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WARBODY, out this week from W. W. Norton & Company...

Hello––my book Underland has been adapted into a feature film & the world premiere is Tribeca in June. It's taken 4.5 years––& the team have created something truly astonishing. A documentary that's groundbreaking in form, voice & tone. I hope you might get to see it one day. In

There's still time! If you preorder Robert Macfarlane's IS A RIVER ALIVE? from a participating US independent bookstore by Friday April 25 then you'll receive a signed book plus a 48-page notebook made in collaboration with Field Notes. isariveralive.com

The astonishing new book from Robert Macfarlane will be out in America next week, and he'll be doing events all over the country in June...

***Coming this summer*** COLLISIONS by Alec Nevala-Lee "Outstanding!"―Richard Rhodes FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE by Anika Burgess "Astonishing!"―Bianca Bosker Interested in a review copy? Lemme hear from you!

Out in America next week: Robert Macfarlane 's #1 UK bestseller, IS A RIVER ALIVE? "Everyone who has ever found something to love in a river should find something to love in this book. It is a masterpiece." -The Economist

I heartily think so too.

*OUT THIS WEEK IN AMERICA* The #1 UK bestseller IS A RIVER ALIVE? by Robert Macfarlane “A ravishing and enlightening inquiry.”—BOOKLIST ⭐ “Nature lovers will be riveted.”—PW ⭐ “Are rivers alive? Macfarlane delivers a lucid, memorable argument in the affirmative.”—KIRKUS ⭐

"What his brilliant colleague Richard Powers has done for trees and oceans, Robert Macfarlane here does for embattled waterways." -Pico Iyer in Air Mail on IS A RIVER ALIVE? airmail.news/issues/2025-5-…

The good folks at Field Notes® announce a limited edition 3-pack of notebooks in collaboration with Robert Macfarlane and zzz to mark the publication of IS A RIVER ALIVE?... fieldnotesbrand.com/products/is-a-…

Our Quarterly release for the summer of 2025 is the “Is a River Alive?” Edition. Details and a short documentary at our site. Shipping now.

Hoorah for Alec Nevala-Lee and COLLISIONS, his bio of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Luis Alvarez, on making the Washington Post's all-real-books list of best summer reading. Out from W. W. Norton & Company in June.

A torrent of thanks to booksellers, critics, and readers nationwide, and a cascade of congratulations to Robert Macfarlane — IS A RIVER ALIVE? debuts at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Exciting news for fans of Robert Macfarlane and MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND, he will be on tour for his latest New York Times bestselling book, IS A RIVER ALIVE? Learn more: pioneerworks.org/programs/rober…

Coming in July from W. W. Norton & Company -- advance review copies available...

A torrent of thanks to the independent booksellers nationwide who've made Robert Macfarlane's IS A RIVER ALIVE? a Top 10 national indie bookseller three weeks in a row.

*MEMORANDUM* TO: Coloradans and those in the vicinity FROM: Proud editor RE: Robert Macfarlane and Ben Goldfarb in conversation at Denver Botanic Gardens on Mon 6/16 Lucky you all! botanicgardens.org/programs/rober…

Coming this fall: THE MONSTERS WE MAKE by Rachel Corbett Review copies available...