It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed since my book Lifelines was first published in May 2025, but there's a paperback edition on my desk right now telling me that it has. Published in the UK by the wonderful team at Elliott & Thompson last week, this new edition has a beautifully … Continue reading LIFELINES in paperback – Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month
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North American publication day for Lifelines!
I'm thrilled to say that the North American edition of Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece is published today. My immense thanks to Godine for bringing this beautiful edition into the world and to Nicole Caputo for the absolutely stunning cover. I love how she's centred the hand-painted lithograph of a Dalmatian … Continue reading North American publication day for Lifelines!
Heart’s Home
For many years now, Orion Magazine has been a guiding light for me as both reader and writer, so I'm especially grateful for the opportunity its editors gave Alexis Adams and myself to have an extended conversation about borders, belonging, rivers, forests, ecological grief, resistance and love. Called Heart's Home, this conversation grew out of … Continue reading Heart’s Home
Lifelines: North American edition
I'm delighted to share the finished cover for the North American edition of Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece, which will be published by Godine on April 14th. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the absolutely beautiful design and for having the brilliant idea of placing Edward Lear's illustration of a … Continue reading Lifelines: North American edition
Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece
I first wrote this post in May of 2025 when my new book, Lifelines, had just been published, so I thought I would update a few things now that the US edition and the UK paperback are out as well. The story, of course, remains the same. The book was released nearly twenty-five years after … Continue reading Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece