Science, memoir, fiction and poetry all point us towards the urgent truth that humans and nature are part of each other – and under threat
March 2022
The Instant by Amy Liptrot review – an intimate Berlin memoir
The Scottish author’s follow-up to her Wainwright prize-winning The Outrun is more contemplative, with flashes of grit and humour
February 2022
The Instant by Amy Liptrot review – in Berlin, looking for love and raccoons
After battling alcoholism in her bestselling memoir The Outrun, the author is now sober and seeking intimacy in this highly relatable sequel
Amy Liptrot: ‘I wanted to put the sex into nature writing’
Her bestselling debut, The Outrun, told of finding solace on Orkney after a hedonistic decade in London. Now, having briefly been drawn back to city life, she is exploring our animal instincts
I left the wilds of Orkney for a new life in Berlin. Could I find a lover – and a raccoon?
In an extract from her new memoir, nature writer Amy Liptrot tries to cure her heartbreak with online dating and a hunt for the capital’s elusive creatures
