Robert Macfarlane is internationally known for his writing on nature, people, and place. His bestselling books include Underland, Landmarks, The Old Ways, The Wild Places, Mountains of the Mind, and, most recently, Is A River Alive?. With the artist Jackie Morris, he cocreated the much-loved books of nature-poetry and art The Lost Words and The Lost Spells. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, won many prizes around the world, and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio, and dance. He has also written operas, plays, and films, including River and Mountain, both narrated by Willem Dafoe, and collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood. As a lyricist and performer, he has written albums and songs with musicians including Cosmo Sheldrake, Julie Fowlis, and Johnny Flynn. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E.M. Forster Prize for Literature. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Cosmo Sheldrake is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and live improviser. Sheldrake ’s first full length album, The Much Much How How and I, captivated listeners across the globe and his eagerly awaited follow up, Eye to the Ear, was released in 2024. Sheldrake is committed to engaging musically with the living world, and he regularly travels on expeditions as a field recordist. He has pioneered an approach to sharing the publishing royalties of his new releases, attempting to directly return funds to the animals and places that have inspired—and, in many cases, coauthored—the music. Sheldrake is a core member of the More Than Human Life Project, an interdisciplinary group working to deepen and expand legal frameworks to find new ways to protect the living world. For more information, visit cosmosheldrake.com. Paula Terán Ospina was born in Quito-Ecuador, in 1986. She is a biologist, educator, author, and illustrator. Her work focuses on children and young readers literature, scientific/naturalistic illustration, and conservation. She has written and published three children’s novels and illustrated 29 books. Ospina has also worked in conservation projects, scientific diffusion, and social conscience campaigns.
