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The Lost Spells

  • Imprint: Hamish Hamilton

  • ISBN: 9780241444641

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • Dimensions: 184mm x 23mm x 133mm

  • Weight: 414g

  • RRP: £14.99

The Lost Spells

RELEASED 01/10/2020

Dazzlingly beautiful and wonderfully inventive, discover the magical new book from the creators of bestselling, critically acclaimed literary phenomenon, The Lost Words . . .

Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

Each "spell" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw -- with which we share our lives and landscapes. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy.

Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care.

Praise for The Lost Words:

'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian

'Breathtaking, magical . . . Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at' New Statesman

'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Observer

  • Imprint: Hamish Hamilton

  • ISBN: 9780241444641

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • Dimensions: 184mm x 23mm x 133mm

  • Weight: 414g

  • RRP: £14.99

Reviews

  • The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year

    Observer on 'The Lost Words'

  • Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic and scope of language

    Guardian on 'The Lost Words'

  • A breathtaking book. Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at... Accessible and magical

    New Statesman on 'The Lost Words'

  • Gilded and glorious, one of the year's loveliest books for all ages over 10

    The Sunday Times on 'The Lost Words'

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About the Author

Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Landmarks, and The Lost Words, co-created with Jackie Morris. Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award and The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award. Both books have been adapted for television by the BBC. The Lost Words won the Books Are My Bag Beautiful Book Award and the Hay Festival Book of the Year. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The New York Times.

Robert Macfarlane

Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris grew up in the Vale of Evesham, dreaming of becoming an artist and living by the sea. She studied at Hereford College of Arts and at Bath Academy, and went on to illustrate for the New Statesman, Independent and Guardian among many other publications. As a children's author and artist, she has created over forty books, including beloved classics such as Song of the Golden Hare, Tell Me A Dragon, East of the Sun, West of the Moon and The Wild Swans. She collaborated with Ted Hughes, and her books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. Jackie now lives in a cottage on the cliffs of Pembrokeshire, which she shares with a small pride of cats and various other gentle creatures.

Jackie Morris

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Events

The Lost Spells: Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris in conversation, 1st October
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Recommendations

The essential Robert Macfarlane reading list
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Features

Readers send their favourite nature words to Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane

Ten years ago the academic and travel writer embarked on a mission to collect the evocative and often obscure words associated with the landscape, publishing them in Landmarks in 2015. He's since been sent thousands more by people from around the world

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