“The beautiful rolling hills and coastlines are for all of us. Together, we can reimagine the British countryside (and all it represents) and make space so that everyone is welcomed.”

Independent bookshop Dead Ink are celebrating the release of Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (from indie publishers 404 Ink) with a special event here at Liverpool’s iconic Sefton Park Palm House, featuring contributing authors Maya Chowdhry and Sofia Rehman, with further speakers to be announced.

Gathering brings together essays by women of colour across the UK writing about their relationships with nature, in a genre long-dominated by male, white, middle-class writers. In redressing this imbalance, this moving collection considers climate justice, neurodiversity, mental health, academia, inherited histories, colonialism, whiteness, music, hiking and so much more.

These personal, creative, and fierce essays will broaden both conversations and horizons about our living world, encouraging readers to consider their own experience with nature and their place within it.