Moniack Mhor: Nature Writing: The Wild Into Words with Mark Cocker and Karen Lloyd
Nature writing involves filtering your feelings for the life around you through observation and knowledge. The aim of this course therefore is to explore not just nature and wildlife, but the way we use language and the ethics of writing about a world we have so diminished.
Central to the week is understanding how direct observation and internalising experience can be processed into high-quality poetry or prose. For this reason, the course includes as much time as possible amongst the wildlife-rich places that lie close to Moniack Mhor, including possible encounters with otters, badgers and pine martens.
The course will feature a trip to Glen Strathfarrar (Britain oldest willow tree, golden eagle, ancient Caledonian forest) and an evening at a hide dedicated to nocturnal wildlife (hopefully pine marten and badger) as well as an evening of conversation with Aigas Field Centre rangers, including a reading by Sir John Lister-Kaye.
Dates: Monday 25th - Saturday 30th August 2025
Location: Moniack Mhor, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, IV4 7HT
Cost: £725-£675
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