THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGWishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. She rents a loftbed in a shared flat and starts to look for work – and for love – through the screen of her phone. The Instant tells of the momentous year that follows, encountering the city’s wildlife in the most unexpected places, tracing th...

“It’s wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent … highly recommended.”—The MillionsAfter a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. The Outrun maps Amy’s inspiring recovery as she walks along windy coasts, swims in icy Atlantic waters, tracks Orkney’s wildlife, and reconnects with her parents, revisiting and rediscovering the place that shaped her....

« Mon projet est de trouver un raton laveur et un amant. » Trentenaire en quête damour, Amy quitte les sauvages îles Orcades en Écosse pour la cosmopolite Berlin. Digital nomade, précaire, célibataire, elle fait de cette ville qui ne dort jamais le terrain de sa quête du bonheur. De boîtes de nuit en observations passionnées de la lune et de la faune sauvage urbaine, elle apprend à vaincre la solitude. Et la passion amoureuse tant attendue surgit enfin. LInstant porte un regard sans compla...

Amy Liptrot möchte das einsame Leben auf den Orkneyinseln hinter sich lassen und bucht einen One-Way-Flug nach Berlin. Sie mietet ein Hochbett in einer WG und beginnt, mit ihrem Handy nach Arbeit – und Liebe – zu suchen.»Wilde Geschöpfe« erzählt von einem bewegten Jahr in Berlin, in dem Amy der Tierwelt der Stadt an völlig unerwarteten Orten begegnet, den Zyklen des Mondes und den Flugbahnen der Zugvögel folgt. Sie erlebt die Einsamkeit des Online-Datings in der Wildnis der Großsta...

Mit Anfang dreißig spült das Leben Amy Liptrot zurück an den Ort ihrer Kindheit – die Orkneyinseln, im dünn besiedelten Schottland wohl die abgelegenste Region. Hier schwimmt die britische Journalistin morgens im eiskalten Meer, verbringt ihre Tage als Vogelwärterin auf den Spuren von Orkneys Flora und Fauna und ihre Nächte auf der Suche nach den »Merry Dancers«, den Nordlichtern, die irgendwo im Dunkeln strahlen. Und hier beginnt sie nach zehn Jahren Alkoholsucht wieder Boden unter den Fü...

Een messcherpe overdenking over verlangen en eenzaamheid in een tijd waarin we zowel meer als minder met elkaar verbonden zijn dan ooit.In de hoop haar geïsoleerde leven op de Orkneyeilanden achter zich te laten, boekt Amy Liptrot een enkele reis Berlijn. Ze hopt van onderhuur naar onderhuur en van het ene slechtbetaalde baantje naar het andere. Alles is vluchtig, inclusief haar internetdates. Het enige wat haar richting geeft, is de natuur om haar heen: zwemmen in Berlijnse meren ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'I loved this book' Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path'Utterly absorbing' Lucy Jones, author of Losing EdenWishing to leave behind the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. Searching for new experiences, inspiration and love, she rents a loftbed in a shared flat and looks for work. She explore...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZEAt the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life. As she spends her mornings swimming in the bracingl...

A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney, trying to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.The life she has left behind in London, with all its intoxicating temptations, has pushed her to the point of destruction. Now there is wildness of a different form – an alluring wilderness that she must learn to navigate.Speaking to the impact of isolation and loneliness and – ultimately – the resilience of people, Amy Liptrot's best...

'Luminous' The Times'Beautiful’ Caught by the RiverBringing together contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens, through prose, poetry and photography.Edited and introduced by Kathleen Jamie, and with contributions from Amy Liptrot, Jim Crumley, Chitra Ramaswamy, Malac...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY AMY LIPTROTSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1994WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 1994'Intimate, humorous, effortlessly combining the strands of history and folklore, the past and the present, this is a deceptively simple book, like a tale told to a child. But its echoes sound on unforgettably. A whole universe is created from a grain of Orkney sand' Independent

The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief.In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, ...