A Peculiarly English Genius Vol. IV to be published this year

The fourth and final volume covers Jefferies’ last five years from July 1882, when he moved with his family to Hove in East Sussex, until his death at Goring-by-Sea in August 1887,...

The Lost Elms wins Richard Jefferies Award for the best nature writing 2025

Mandy Haggith was announced today (7 May 2026) as the winner of the Richard Jefferies Award for the best nature writing issued in 2025 for her book The Lost Elms published by Wildfire, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group Limited....

An Ecological Vision of Earth

Brian Morris, a Richard Jefferies Society member, has written a new biography of Hudson titled An Ecological Vision of Earth: The Life and Thought of W.H. Hudson...

Richard Jefferies Award Shortlist for 2025 Nominations

The Richard Jefferies Award is given annually to the author of the publication considered by the judging panel to be the most outstanding nature writing published in a given calendar year. The winning work must reflect the heritage and spirit of Richard Jefferies’ countryside books....