Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his novel The Perfect Golden Circle.

In his novels, poetry and short stories, Benjamin Myers has long focussed on landscape and the mystical power of place. His previous award-winning novels include The Gallows Pole, Beatings and Pig Iron. Now comes The Perfect Golden Circle or The Strange Rites of an English Summer which explores the healing power of nature in a very different way.

We hear from Lulah Ellender, whose book Grounding: Finding Home in a Garden is about creating a thriving green space in a plot which might soon be lost. Writers Charlie Porter and Charlotte Moore join Johny to discuss the rich history of garden writing and the importance of green and verdant spaces in precarious times.

Book List – Sunday 29 May and Thursday 2 June

The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
Beastings by Benjamin Myers
Pig Iron by Benjamin Myers
Grounding: Finding Home in a Garden by Lulah Ellender
What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter
Hancox by Charlotte Moore
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Unearthed: On Race and Roots and How Soil Taught me to Belong by Claire Ratinon
The Garden by Andrew Marvell Show less