tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191766832024-03-13T10:06:22.119+00:00Richard Jefferies Society
richardjefferiessociety@btinternet.comRichard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-13206969829738451532024-01-26T06:34:00.000+00:002024-01-26T06:34:09.743+00:00Shortlist for Richard Jefferies Award for best nature writing published 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxbk_jUCKTecQco6WJsRqu6fr9siQ8kpwnNd8fgUkXJVHAqxnIDDDWE0UJY5OZidnkwM3hGqxGOVvMcss5OefWxyUWS7URDjv7cO_G2gJ9ayeWdhK35qphIgvRPNaGZBmTVzpdxNPkCyX53lnTiYMBCT9SwDuiNyPxaAciZEmP38gJwwWeSyp/s2071/RJA%202023%20Shortlist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2071" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxbk_jUCKTecQco6WJsRqu6fr9siQ8kpwnNd8fgUkXJVHAqxnIDDDWE0UJY5OZidnkwM3hGqxGOVvMcss5OefWxyUWS7URDjv7cO_G2gJ9ayeWdhK35qphIgvRPNaGZBmTVzpdxNPkCyX53lnTiYMBCT9SwDuiNyPxaAciZEmP38gJwwWeSyp/w172-h172/RJA%202023%20Shortlist.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The Richard Jefferies Award
[1] is given annually to the author of the publication considered by the
judging panel to be the most outstanding nature writing published in a given
calendar year. The winning work must reflect the heritage and spirit of Richard
Jefferies’ countryside books.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The final shortlist
for 2023 publications was announced today (in n0 particular order):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain’s
Rarest Flowers </span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: -18pt;">by Ben Jacob (John Murrays)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">One Midsummer’s Day: Swifts and the Story of Life
on Earth</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> by Mark Cocker (Jonathan Cape)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest
and Riverbank</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> by John Lister-Kaye (Canongate Books) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Across a Waking Land: A 1000-mile Walk through a
British Spring </span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">by Roger Morgan Grenville ( Icon Books) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Late Light</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> by Michael Malay (Manilla Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the
Scottish Highlands </span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">by Annie Worsley (Harper Collins)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 19.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIens5U9tA9d6-ENx4Z7dIUt-RWf7g5kmmgcvzqWPGlLvQPY3XBjmwjbCNwn3VnzkMK92xPhTibxiWceEIwrEa2Y6tDzkXJNlbCaIAVf-Ddlxst8yvWq-StH4_N_VbtRpZfVl7rDtbzZx2_NQwBUrlI9JlVC8oAvMTKklvNwWGIErZYN0AaSf/s655/shortlist.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="623" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIens5U9tA9d6-ENx4Z7dIUt-RWf7g5kmmgcvzqWPGlLvQPY3XBjmwjbCNwn3VnzkMK92xPhTibxiWceEIwrEa2Y6tDzkXJNlbCaIAVf-Ddlxst8yvWq-StH4_N_VbtRpZfVl7rDtbzZx2_NQwBUrlI9JlVC8oAvMTKklvNwWGIErZYN0AaSf/w419-h441/shortlist.JPG" width="419" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-indent: 0cm;">The award was first
introduced in 2015 by the Richard Jefferies Society and then sponsored by
the White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough. It has attracted an unprecedented
number of nominations that grow each year reflecting the increasing quality of
books dedicated to the natural world.</span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Previous award winners are: </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Gods of the Morning </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by John Lister-Kaye
(2015), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">The Wood for the Trees </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Richard Fortey (2016) </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">The Seabird's Cry </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Adam Nicolson (2017), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Wilding</i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"> by
Isabella Tree (2018); </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Rebirding </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Benedict Macdonald (2019), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Orchard </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates (2020), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">On Gallows Down </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by Nicola Chester (2021) and </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Wild Fell </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by Lee Schofield (2022).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The judging panel will meet in the early summer to
agree and announce the overall winner of the £1000 prize.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><u style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Notes </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><u><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0cm;">[1] For more information about the Award and
previous winners: </span><a href="http://www.richardjefferiesaward.org/" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.richardjefferiesaward.org/</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-1766664710263899792023-06-30T05:06:00.008+00:002024-03-13T06:54:29.427+00:00Wild Fell Wins Top Literary Prize for Nature Writing<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LuDub9twXiwfD2Dm6USldaSlhlwfMZUJF6Sa7MtKo8C0IEX8MrRyBdRlCT9KsdCLfGF4xIt8TQiuqFaMQk-hckV6drKj1zk0bBA5nMMdHTmQ_qrk2UA5zWPOfL9_jdPSHey6oaCv5jlsH-3R8uJsWqATIwp0RyHT8e8KLP6ESh3CqdOqBw/s2071/RJA%202022%20Winner.png" style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2071" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LuDub9twXiwfD2Dm6USldaSlhlwfMZUJF6Sa7MtKo8C0IEX8MrRyBdRlCT9KsdCLfGF4xIt8TQiuqFaMQk-hckV6drKj1zk0bBA5nMMdHTmQ_qrk2UA5zWPOfL9_jdPSHey6oaCv5jlsH-3R8uJsWqATIwp0RyHT8e8KLP6ESh3CqdOqBw/w172-h172/RJA%202022%20Winner.png" width="172" /></a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmRAF574QYE0V5Whn4dnXPD-yKtPx3z38D2pSzcshRxsGJWq-pII_zlaNJYnu-6o_qqXMH_MC52Ib0sVOCjzFE4hjEr2eP8XQSslro4CWFJ8iA2r08e8GFK6co0aXRyWt57IP1m3Ho5Zrn95wjBua-D8zDPaURC2uQBzQ9HGpsAsmWn51kg/s941/Ben%20&%20Wild%20Fell.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="941" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmRAF574QYE0V5Whn4dnXPD-yKtPx3z38D2pSzcshRxsGJWq-pII_zlaNJYnu-6o_qqXMH_MC52Ib0sVOCjzFE4hjEr2eP8XQSslro4CWFJ8iA2r08e8GFK6co0aXRyWt57IP1m3Ho5Zrn95wjBua-D8zDPaURC2uQBzQ9HGpsAsmWn51kg/w592-h394/Ben%20&%20Wild%20Fell.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Lee Schofield was announced on 22 May 2023 (</span><a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/days/biological-diversity" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The International Day for Biodiversity</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">) as the winner of the </span><a href="http://www.richardjefferiesaward.org/" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Richard
Jefferies Award</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> for the best nature writing published
in 2022 for his book titled <i>Wild Fell: </i></span><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Fighting
for nature on a Lake District hill farm </span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">published
by </span><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442832/wild-fell-by-schofield-lee/9780857527752" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Doubleday</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Lee's Zoom talk (11 March 2024) about his work and the book can be viewed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPYMpQKrEE" target="_blank">here</a> . </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><i>Wild Fell</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"> is a vivid and detailed
account of Lee Schofield’s work as the RSPB’s Site Manager at </span><a href="https://wildhaweswater.co.uk/" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Haweswater</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"> in the Lake District, where the nature conservation charity works in
partnership with the landowner United Utilities. Their aim is to discover ‘how
to rebalance farming and nature’ and ‘to develop a way to look after our land
that occupies the middle ground between hill farming and conservation,
restoring nature, respecting traditions, producing food, and supporting the
local economy’. This might sound like an almost impossible agenda, and
Schofield does not duck the challenges he has faced in mediating between the
interests of a variety of key stakeholders in a highly sensitive landscape.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">
<br />
Although <i>Wild Fell </i>engages fully with the political, social, economic,
cultural and financial contexts that affect Haweswater, it is above all an
optimistic and uplifting record of projects that are advancing conservation,
producing positive changes and enriching the biodiversity of the environment.
These initiatives include altering land usage, especially by scaling back the
number of sheep, extensive new planting of trees and wildflowers, restoring a
river to its natural course, soil improvement, and developing eco-tourism to
benefit the local economy. Success depends on having plans that interact and
reinforce each other, and which accommodate both compromises and co-operation
with the local community, and the book is a convincing illustration of what can
be achieved when a conservation organisation works with a water company and the
local community to effect change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Professor
Barry Sloan, Chair of the panel of judges, said</span></b><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">“</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Much of the appeal of <i>Wild
Fell</i> stems from the fluency with which Lee Schofield conveys the intimate
knowledge and deep feeling he has developed for the Haweswater landscape, his
own personal commitment to enriching and developing it, and the unabashed
delight he takes from each sign of progressive change. It is a highly personal
story as well as a thoroughly documented account of a complex and ongoing
conservation project, a combination which should earn it the wide readership it
deserves</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Lee
Schofield said</span></b><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">“</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">As a first-time author, and as someone who never imagined I’d have a
book published, winning the Richard Jefferies Award is genuinely beyond my
wildest dreams. There really would be no story to tell at Haweswater if it
weren’t for my wonderful RSPB colleagues past and present, and the inspiration
and energy I’ve gained from the Lake District’s growing band of
conservationists and nature-friendly farmers. This award is really for all of
them</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The
judges are drawn from the </span><a href="https://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Richard
Jefferies Society</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"> and their sponsors, the </span><a href="https://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">White
Horse Bookshop, Marlborough</span></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">
who had the difficult choice of selecting an overall winner from a highly
commendable shortlist of books:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span><i style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Where the Wild Flowers Grow</span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"> – Leif Bersweden (Hodder
& Stoughton)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Wild Fell</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> – Lee Schofield (Doubleday)</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Treeline</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> – Ben Rawlence (Jonathan Cape)</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Lost Rainforests of Britain</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> – Guy Shrubsole (William
Collins)</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fen, Bog, and Swamp</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> – Annie Proulx (Fourth
Estate)</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Illuminated by Water</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> – Malachy Tallack
(Doubleday)</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Previous
winners of the award of £1,000 are: </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Gods
of the Morning </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by John Lister-Kaye (2015), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The Wood for the Trees </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by Richard Fortey (2016), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The Seabird’s Cry </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by Adam Nicolson
(2017), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Wilding</i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"> by Isabella Tree
(2018), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Rebirding </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by Benedict
Macdonald (2019), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Orchard </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by Benedict
Macdonald and Nicholas Gates (2020) and </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">On
Gallows Down </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">by Nicola Chester (2021).</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"> </span></p><p></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-68344882650531631752022-05-23T17:40:00.000+00:002022-05-25T09:44:37.881+00:00Nicola Chester wins the Richard Jefferies Award for ON GALLOWS DOWN, 23 May 2022.<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"><br />The Richard Jefferies Award of £1000 is given annually to the author of the publication considered by the
judging panel to be the most outstanding nature writing published in a given
calendar year. The winning work must reflect the heritage and spirit of Richard
Jefferies’ countryside books. Congratulations to Nicola Chester, the latest winner.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QJmw9wgpfgSWcnBCrHPvSNiG8rT5i2153q3QauLMxx_sC1f3Npq0zH5ah-BrCNwz51wg4F8iWy0VXBPJLo-Qfgw8Ogj-cg15ZudStjtrIJKpxPA8PmTIZ5SjMXOpA0o_SQLP7lF7gJvvg2FlqYavrc4DegsyGQn1VxRaTrJsdD60zCwkhg/s1449/On%20Gallows%20Down_May%202022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1449" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QJmw9wgpfgSWcnBCrHPvSNiG8rT5i2153q3QauLMxx_sC1f3Npq0zH5ah-BrCNwz51wg4F8iWy0VXBPJLo-Qfgw8Ogj-cg15ZudStjtrIJKpxPA8PmTIZ5SjMXOpA0o_SQLP7lF7gJvvg2FlqYavrc4DegsyGQn1VxRaTrJsdD60zCwkhg/w552-h276/On%20Gallows%20Down_May%202022.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> Also congratulations to all those on the </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">short list:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Birdsong in a Time of Silence</span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: -18pt;"> by Steven Lovatt (Penguin Particular Books)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Goshawk Summer: A New Forest Season Unlike Any
Other </span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">by James Aldred (</span><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Elliott & Thompson)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ice Rivers</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> by Jemma
Wadham (Allen Lane)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Islands of Abandonment: Life in the
post-human Landscape </span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">by
Cal Flyn (William Collins)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">The Sea is Not Made of Water: Life
Between the Tides </span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; text-indent: -18pt;">by
Adam Nicolson (Collins)</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0dJ638Yf_wHpr0dij6xY23JphQlgGjjw9xvpSGjiYXM-ZExwIukEOdSmcpwQrImop0bM6G8GoHuylII6jhQMBbxY9faDy1O9uGVEzV0by_kN4Box-sovG2GSWlW_tXm4AB_Go746_1okJUQnSePJfR8xlu6r2lwPnfmOo_o9ISJbVlJIfQg=s476" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0dJ638Yf_wHpr0dij6xY23JphQlgGjjw9xvpSGjiYXM-ZExwIukEOdSmcpwQrImop0bM6G8GoHuylII6jhQMBbxY9faDy1O9uGVEzV0by_kN4Box-sovG2GSWlW_tXm4AB_Go746_1okJUQnSePJfR8xlu6r2lwPnfmOo_o9ISJbVlJIfQg=s320" width="303" /></a></div><span style="background: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">The award was first
introduced in 2015 by the Richard Jefferies Society and then sponsored by
the White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough. It has attracted an unprecedented
number of nominations reflecting the increasing quality of books dedicated to
the natural world.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Previous winners are: </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Gods of the Morning </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by John Lister-Kaye
(2015), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">The Wood for the Trees </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Richard Fortey (2016) </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">The Seabird's Cry </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Adam Nicolson (2017), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Wilding</i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"> by
Isabella Tree (2018); </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Rebirding </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Benedict Macdonald (2019), and </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">Orchard </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;">by
Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates (2020).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-indent: 0cm;">Nominations are now open for 2022 publications. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-7109073533308527322021-12-17T09:58:00.003+00:002022-01-16T12:16:35.873+00:00Zoom meeting: 10 January 2022. Readings from Jefferies on the theme of 'Weather and Climate Change'<p> <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDG2K0UC0Ix-2eqh6EbCgsiGl5w68dhzJGOsbnFOJTnyIK9ihz36wD2IrlaQsoa7WCETd2DPr5UqKr5RkDvrN8hBJndG4Zo3brMWA-IIQ3KOeokWCWOnmGHu5749RsQnBCq9tmddJi3GVfqihHtFIXVSFuFWxowHFeUPhFzdE3bkV1mkGNjQ=s898" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDG2K0UC0Ix-2eqh6EbCgsiGl5w68dhzJGOsbnFOJTnyIK9ihz36wD2IrlaQsoa7WCETd2DPr5UqKr5RkDvrN8hBJndG4Zo3brMWA-IIQ3KOeokWCWOnmGHu5749RsQnBCq9tmddJi3GVfqihHtFIXVSFuFWxowHFeUPhFzdE3bkV1mkGNjQ=w444-h640" width="444" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-77369696639662945012021-11-19T14:14:00.003+00:002022-01-16T12:17:17.110+00:00Official recognition of the ‘Richard Jefferies Russet’ at Coate<p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">Some of the
trees, planted around 1820–30 by Richard Jefferies’ father, still flourish in
the gardens of the Richard Jefferies Museum at Coate. The copper beech is
magnificent, and the mulberry still produces an excellent crop.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">Sadly, the russet apple tree, that featured
so affectionately in many of Richard Jefferies’ books, died in 1999 but not
before cuttings were taken to preserve the old, unknown strain.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">The Richard
Jefferies Society successfully grafted a cutting on to a crab apple seedling
which grew into a productive tree in Mark Daniel</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">’</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">s Brighton garden. Further
cuttings were taken from this tree and several members raised saplings in their
own garden, one of which was planted back near the original tree in the
Jefferies’ garden.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">Mr. Daniel also supplied t</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">he Brogdale Horticultural
Trust near Canterbury with a specimen apple for DNA testing but they could not
match it with any registered varieties. Official registration of the title was
taken up recently by </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">Marcher Apple Network, a national charity run by
volunteers. They wanted </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">to
submit this apple for consideration to be accredited and registered with the
name ‘Richard Jefferies Russet’. They described the apple as ‘<span class="Style2">a pale greenish–yellow, moderately firm, a little coarse, crisp, dry
yet juicy, not acid, with sweetness and pleasant flavour, no aroma.’</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Style2"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">As of
November 2021 the apple is </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";">now
officially recognised as unique and is recognised with Jefferies’ name attached
along with his beautiful nature-writing works.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhjHlFD-4aWT3WDYpxYHKDhJBarvvKQ9QnvrJ8BYf2xcsm6ddVHekgrDyFFlsiT9_-BzsnPWBE6KKld_Jbxthkt6B5pGUGG4Tp_Tm4jnxvEjV_4P0-a7BZcTvjRL3HT6dUlqg/s640/RJ+Russet+Eric+2021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhjHlFD-4aWT3WDYpxYHKDhJBarvvKQ9QnvrJ8BYf2xcsm6ddVHekgrDyFFlsiT9_-BzsnPWBE6KKld_Jbxthkt6B5pGUGG4Tp_Tm4jnxvEjV_4P0-a7BZcTvjRL3HT6dUlqg/s320/RJ+Russet+Eric+2021.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif";"><br /></span><p></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-45658767795570405512021-11-10T13:04:00.003+00:002021-11-11T07:31:45.640+00:00<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT6YCWpxK0kU21S7k2VwX295vltxFe9WgIrrkg7ZhNXRBfTqClcN7Po_bLSy6RhAFJ27YymIV1RVzLUxyVy4GnSx-m_QvSlh0UVQ5Fb0CsDeTyPSHh6SmX6KaJiz6qp5Wv8Zy/s1600/RJS+logo_tree.jpg" style="color: #58a312; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1600" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT6YCWpxK0kU21S7k2VwX295vltxFe9WgIrrkg7ZhNXRBfTqClcN7Po_bLSy6RhAFJ27YymIV1RVzLUxyVy4GnSx-m_QvSlh0UVQ5Fb0CsDeTyPSHh6SmX6KaJiz6qp5Wv8Zy/s320/RJS+logo_tree.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was an authority on agriculture and rural life. Best known for his nature writing, he was also an essayist, novelist and was regarded as a mystic for his views. </span><div><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Richard Jefferies Society </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(Registered Charity No 1042838) </span><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">was founded in 1950 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">to promote appreciation and study of his writing. </span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Richard Jefferies Society <a href="https://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/publications.html" style="color: #58a312; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">publications</a> include an annual <i><a href="http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/the-richard-jefferies-society-journal.html" style="color: #408c00; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Journal</a></i>, spring and autumn <a href="http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/newsletters.html" style="color: #408c00; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">newsletters</a>, and an annual report along with leaflets and books by and about the author. Andrew Rossabi (the Society's President) is writing the definitive biography of Richard Jefferies. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Volume I is an in-depth study of Jefferies' early years (published 2017).</span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Volume II covers the years of struggle from 1867-76 (published 8 July 2020). Volume III and IV will complete the years of maturity 1876-1887 (publication date to be announced). </span><div><i style="color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </i><i style="color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB6vTT8mZ3fh4UByKxJetG4yYdaAVKYvmWbjpSpIjgJWq826mEOo5oImvtOH9RlsLLIxN6z_f77vcJwD41kayQB6vmjzEYvkA1ZA_Fj9yrLN81WHZnSOcT-_ICA8Vafp3zlAP/s1600/9780956375186.jpg" style="color: #58a312; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1537" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkB6vTT8mZ3fh4UByKxJetG4yYdaAVKYvmWbjpSpIjgJWq826mEOo5oImvtOH9RlsLLIxN6z_f77vcJwD41kayQB6vmjzEYvkA1ZA_Fj9yrLN81WHZnSOcT-_ICA8Vafp3zlAP/w232-h245/9780956375186.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="232" /></a></div><i style="color: #444444; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLSQo1TemghwhCSjlEMGc9IgIT43_jsnNBOCb5StWDvQfFiJ36rAEgx7LiLnpueTKJuvs5FlJGRNa_aLygzfX8ywWCVd8iXNvF7UY73GDdn-YI8bbDEXvR1sjAkdevG9RReJV/s1600/9780956375193.JPG" style="color: #58a312; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLSQo1TemghwhCSjlEMGc9IgIT43_jsnNBOCb5StWDvQfFiJ36rAEgx7LiLnpueTKJuvs5FlJGRNa_aLygzfX8ywWCVd8iXNvF7UY73GDdn-YI8bbDEXvR1sjAkdevG9RReJV/s320/9780956375193.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Richard Jefferies Museum Trust launched <i>Wild Life</i> on 6 November 2021. This beautifully illustrated book is a superb introduction to Richard Jefferies' life and writings and much recommended. Copies can be purchased from the Trust and will make a splendid Christmas present. <a href="https://richardjefferies.org/our-new-book" target="_blank">More information here.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUEAjxjwsM3d6LD5fOs2Ir3R0APmMseGTwvswI-wvA10lBsY1DwRSEDDD8dJ4aYctBYww4B7mizhDO-l_Y97uRrqAnTmj6G0aW-v_Dmx7GGf8QZiKjMVMmSULk-FPDSHRfYwu/s403/Wild+Life.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="401" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUEAjxjwsM3d6LD5fOs2Ir3R0APmMseGTwvswI-wvA10lBsY1DwRSEDDD8dJ4aYctBYww4B7mizhDO-l_Y97uRrqAnTmj6G0aW-v_Dmx7GGf8QZiKjMVMmSULk-FPDSHRfYwu/s320/Wild+Life.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-85843098852633010312021-11-10T13:02:00.004+00:002022-01-16T12:16:55.614+00:00Injustice in Richard Jefferies' World<p> <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: left; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY </span></b><b style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">ZOOM
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to register)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><b style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Injustice in Richard Jefferies' World</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Readings from the floor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWxi9N7pZd2ZLtfWFcFS-xoAf7uObEllEMeEtWFOr5tyWcldk46kWMo1BZb6ZQVKptAF_g45pyYXklY8GYRRmqpsmGOJX9jmawnr5duIyB5FqwG_31qSDrIjKKOXYtYVKpz5j/s1269/ag+lab.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1269" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWxi9N7pZd2ZLtfWFcFS-xoAf7uObEllEMeEtWFOr5tyWcldk46kWMo1BZb6ZQVKptAF_g45pyYXklY8GYRRmqpsmGOJX9jmawnr5duIyB5FqwG_31qSDrIjKKOXYtYVKpz5j/w400-h289/ag+lab.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Of all the odd movements that have been started in the last few
years, this for ornamenting the cottage with works of art is the most
grotesque. To suppose that any man is likely to be the better because a picture
is graciously hung on his walls above the heads of squalling children, and over
the table scarcely supplied with bread, is indeed a monstrous perversion of
common-sense. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">(</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">The Dewy Morn, </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Constantia, "serif"; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Ch.XLVII)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0cm;">With maturity it is
evident that Richard Jefferies had a growing empathy for his fellow wo/man and
sought justice and equality for all.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0cm;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0cm;">Participants are invited
to share their choice of reading on this theme with others (5 minute extracts)
or just come along and listen.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0cm;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-59836739708452510132021-10-27T07:48:00.002+00:002022-01-16T12:17:41.212+00:00<p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a> Andrew Rossabi is the President of the Richard Jefferies Society and has outstanding knowledge of both Jefferies' life and works. He is currently writing a detailed biography of the writer. His Lecture is open to the public and free to attend. <a href="mailto:richardjefferiessociety@btinternet.com">Click here to contact the Society to register.</a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2w62MGWnpPh-NG3YWGYixTGX8T6fh-DZvHnPv2YTt33oqJ5vBzdeN5J1wwGYAjkoxiRiS-Zgsyntjq3ZM9Dv_Nk-JpYYfePzz-J7HNTrgQXwKEb8u2TSOJthORG-hrgVvIbT/s515/Rossabi+poster.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2w62MGWnpPh-NG3YWGYixTGX8T6fh-DZvHnPv2YTt33oqJ5vBzdeN5J1wwGYAjkoxiRiS-Zgsyntjq3ZM9Dv_Nk-JpYYfePzz-J7HNTrgQXwKEb8u2TSOJthORG-hrgVvIbT/w440-h640/Rossabi+poster.JPG" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-66091608141839867992021-05-24T06:20:00.004+00:002022-01-16T12:18:22.141+00:00'ORCHARD' BEARS FRUIT FOR TOP LITERARY AWARD<p> </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fRHU0jbZz9KTAVVDp_I-2vUf_hSHX4qV1aKIiEFGz7wPNQre-kMKWZKbAfX2dEeF-nf_LcnQN4Gx0aAnNOvS_QiWZC9CFHW8dlDLEIHJbw-TAfiauydK1bCFr2oMpcZFq0IE/s478/banner+2020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="478" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fRHU0jbZz9KTAVVDp_I-2vUf_hSHX4qV1aKIiEFGz7wPNQre-kMKWZKbAfX2dEeF-nf_LcnQN4Gx0aAnNOvS_QiWZC9CFHW8dlDLEIHJbw-TAfiauydK1bCFr2oMpcZFq0IE/w400-h138/banner+2020.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">In a year which attracted an
unprecedented number of submissions and led to an exceptionally strong
shortlist [1] the Richard Jefferies Society [2] and the White Horse Bookshop [3]
Literary Prize for the most outstanding nature writing produced in 2020 has
been awarded to <b>Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates</b> for <b><i>Orchard:
A Year in England’s Eden</i></b> (Collins). Macdonald, a television producer,
naturalist and conservation writer, becomes the first person to win this award
twice since the award was introduced in 2015. He succeeded with <i>Rebirding</i>
last year. Nicholas Gates is a naturalist, photographer and wild life producer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8VuDgrbRb4PdJjWpD3SK3mYNKQDLaPDnYbAvjgGQbCCwkDX1SdYC1p4mAEHcM4Opee-w3gHIkS8KX1T5MmNhgcaqxevToYAdwQnMtJH2HXdYl5gAVriEpODdXxT_G7QuMVMX/s1280/Orchard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8VuDgrbRb4PdJjWpD3SK3mYNKQDLaPDnYbAvjgGQbCCwkDX1SdYC1p4mAEHcM4Opee-w3gHIkS8KX1T5MmNhgcaqxevToYAdwQnMtJH2HXdYl5gAVriEpODdXxT_G7QuMVMX/s320/Orchard.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"><span><!--more--></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">The
judges were united in praising the book which chronicles the rich and valuable
ecosystem of a highly productive ancient Herefordshire orchard untouched by
chemicals or the methods of modern large-scale fruit farming. </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Orchard </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">opens
with a succinct and engaging prologue recounting the history of the origins of
all apples and of orchards in England. This prepares the way for the twelve
month-by-month chapters that follow. In these the annual lifecycles of the
orchard itself and the wildlife it supports are meticulously and often
dramatically captured both in the text and in a selection of striking colour
photographs. Whether describing the rare trees and their fruits or the hugely
diverse insect and birdlife that thrives in the orchard environment, Macdonald
and Gates communicate with a clarity of voice and sensitivity and wonder at
even the smallest living forms that recall the qualities of Richard Jefferies’
best nature writing [4]. The reader’s attention is constantly engaged by the
variety of their subject-matter: the descriptions of ancient trees; of hornets
predating honey bees; of jays storing acorns, some of which will become the
oaks of the future; of tree-creepers removing wood-feeding invertebrates which
threaten the health of trees – and so on.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Professor Barry Sloan, Chair of the Richard
Jefferies Society</span><a name="_GoBack" style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"></a><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"> and of the judges panel said:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 14.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 14.2pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Orchard</span></i><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">
not only celebrates the exemplary achievement of Nancy and her son David who
maintain this exceptionally valuable place as a small bulwark against the
irreparable losses of wildlife that have already occurred so widely. It also
reminds us that comparably rich environments still exist on a much larger scale
in the Carpathian mountain area of Eastern Europe, and urges consideration of
practical ways to improve the fragile situation in Britain. In all these ways, <i>Orchard
</i>is an urgently telling and timely intervention in current ecological issues
which will appeal to any reader who is concerned about the future of wildlife
in this country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Nicholas
Gates and Benedict Macdonald said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">We are both absolutely delighted with
this award and really feel the judges recognised what we were trying to achieve
in writing it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><u style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Notes</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">[1] </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The final short-list for 2020 publications was:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span></span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Orchard. A Year in England’s Eden</span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> by Benedict Macdonald and
Nicholas Gates. [Collins]</span><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Diary of a Young Naturalist</span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> by Dara McAnulty. [Little
Toller]</span><br /><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">-</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Consolation of Nature: Spring
in the Time of Coronavirus </span></i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">by<i> </i>Michael McCarthy, Jeremy
Mynott and Peter Marren. [Hodder]</span><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -18pt;">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Previous winners of the award are: <i>Gods of the Morning </i>by John Lister-Kaye
(2015), <i>The Wood for the Trees </i>by
Richard Fortey (2016), <i>The Seabird's Cry </i>by
Adam Nicolson (2017)</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">, </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Wilding</i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"> by
Isabella Tree (2018) and </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">Rewilding </i><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">by
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The Richard Jefferies Society is a literary society and charity established in
1950 to promote the study and works of Richard Jefferies. </span></p>
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The White Horse Bookshop first opened its doors in 1943 and has stood on its
present site – a 16th century townhouse in Marlborough, Wiltshire – since 1949.
It was bought in 2014 by local businessmen Robert Hiscox (founder of Hiscox
insurance) and Brian Kingham (founder of Reliance Securities Group). </span><a href="http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Constantia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/</span></a></p>
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Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) is best known for his prolific and sensitive
writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in late Victorian
England. Less well-known now than he deserves to be, Jefferies stands with the
tradition of writers concerned with man’s relationship to the natural world – a
forerunner of today’s abundance of nature writing. </span></p></div>Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-905887705564352002020-06-04T06:29:00.004+00:002021-05-23T18:25:05.132+00:00Best nature writing literary award for 2019 publications<br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: constantia, serif;">The Richard Jefferies
Society [1] and the White Horse Book Shop [2] </span><span style="font-family: constantia, serif;">are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Literary
Prize is Benedict Macdonald for<b> <i>Rebirding: </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #333333;">Rewilding
Britain and its Birds</span> </i></b>published by Pelagic [3]. The prize of £1000 is </span><span style="background: white; font-family: constantia, serif;">awarded annually to the author of the publication considered
by the judging panel to be the most outstanding nature writing published in a
given calendar year. The winning work must reflect the heritage and spirit of
Richard Jefferies’ [4] countryside books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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books, published in 2019, were short-listed for this award [5] that </span><span style="background: white; font-family: constantia, serif; text-indent: 0cm;">was first introduced in 2015 [6]. Last year attracted an
unprecedented number of nominations reflecting the increasing number of books
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judges agreed on 4 June 2020 that Macdonald’s book best met the criterion of
reflecting<span style="color: #333333;"> themes or topics broadly consistent with
Richard Jefferies’ writing. </span></span><i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rebirding</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> not only highlights how modern industrialised
agriculture and land management practices have depleted biodiversity and bird
life in Britain and compares the situation here with the much more favourable
position in other parts of Europe; it also challenges the efficacy of some of
the work of conservation organisations, insisting that small scale successes
with some endangered species of birds will never result in sufficiently large
populations to be viable, and that there is an urgent need for a network of links
between conservation areas across the country. However, Macdonald is not
defeatist, and nor is he afraid to be controversial. He argues for the
game-changing potential of radical schemes of change, such as the rewilding of
economically inefficient areas like those worked by Welsh hill farmers, or in
the Cairngorms, the revision of the environmentally destructive land management
of grouse moors to ensure a flourishing diversity among wild life that is
threatened and dwindling, and the
encouragement of new economic and employment opportunities in the countryside
through the promotion of ecotourism. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: constantia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: constantia, serif;">Prof. Barry Sloan, Chair of the Richard Jefferies Society<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> and of the judges panel said: ‘</span><i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rebirding</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> impressed the judges by its ambition and scope and
by the extensive research which underpins the book’s lively and
thought-provoking engagement with some of the key environmental issues in the
UK and their impact on our wildlife – and especially on bird life. You may not
agree with all of Benedict Macdonald’s ideas and arguments, but his book is a
passionate, informed and important intervention in one of the most
pressing concerns of our time, and it deserves serious attention and a wide
readership.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wise grandfather gave me a copy of Jefferies’ <i>Wild Life in a Southern County </i>when I was eight years old. Today I
am humbled beyond measure to have won this literary prize. This one’s for you,
Fred Giltinan.’<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On 8 September 2020 <i>Rebirding</i> also won the Wainwright Prize for Global Conservation. </span></div>
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literary society and charity established in 1950 to promote the study and works
of Richard Jefferies. More information at </span><a href="https://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/john-jefferies-november-1848-14-august.html"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/john-jefferies-november-1848-14-august.html</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The White Horse Bookshop first opened its doors in 1943 and has stood on its
present site – a 16th century townhouse in Marlborough, Wiltshire – since 1949.
It was bought in 2014 by local businessmen Robert Hiscox (founder of Hiscox
insurance) and Brian Kingham (founder of Reliance Securities Group). </span><a href="http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">[3] More information about the book along
with glowing quotes from other well-known naturalists and environmentalists at </span><a href="https://pelagicpublishing.com/blogs/news/just-published-rebirding-rewilding-britain-and-its-birds-by-benedict-macdonald"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://pelagicpublishing.com/blogs/news/just-published-rebirding-rewilding-britain-and-its-birds-by-benedict-macdonald</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">More information about Benedict Macdonald at </span><a href="http://www.ben-macdonald.co.uk/about-ben.html"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.ben-macdonald.co.uk/about-ben.html</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) is best known for his prolific and sensitive
writing on natural history, rural life and agriculture in late Victorian
England. Less well-known now than he deserves to be, Jefferies stands with the
tradition of writers concerned with man’s relationship to the natural world – a
forerunner of today’s abundance of nature writing. Perhaps his best-known works
today are <i>Bevis</i> (sometimes described
as an English <i>Huckleberry Finn</i>), and <i>After London</i>, one of the earliest works
of ‘post-apocalyptic’ fiction. For further information about Jefferies life and
work: </span><a href="http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/the-life-of-richard-jefferies-with.html"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/the-life-of-richard-jefferies-with.html</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Hidden World of the Fox</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Adele Brand,
(William Collins).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Incredible Journeys </span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">by David Barrie,
(Hodder and Stoughton).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Nature of Spring</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Jim Crumley,
(Saraband).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">On the Marsh</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Simon Barnes,
(Simon and Schuster).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Rebirding</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Benedict
Macdonald (Pelagic Publishing).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Working with Nature</span></i><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by Jeremy Purseglove
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Previous winners are: <i>Gods of the Morning
</i>by John Lister-Kaye (2015), <i>The Wood
for the Trees </i>by Richard Fortey (2016), <i>The
Seabird's Cry </i>by Adam Nicolson (2017) and <i>Wilding</i> by Isabella Tree (2018).
See </span><a href="http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/richard-jefferies-society.html"><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/richard-jefferies-society.html</span></a><span style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richard Jefferies was a journalist with the <i>Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard</i> in the 19th Century. This talk, by Professor Eric Jones, explained Jefferies background and significance, his involvement with Cirencester and district, and the nature of the town as he described it.<br />
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A transcript of the talk can be read <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AG372K%2DLEAWj2j4&cid=4FF7296E4E3A85BF&id=4FF7296E4E3A85BF%211350&parId=4FF7296E4E3A85BF%21222&o=OneUp" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-28356866435987175272019-08-10T08:42:00.002+00:002020-02-01T16:21:56.880+00:00RICHARD JEFFERIES: A MISCELLANY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This collection of nature writing by Richard Jefferies, selected and introduced by Andrew Rossabi, is highly recommended. It is the perfect vehicle for highlighting the beautiful poetic prose of this largely forgotten Victorian author, except by those in the know.<br />
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It is a travesty that Jefferies' work is not better known, and we can but hope that this new book, published by <a href="http://www.galileopublishing.co.uk/richard-jefferies-a-miscellany" target="_blank">Galileo</a>, might bring Jefferies to more public attention and acclaim by a new audience.<br />
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Rossabi's selection is not only comprehensive but it transports the reader through a concise biography of Richard Jefferies.<br />
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Andrew Rossabi is the President of the Richard Jefferies Society and an authority on the life and work of the writer. He is in the process of writing a detailed biography of Richard Jefferies that will be published in three volumes (<i>A Peculiarly English Genius</i>). <a href="https://www.freewebstore.org/richard-jefferies-society-publications/A_Peculiarly_English_Genius__a_biography_of_Richard_Jefferies_Volume_I/p4805955_17964225.aspx" target="_blank">Volume I</a> covers the early years and was published two years ago. Volume II is nearing completion and looks at Jefferies' years of struggle. Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-87070543918337445272019-05-21T12:28:00.001+00:002019-08-26T17:34:19.358+00:00RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY & WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP LITERARY PRIZE 2018<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-indent: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0cm;">Isabella Tree will be giving a talk about her prize-winning book at </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0cm;">St Mary's Church, Marlborough (east end of the High Street)</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0cm;"> on Thursday 25 July from 6.30-8.00pm before being presented with her award. Admission is by ticket (£5) obtained beforehand by contacting the White Horse Bookshop: </span><a href="http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/event/author-talk-and-prize-giving-isabella-tree-wilding.html">http://www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/event/author-talk-and-prize-giving-isabella-tree-wilding.html</a></div>
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-50900807429567425542019-01-14T15:34:00.001+00:002019-08-13T05:52:07.465+00:00Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Bookshop Literary Award for Nature Writing<a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-indent: 0cm;">
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-19101824776338172392018-09-28T07:15:00.002+00:002019-08-14T07:05:53.726+00:00The Richard Jefferies Society Birthday Lecture - Saturday 27 October 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="border: 1pt none; font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0cm;">Richard Fortey was the winner of the 2016 Richard Jefferies
Society and White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize for his book </span><i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a
Small Wood</span></i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">. He wrote in it:</span><span style="border: 1pt none; font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0cm;"> ‘After a working life spent in a great museum, the time had come
for me to escape into the open air. I spent years handling fossils of extinct
animals; now, the inner naturalist needed to touch living animals and plants.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">In 2011, after retiring from his role as senior
palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, and with the proceeds of
presenting a TV series, he purchased four acres of prime beech and bluebell
wood in the Chiltern Hills, Oxfordshire called Grim’s Dyke Wood – part of
Lambridge Wood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year’s Birthday Lecture that is held in Liddington Village Hall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-20480790854230859162018-09-10T07:24:00.001+00:002019-08-13T05:53:03.814+00:00Talk, walk and tree-planting in Surbiton<a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Andrew Rossabi, the President of the Richard Jefferies Society, is giving a talk about Jefferies and his Surbiton/Tolworth years at Surbiton Library, Ewell Road Surbiton on Wednesday 26 September at 2pm. This will be followed by a walk to the Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary where a sapling elm tree will be planted as a memorial.<br />
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Please attend if you can.<br />
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The talk is free but you must <a href="https://www.kingston.gov.uk/events/event/3044/richard_jefferies_talk_surbiton_library" target="_blank">book</a>.<br />
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As a post script after the event, the weather was perfect, and it was a most enjoyable day.<br />
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<br />Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-52920369441783092242018-06-20T14:34:00.002+00:002019-08-13T05:53:25.282+00:00Excavating the future<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">When Edward Thomas wrote his biography of Richard Jefferies (published
in 1909) he was paying homage to a writer who had influenced him, at the
deepest level, from childhood onwards. We should beware of over-simplifying the
complexities of literary influence – shared concerns do not necessarily imply
the direct passage of ideas from an older to a younger writer. But it’s clear
that Jefferies’s works played a crucial role in Thomas’s intellectual and
imaginative development, and that Thomas’s admiration for his predecessor
constituted a form of filial devotion. When he discussed his early reading in
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-31993195088942146042018-06-16T07:02:00.002+00:002020-08-20T06:13:50.955+00:00Samuel Looker and Richard Jefferies<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span face="" style="font-family: constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Samuel Looker was a passionate promoter of Richard
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<br />Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-37770746666910157542018-04-08T08:49:00.000+00:002019-08-13T05:54:38.483+00:00Protecting personal information<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">General Data Protection Regulation (effective 25<sup>th</sup> May 2018)</span></b><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Audit of </span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">data held by the </span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Richard Jefferies </span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This document has
been prepared and is held by Jean Saunders, the Honorary Secretary of the
Richard Jefferies Society, who is the </span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Data Controller and Data Processor as
identified in the GDPR. It outlines how data is processed and what it is used
for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Richard Jefferies Society was established
in 1950 and has members in all parts of the world. It is a registered
charity (no. 1042838) managed by an Executive Council of
volunteers.</span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Objects
of the Society are:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">o </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To promote interest in, and
respect for the life and works of Richard Jefferies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">o </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To hold meetings of its members
and others, at which lectures may be given bearing on the life, work and times
of Richard Jefferies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">o </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To maintain a collection of and
help make available to members copies of the works of Richard Jefferies and
associated literature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">o </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To monitor and protect as far as
possible the buildings and countryside associated with Richard Jefferies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">o To
provide members with news and information about Richard Jefferies by means of a
newsletter and journal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
database is necessary to service our members with information, news and other
publications. Members pay an annual subscription, due on 1 July, unless they
have registered for Life Membership or if they have been granted Honorary
Membership status.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Membership can be
taken out by individuals, organisations or companies and a joint membership can
be applied to two people at the same address. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Information
about members is provided by the subscriber when he or she joins the Society. Full
records are held on a card index system. This card denotes the title/s of the
member, name/s and postal address. Telephone numbers and email addresses are
recorded if this information has been provided by the member. The index card
also records a unique membership number provided by the data controller, the
date when the member joined the RJS and records of annual subscriptions and
donations - the amount paid, date of payment, process of payment, and whether
Gift-Aided. In some records, notes are added - for example, if a member is
related to Richard Jefferies. Life Members have to be over 60 to take out life
membership, and the date of birth is recorded where appropriate. For Joint
membership, should a member die, this information is noted on the card and the
same card is still used to record information about the living member. The
cards are updated with new information provided by the Member (eg change of
address etc) and when the index card is full, another card is stapled to the
original. Should the member resign or die or fail to pay their annual
membership fee, their index card is removed and held in the archives. If
members fail to respond to reminders to pay annual subscriptions six months
after the due date, the membership is deemed terminated and the record card
placed in the archives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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annual record of all membership is held electronically on a Microsoft
spreadsheet. This is used to record the member's name, address, date of payment
of subscription, amount paid,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>donation
given, whether gift-aided and any special note particular to the individual.
For example if the member has paid for future years in advance. These records
identify quickly which members require any reminder to be sent if the
membership is unpaid and provide easy access to receipts for accountancy
purposes. These spreadsheets are retained in the archives in both printed and
electronic form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
order to communicate with our members, this procedure is predominantly carried
out on a mass basis with the circulation of a Spring and Autumn newsletter, an
Annual Report and a Journal. An annual mailing list is maintained
electronically that is used to print off names and addresses of members on
envelopes or address labels and updated every membership year. This document is
held as a Word document and retained as an archive electronically. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Membership
annual renewal forms are circulated with main mailings. If members fail to
renew their subscriptions, reminders are sent to members mainly by post or are
emailed (where appropriate) individually to the person concerned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Members
are rarely contacted by telephone or email unless that person has contacted us
for a specific enquiry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
RJS Executive Council meets three times a year and relies mainly on email to
communicate. Changes to procedures are underway to protect the personal data of
Executive Council members. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
RJS no longer maintains an e-group for members who wished to be informed about
updated news by email. A Facebook page was set up by one of our Executive
Council members and news items are placed there. It is a private page and
subscribers must "join" to read the contents. It has its own
"membership" and the majority of subscribers are not paper members of
the Society. The Facebook page is not used for data processing purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
RJS has a website (I am also the webmaster) and my home address is provided for
contact along with a dedicated email address for people to make contact. We do
not make use of cookies apart from one that sends weekly reports of the number
of visitors to the site. This information is merely of minor interest to me and
the results are not kept. There are links to a blogspot facility, flickr page, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paypal (for membership payments) and books can
be purchased via freewebstore. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
no control over cookies used by third parties. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Any
email or telephone inquiries from non-members are dealt with as appropriate. No
personal information about the inquirer is stored on a database or shared with
others without their permission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Annual
book sales records are kept for accounting purposes only. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
RJS does not share any data with third parties apart from printed records that
are sent annually to our duly appointed Examiner of Accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is a privacy statement on our website as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Richard
Jefferies Society Privacy Statement <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What are cookies? ‘Cookies’ are small
text files that are stored by the browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Safari) on
your computer or mobile phone. They allow websites to store such things as user
preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a “memory” for the website,
enabling it to recognise a user and respond appropriately. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anonymous analytics cookies - Every
time a user visits our website, web analytics software provided by a third
party generates an anonymous analytics cookie. These cookies tell us how many
users visit the site each day. These cookies cannot be used to identify
individuals or personal information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Personal information will only be
collected when you email the Richard Jefferies Society. Where you voluntarily
choose to give us your personal details, it will be used exclusively for
providing you with information or services you have requested. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Other third party cookies - On some
links, third parties may also set their own anonymous cookies, for the purposes
of tracking the success of their application, or customising the application
for you. Because of how cookies work, we cannot access these cookies, nor can
the third parties access the data in cookies used by this website. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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restrict or block cookies through your browser settings. The Help function
within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, visit www.aboutcookies.org.
For information on how to do this on your mobile phone, refer to your manual. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
accordance with the GDPR we are in the process of collecting permissions from
Members. The following notice is about to be circulated to all members on our
database. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>NOTICE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>URGENT ACTION<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>FOR<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ALL<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MEMBERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">General
Data Protection Regulation (effective 25<sup>th</sup> May 2018)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Richard
Jefferies Society is required by new law to obtain members’ specific permission
to hold their contact details on a database. We use this information for the
purpose of communicating with our membership, and for sending out mailings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The information
we hold was supplied by you as part of your membership subscription. It lists
your name/s and address and, where provided, your telephone number and email
address (see below*). The information on the database will never be divulged to
a third party without a member’s individual permission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
must receive your permission to hold and to use the information as outlined
above. We cannot communicate with you without your written permission to do so
and we are<u> not</u> allowed to assume you agree if you do not reply. To do
otherwise will mean we would be breaking the law. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Permission would extend to any updated contact details provided by you
in the future and will lapse when you are no longer a member. You can withdraw consent
ay any time.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please
sign, date and return this complete notice to the Hon. Sec. as soon as
possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">[* Section used to provide member's <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>names, addresses, telephone number and email
addresses held on record by the RJS]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I/we give
permission for the Richard Jefferies Society to hold and to use my/our contact
details as outlined in this notice. (For joint membership, both members should
sign please.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jean Saunders</div>
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Honorary Secretary</div>
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Richard Jefferies
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<br />Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-25212966270261279442018-03-29T14:12:00.004+00:002018-06-21T06:40:09.237+00:00Readings from Richard Jefferies and Alfred Williams<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif;">On Saturday 7th April members of the Richard Jefferies Society and the Friends of Alfred Williams meet up to share readings of both writers at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Marlborough Road, Coate, Swindon SN3 6AA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-54142509924787195032017-10-27T05:55:00.003+00:002020-08-20T06:14:34.215+00:00Celebrating Richard Jefferies early years at Coate<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;">
<span style="text-indent: 0cm;">6 November 2017 marks almost
170 years since the day that Richard Jefferies was born on the
family farm at Coate (now part of Swindon). The Richard Jefferies Society [1] is
celebrating the occasion with a public meeting [2] to be held
at Liddington Village Hall on Saturday 4
November starting at 2.30pm and the publication of the first volume of a new
biography [3] of Richard Jefferies that covers his early years
living in the Coate area – a time that inspired his writing
and which provided his first job as a reporter on the local
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Richard Jefferies
(1848-1887) is, undoubtedly, the purest and most sensitive,
certainly the most passionate, nature writer produced by
a country that has always prided itself on the strength of her
nature tradition. In his short life he produced an
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Wrote his
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No one
English writer before had had such a wide knowledge of
labourers, farmers, gamekeepers, poachers, of the fields, and
woods, and waters, and the sky above them, by day and night...
When he wrote these books—<i>The Amateur Poacher</i> and its
companions—he had no rival, nor have they since been equalled
in purity, abundance, and rusticity.</div>
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Since Thomas’s
now classic <i>Richard Jefferies, His</i> <i>Life and Works</i> was
published in 1909, a vast amount of material has come to
light, and a new biography of Jefferies has been long overdue.
<i>A Peculiarly English Genius: or a Wiltshire Taoist, a
Biography of Richard Jefferies, </i>by Andrew Rossabi [5] is
the first of three volumes and takes in the years from 1848 to
1867 when such places as Coate Water, Liddington Hill and the
Marlborough Downs inspired the young man to write fiction and
non-fiction that had a strong autobiographical content. It is
also the time when he contracted tuberculosis that killed him
at the age of 38.</div>
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The present
biography will extend to three volumes. Whether Jefferies’ is worthy
of, or best served by, a book of such length and detail is
another matter. I believe he is, although the reader will
quickly discover that I am far from being an uncritical
admirer.</div>
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The hardback book
published by the Richard Jefferies Society runs to 800 pages
and contains over 30 illustrations. It will be launched at the Liddington Village Hall meeting which is open
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[1] The Richard
Jefferies Society (Registered
Charity No 1042838) was founded in Swindon in 1950 to promote
appreciation and study of the writings of Richard Jefferies. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://richardjefferiessociety.co.uk/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://richardjefferiessociety.co.uk/" moz-do-not-send="true">richardjefferiessociety.org</a></div>
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[2] More information about
the meeting at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://richardjefferiessociety.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/birthday-lecture-4-november-2017.html" moz-do-not-send="true">http://richardjefferiessociety.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/birthday-lecture-4-november-2017.html</a></div>
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[3] <i>A Peculiarly
English Genius: or a Wiltshire Taoist, a Biography of
Richard Jefferies, </i>Vol I - The Early Years,
1848-1867 by Andrew Rossabi. (Foulsham: Petton Books,
6 November 2017), 800pp. £40. The critic and scholar Q.D.
Leavis (1906-1981) was a great admirer of the works of Richard
Jefferies. She wrote ‘Jefferies was a many-sided and comprehensive genius,
not merely a peculiarly English genius but one whose
interests, ideas, and temperament associate him with other
peculiarly English geniuses’ (<i>Scrutiny, </i>March 1938) – hence the main title of the biography. </div>
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[4] Jefferies
wrote as much about people as about wild life, and his series
of country books, based on the Coate area, <i>The Gamekeeper
at Home</i> (1878), <i>Wild Life in a Southern Country</i>
(1879),<i> The Amateur Poacher</i> (1879), <i>Round About a
Great Estate</i> (1880), which the critic Q.D. Leavis called
‘one of the most delightful books in the English language’,
and <i>Hodge and His Masters</i> (1880), are an unrivalled
source for the social history of late Victorian rural
England. Jefferies wrote two children’s books that have
become classics, <i>Wood Magic</i> (1881) and <i>Bevis</i>
(1882), and a short volume of spiritual biography, <i>The
Story of My Heart </i>(1883),<i> </i>saluted by William
James as 'Jefferies wonderful mystic rhapsody’. He wrote
five novels of permanent worth including <i>The Dewy Morn</i>
(1884), which Mrs Leavis described as ‘one of the few real
novels between <i>Wuthering Heights</i> and <i>Sons and
Lovers</i>’; <i>After London</i> (1885), a futurist romance
much admired by William Morris; and <i>Amaryllis at the Fair</i>
(1887), to make room for which the critic Edward Garnett said
he would turn out several highly-regarded novels by Thomas
Hardy. Jefferies’ many gifts perhaps found perfection in his
essays, collected in <i>Nature Near London</i> (1883), <i>The
Life of the Fields </i>(1884), <i>The Open Air</i> (1885)
and <i>Field and Hedgerow</i> (1889). </div>
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[5] Andrew
Rossabi is President of the Richard
Jefferies Society, and has written introductions to reissues
of several works by Jefferies. A resident of London for many
years, he has alternated a career in publishing (he edited
Cyril Connolly’s last collection of reviews <i>The Evening
Colonnade</i> and J.G. Ballard’s controversial novel <i>Crash</i>)
with teaching classics part-time at Highgate School.<br />
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-4302652374474983102017-10-14T07:05:00.001+00:002018-06-21T06:42:37.270+00:00Birthday Lecture 4 November 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Roger Ebbatson writes: <span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif;">My talk will endeavour to offer a comparative
juxtaposition of selected writings by Jefferies and Hardy dealing both with
the social and agrarian issues experienced by the workfolk during the Great
Depression and, in a countervailing movement, with the more inward personal
experience of spiritual aspiration and an intuitive sense of ‘the Beyond’. The
focus will be on <i>The Dewy Morn</i>, set in comparison and contradistinction with Hardy’s <i>Tess of the d’Urbervilles</i>. Whilst
Jefferies, in his final essays, moves away from social issues towards a more
inward and transcendental mode of thought, in <i>Tess of the d’Urbervilles</i> in a countervailing movement the
heroine’s innate spirituality is progressively negated and undermined by her
life-experiences, her rape/seduction and subsequent marital abandonment leading
her towards the culminating communal immiseration of the field-workers at
Flintcomb-Ash, followed by her arrest at Stonehenge and subsequent execution.
The social consciousness exhibited, for instance, in Jefferies’ ‘The Wiltshire
Labourer’ or ‘After the County Franchise’ is also powerfully articulated in the
final tragic stages of Hardy’s novel, both writers’ diagnosis chiming with the
Marxian account of change in the Victorian countryside, whilst Jefferies’ more
mystical final phase, which is not echoed in Hardy, may be more productively
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Visiting Professor at Lancaster University, a Fellow of the English Association,
and a Vice-President of the Tennyson Society. He has written extensively on
Richard Jefferies, beginning with </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">Lawrence
& the Nature Tradition</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> (1980), and subsequently in </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">An Imaginary England</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> (2005), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">Heidegger’s
Bicycle</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> (2006), </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">Landscape &
Literature</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> (2013), and most recently, </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">Landscapes
of Eternal</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">Return</i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;"> (2016) that
will be reviewed in the next </span><i style="font-family: Constantia, serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">RJS Journal </i><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">(Summer 2018)</span><span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; text-indent: 11.35pt;">. </span></div>
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the 5 August tour at Broadwater Cemetery, Worthing. The only vandals are the
grass-cutting contractors who have taken out a couple of chips of marble from
the kerb stone of Jefferies’ grave and also have damaged memorial trees with
strimmers. The Friends of Broadwater Cemetery have lodged a complaint and this
is being taken seriously by the council. They should too - the Jefferies’ grave
is a Grade II listed building. The memorial garden wild flowers are going over
now; there are still geraniums and mallows low down in the grass. The memorial
mulberry tree leaves are a bit spotty and most of the fruit was battered down
by recent heavy rain. The photographs are supplied by Mr Parrott. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Richard Jefferies Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453389032715797041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19176683.post-22757263462981334142017-06-05T05:57:00.003+00:002017-07-01T18:35:56.613+00:00RICHARD FORTEY WINS 2016 LITERARY PRIZE<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The White Horse Bookshop Writer's Prize has been awarded to British
palaeontologist, natural historian, writer and broadcaster Richard Fortey<b> </b>for<b> </b><i>The Wood for the Trees<b> </b></i>(William Collins).
From a short list of five, the panel judged that the book best met the
criterion of reflecting</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> themes or topics broadly
consistent with Jefferies’ writing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">John Price,
Chairman of the Richard Jefferies Society said: “With a strong sense of
place in Fortey's recording of the passage of the year in the woodland, we felt
that the book was a worthy successor to Jefferies' writing.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Angus Maclennan,
Manager of The White Horse Bookshop added: “In this golden era for nature
writing we are delighted to award Richard Fortey for his intimate portrait of
our environment and our place within it. It strikes the perfect balance between
science and sensibility.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The £1000 prize was
announced on Saturday 3rd June at The White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #323232; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Following his retirement, Fortey
bought 4 acres of ancient beech and bluebell woodland in the Chilterns, near
Henley. The book chronicles, month by month, his developing relationship with
the wood, investigating the range of species living in his territory, then
expanding to consider the socio-economic history of the area, and issues
involved in the maintenance of the woodland as a thriving ecosystem. The
author's academic background allows for scientific accuracy in recording
species, and the holistic approach to describing the woodland echoes Jefferies'
approach to writing about the area around Coate, near Swindon.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jefferies (1848 – 1887) last
published work was an introduction to Gilbert White's <b><i>Natural History of
Selborne.</i></b> He wrote: </span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I did
not come across Mr. White's book till late in the day, when it was in fact, too
late, else it would have been of the utmost advantage to me.” John Price said:
“We feel that this could also apply to Richard Fortey's book, so all budding
naturalists, and would-be nature writers should be alerted. White, Jefferies,
and Fortey, all demonstrate the enormous interest that can be obtained from the
study of a relatively small area of land over an extended period.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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