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The award-winning essayist and author of Beast and The Wake examines the impact of humans on the Earth and considers how we might live in this changing world.

About the Author

Paul Kingsnorth's debut novel, The Wake, won the 2014 Gordon Burn Prize and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His second, Beast, was described by Jay Griffiths as 'a portrait of the psyche in gaunt, glittering transcendence.' He is also the author of One No, Many Yeses and Real England, and a poetry collection, Kidland. He is the co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project.