Description
‘The knockings of autumn are making themselves heard in the rustle of the leaves and whistle of the chilly wind. Spiderwebs are festooned on hedges and a spider is poised at the centre of one. In the fleeting morning sunshine the webs light up in twinkling displays.’
In A Year in the Woods the well-known writer Paul Clements describes in lyrical detail the year he spent living in a cottage in the woods of the Montalto Estate in County Down.
Fusing history, nature writing and memoir, he celebrates the changing seasons, from harsh winter storms to languid summer evenings.
His captivation writing revels in the joy of a life spent outdoors and the small moments of wonder that come from being surrounded by the natural world.
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About the Author
Paul Clements is a literary journalist, author, and public speaker and broadcaster. A former BBC assistant editor, he is a recipient of the Reuter Journalist’s Fellowship Programme, a Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. A contributor to The Irish Times, he writes a regular local history column and Irishman’s Diaries for the newspaper.
