James Canton
Dr James Canton is Director of Wild Writing at the University of Essex.
His most recent book, Grounded, was a Waterstones Best Book of the Year.
He is also the author of The Oak Papers (2020), Ancient Wonderings: Journeys into Prehistoric Britain (2017) and Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape (2013), which was inspired by his rural wanderings in East Anglia. He has written for the Guardian, reviews for the TLS and Caught by the River, and is a regular on television and radio.
Hi next book, Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World, is out with Canongate in March 2025.
