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
I first met Matina Galati in a grove of extraordinary juniper trees on a limestone mountain above the Prespa lakes where I live in northern Greece. That day, I’d been walking with the Hungarian gardener and botanist Máté Tálas and two friends of his when Matina arrived from Athens to join the group for the … Continue reading Artwork for Lifelines: Interview with Matina Galati
I'm extremely delighted to announce that I have a new book on the way, which will be published in the UK on May 15th and in a North American edition in Spring 2026. Regular readers of my blog posts here will know that I live above the Prespa lakes, and it's this place that sits … Continue reading Lifelines: new book announcement!
This autumn I was meant to be in Chicago to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wetlands Initiative and to help kick-off the next chapter of the organisation's vital mission to protect and restore wetlands across the American Midwest. Wetlands are amongst the most threatened and fragile ecosytems on the planet: in Europe, roughly two-thirds … Continue reading Wetlands: Havens of Life
I'm deeply honoured and utterly thrilled to learn that Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save our Wild Places has been shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. Congratulations to all the fantastic finalists, and enormous gratitude to those people - in various parts of the world - who shared their vital stories of … Continue reading Irreplaceable: Wainwright Prize Shortlist
Julian Hoffman 