Robert MacFarlane
An award-winning British author, MacFarlane's latest work, Is a River Alive?, examines the legal rights of natural bodies of water, emphasizing his commitment to environmental issues through evocative prose.
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Robert Macfarlane discusses the idea of granting legal rights to rivers in his remarkable book 'Har floder liv?'.
Göran Greider om Västerdalälven och naturens kraft
Sweden· 2026-05-28
Robert Macfarlane is a professor of literature at Emmanuel College in Cambridge and an acclaimed author known for his works on nature and literature.
Robert Macfarlane om sin bok ”Har floden ett liv?”Sweden· 2026-03-07
Robert Macfarlane is an author known for his description of the Broomway in his book The Old Ways.
Abandon shipment: how an Amazon van got marooned on the UK’s ‘most dangerous path’ | Essex
United Kingdom· 2026-02-18
Robert Macfarlane’s Is a River Alive? is a book given to contemporaries.
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone | BooksUnited Kingdom· 2025-12-13
Robert Macfarlane explores the idea of landscapes and rivers having rights in his book.
The best science and nature books of 2025 | Best books of the yearUnited Kingdom· 2025-12-03
Robert Macfarlane is a poet, writer, and professor of English at the University of Cambridge.
Nación ecológicamente innovadora se encuentra bajo ataque
Honduras· 2025-08-25
Robert Macfarlane is interviewed about his new book exploring endangered waters.
«La Lettura» e il futuro della coppia- Corriere.it
Italy· 2025-08-23
British writer Robert MacFarlane has written some superb books about mountains, forests, wild places and subterranean landscapes.
Ten new fiction and non-fiction books to add to your reading list
Australia· 2025-06-22
Robert Macfarlane is celebrated as a prominent voice in environmental literature, exploring the question of whether rivers can be understood as living beings.
Robert Macfarlane: Sind Flüsse Lebewesen?
Switzerland· 2025-06-17
Robert Macfarlane sought to find the answer to whether rivers are living things in his latest book.
What’s your favourite river in the world? Share your story with The Globe
Canada· 2025-06-07Macfarlane is a celebrated nature writer who elaborates on the plight of English rivers in his recent book.
If waterways are neglected, they become undrinkable, unswimmable and then untouchable – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-05-23
Robert Macfarlane has been called the 'great nature writer and nature poet of this generation'.
Rob Macfarlane : ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’ | RiversUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-17
Robert Macfarlane sees the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree as a prompt to consider our relationship with nature.
‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap | NorthumberlandUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-10
Robert Macfarlane explores the lives, deaths, and rights of rivers in his writing.
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers | BooksUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-26
Macfarlane explores what it means to grant legal rights to bodies of water in his latest work.
Spring books preview 2025: 37 new titles to usher in the seasonCanada· 2025-03-18
