Join us Above the Bookshop for the launch of The Heart of The Woods. Wyl will be in conversation discussing the ways trees and woodlands have shaped our lives: the stories we tell, the songs we sing and some of our most important rituals, as well as the people with whom he walked in the woods: the people who plant trees, the ecologists who study them, and those who shape beautiful objects and tools from wood.
Monday 3rd June
6:30pm
Above the Bookshop
£6 includes a soft drink / £8 includes a glass of wine
Just as a parent leaves a legacy to their child, a tree leaves a legacy to its surroundings.
Throughout history, trees have determined the tools we use, the boats we build, the stories we tell about the world and ourselves, the songs we sing, and some of our most important rituals.
As such, our lives are intertwined with those of the trees and woodlands around us. In this journey deep into the woods, Wyl Menmuir travels the length and breadth of Britain and Ireland to meet the people who plant trees, the ecologists who study them, those who shape beautiful objects and tools from wood, and those who use them to help others. Wyl also explores how our relationship with trees is enduring, now and in the future – what we get out of spending time around trees, the ways in which our relationship with them has changed over time, and the ways in which our future is interconnected with theirs.
Written in close collaboration with makers, crafters, bodgers, and woodsmen and women in order to better understand the woods they know so well, the joys and frustrations of working with a living material, and the stories of their craft and skills, The Heart of The Woods will delight anyone who enjoys walking among the trees, and anyone who, when lost, has found themselves in the woods.
The Heart of the Woods by Wyl Menmuir
9780711289246 – £16.99
Published 6th June
Books will be available to purchase on the night