In the lead up to spring equinox, this eight-week course will help you develop a writing practice centred on the natural world, whether you are a seasoned writer or just starting out. What does it mean to embed nature at the heart of our work? How might the written word be uncivilised and rewilded? What is the role of writers in a time of ecological collapse? How to write in relationship with the non-human world around us?

Through discussions, practical exercises and focused writing assignments you will learn how to shape the material you gather into structured pieces of writing, from initial drafts to finished, edited pieces. Come with a notebook and a pen, but most importantly an openness to learning from the natural world.

Nick Hunt is the author of three books about walking in Europe – Outlandish, Where the Wild Winds Are and Walking the Woods and the Water – as well as a work of ‘gonzo ornithology’,The Parakeeting of London. His books have twice been finalists for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award, and his work has appeared in The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century. He is an editor and co-director of the Dark Mountain Project, a network of writers and artists responding to crisis, collapse and change, credited by the New York Times as ‘changing the environmental debate in Britain and the rest of Europe.’