapes, illuminating a hopeful path towards a better future for human and non-human life.

About the author: Nic Wilson

Nic is a writer, editor and Guardian country diarist, with nearly 30 years’ writing experience spanning academia, education, journalism and narrative non-fiction. She works for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, specialising in wildlife, wild plants and environmental issues. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including Under the Changing Skies: The Best of The Guardian Country Diaries 2018-2024, Going to Ground: An Anthology of Nature and Place, Moving Mountains, described as a ‘first-of-its-kind’ anthology of nature writing by disabled and chronically ill writers, and Women on Nature. Land Beneath the Waves is her first book.