Nature Writing (for intermediate writers)
This eight-week course will introduce you to the genre of nature writing. Explore a wide range of forms of nature writing including journaling, video/audio essays, ecopoetry and environmental journalism.
Nature Writing: Autumn 2025
| Details | Description |
|---|---|
| When | Wednesday evenings, 6pm to 8 pm |
| Dates |
8 meetings 8 October to 3 December 2025 |
| Where | The first and last sessions will be on campus at the University of Bristol Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB and the remainder of the sessions will take place online via Teams. |
| Tutor | Dr Paul Evans |
| Description |
This is an introduction to nature writing for students wanting to study this genre in a practical way and develop a portfolio of writing for publication or broadcast. During eight weeks of sessions, together with recommended reading and self-directed study, we will explore forms of nature writing such as journaling, fieldnotes, short-form and long-form essays, video/audio essays, ecopoetry, environmental journalism and writing as activism. We will discuss the role of writing in the Anthropocene and our relations to Nature through natural history, protective conservation, restorative ecology, rewilding, ecosemiotics, personal experience and autoethnography, ecocriticism, ecophilosophy and post-humanism. At the end of the course, students will have amassed a collection of writing useful for taking the next steps in their nature writing practice. Dr Paul Evans is a freelance writer and broadcaster with considerable experience in (print and online) environmental journalism, radio documentaries, docu-dramas and teaching creative writing. |
| Course fee |
£190 |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
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