Homecoming

A monthly guide to the changing seasons and nature journal from award-winning novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison - the perfect gift that allows you to follow the stories unfolding around you

A simple, friendly and - above all - accessible nature journal for anyone who wants to notice more of the world around them. In Homecoming , Melissa Harrison invites us to connect more deeply to the natural world, in a comfortable and friendly space akin to chatting over a cup of tea. Never has there been a more important time to pick up a nature journal, but never has there been a nicer way to learn. Featuring monthly guides, birdsong to listen out for, little hints and absolutely gorgeous illustrations, Homecoming deserves to be the go-to guide for a rewilding generation

Strong recommend - not just for existing nature lovers but for those ripe for conversion

Melissa Harrison is a novelist and nature writer. She contributes a monthly Nature Notebook column to The Times and writes for the FT Weekend , the Guardian and the New Statesman . Her most recent novel, All Among the Barley , was the UK winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. It was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year and a Book of the Year in the Observer , the New Statesman and the Irish Times . Her previous books have been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction ( At Hawthorn Time ) and the Wainwright Prize ( Rain ). She lives in Suffolk.