Richard Mabey is widely hailed as Britain’s fore-most nature writer. He is the author of the groundbreaking book on foraging in the countryside Food for Free and the editor of The Oxford Book of Nature Writing. He has narrated and produced popular BBC television and radio series, and has written for the Guardian, Granta, and other publications. He lives in Norfolk, England.
Books in order of publication:
A Brush With Nature: 25 years of personal reflections on nature – 2010
Weeds: The Story of Outlaw Plants – 2010
Nature Cure – 2011
Food For Free – 2012
The Ash and The Beech: The Drama of Woodland Change – 2013
Turned Out Nice Again: On Living With the Weather – 2013
The Unofficial Countryside – 2014
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination – 2015
Gilbert White: A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne – 2015
Turning the Boat for Home: A life writing about nature – 2019
The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between – 2024
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