Best-selling Irish author and farmer John Connell’s The Cow Book and Twelve Sheep have been described as “a hymn to the rituals of farming life” and “full of quiet wisdom” of the wonder of nature.

Join him for a masterclass on nature writing and its vital role in our world today.

Including a brief overview of nature writing from Henry David Thoreau to the present day and drawing from his experience as a respected writer, Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist and organic farmer in the Irish midlands, together you’ll explore why nature writing is a vital artform in the Anthropocene age and gain inspiration and guidance to write your own.