Burnett, Elizabeth-Jane

Spurred on by her father's declining health and inspired by the history he once wrote of his small Devon village, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett delves through layers of memory, language and natural history to tell a powerful story of how the land shapes us and speaks to us. 'The Grassling' is a book abo...

Moss is known as the living carpet but if you look really closely, it contains an irrepressible light. In 'Twelve Words for Moss', Elizabeth-Jane Burnett celebrates the unsung hero of the plant world with her unique blend of poetry, nature writing and memoir. Making her way through wetlands from ...