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Books to help us navigate everyday life, with Damian Barr.

Can books help us navigate the messy business of living? Damian Barr is joined by Helen Macdonald and Melissa Harrison to discuss books to deepen our engagement with nature.

A new series about how books might help us navigate everyday life, presented by writer and broadcaster Damian Barr. 
 
Each episode takes a life experience - such as grief - and talks to writers about they handle it through their own reading, writing and lived experience. We explore the fiction, non-fiction, memoir and poetry that might help us better understand our own stories.

This week - how can we deepen our engagement with the natural world around us? Many of us experienced a shift in our relationship with nature during the pandemic; how can we stay tuned in to nature, and keep looking with fresh eyes, as the world grows busier once more? Damian is joined by Helen Macdonald (Vesper Flights; H is for Hawk) and Melissa Harrison (The Stubborn Light of Things; By Ash, Oak and Thorn; All Among the Barley) to talk about the poetry, field guides and fiction that have guided them. 

Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio in Bristol

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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How can books help us navigate the messy business of living? Writer Damian Barr and guests discuss fiction, poetry and memoir that might help us better understand our own stories.

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