# Helen Macdonald

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Take to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway (Book Club)

Climb the trees with Marguerite Holloway, author of Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America’s Imperiled Forests, and host Christine Reed. Marguerite shares how her work in environmental journalism and a love of the natural world passed down by her mother led he ...

04: The Unsayable Things: The Art and Ethics of Memoir

Join Katie and Chris for a wide-ranging discussion about one of our favorite genres: Memoir. Why does grief often spawn memoir and written confession? And what about the ethics of memoir? Who has a "right" to the story? Is there a difference between emotional and factual truth when it comes to m ...

28 Jenny Tolhurst on being the first female Lord-Lieutenant of Essex and the joy of painting nature

I’m chatting with Jenny Tolhurst in her Danbury garden. She is the first female Lord Lieutenant of Essex, and has been in post for nine years. It is a multi-dimensional role across counties of the UK, representing and serving the monarch of the day. The man duties including organising royal visi ...

Mark Pearson - Libro.fm

Mark and I chat about Libro.fm, how the company began, how audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of publishing, the way the relationship between Libro.fm and bookstores works, the importance of local bookstores, curated audiobook lists on the platform, and much more. Mark's recommended audi ...

Nature Reads: Heritage Trees, Butterflies and Forgotten Tastes

What do trees, butterflies, spiders and forgotten food traditions have in common? They’re all part of the books that have shaped Bilqis Hijjas’s relationship with the natural world. The Director of Rimbun Dahan and committee member of the Biji Alam Awards, Bilqis joins us and co-host Dylan Jefri ...

268. Finding Beauty and Laughter Even in the Darkness featuring Stephen Policoff

Stephen Policoff joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the tragic death of his beloved wife and his older daughter Anna within the space of about 3 years, caring for Anna who had a rare lysosomal storage disorder known as Niemann-Pick disease, making sure both his wife and daughter ca ...