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Nature from a narrowboat through a neurodivergent lens +⛵The Boater's Country Diary: short nature entries from a nomadic life on the water + 🌊 Water Book Club Podcast: Q&A author interviews + 🌿#DailyNature: quarterly community creative showcases

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  • Jen Ratcliffe 🚣‍♀️🌿

    Dreamy nature musings from a water-cradled bed in the UK: Poetry, Nature, Books & Boats. Shortlisted & nationally published writer. Home to Water Book Club as featured in Waterways World. Subscribe to begin reconnecting to our liquid world.

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  • Alexander Gunnarsson

    Left my career to rebuild an old sailboat and find a more human way of living along the shores of Scotland. I write about life adrift & healing through nature, sharing my search for meaning through water and earth.

  • Annie Worsley

    Grandmother Crofter Geographer Author of WINDSWEPT: life, nature & deep time in the Scottish Highlands Writes Coast, Croft & Hill column Blogs about nature, crofting, wild weather & Red River Croft https://notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/

  • Jen Jones

    I am a writer and soil scientist passionate about the natural world. I write regularly for the Guardian Country Diary and am currently writing a book about soil for Bloomsbury Wildlife.

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    Submissions are open. We’re a not-for-profit publishing house and creative hub based on the magical Isle of Wight.

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