We are delighted to present The Book of Bogs: Stories from a Yorkshire Moor and other Peatlands edited by Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw.

Although 80 per cent of Britian’s bogs and peatlands have been drained, stripped or irreversibly damaged over the last 200 years, they still contain more carbon than all the forests in UK, France and Germany combined. Often viewed as wasteland, these landscapes are brimming with biodiversity and play an essential role in how we mitigate the extremes of climate change. This anthology is built from a shared passion for such overlooked and threatened landscapes, and like peat, this book is full of living things, including stories. Stories of scientific study, archaeological discovery; personal stories of suffering and growth. Stories in fiction and fact; in poetry. Stories of damage and threat; of Walshaw Moor; of adventure and love; the peatlands of Papua New Guinea, the Flow Country, Cors Caron and much more.

We are lucky to have contributors with us for this event including poet and editor Clare Shaw who will introduce the anthology, archaeologist Melanie Giles, novelist/creative non-fiction writer, Gregory Norminton and poets Abbi Flint and Harriet Tarlo. There will be readings, discussion and celebration of bogs.