A Year on the Wild Side
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Initial publish date
- May 1997
- Category
- Ecology, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780920663684
- Publish Date
- May 1997
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
A Year on the Wild Side is a witty "social and natural history comedy" written by Briony Penn, writer, illustrator and lecturer, with a Ph.D. in geography. It's composed of 52 essays arranged in 12 monthly chapters (ex. in August you'll read about which berries are ripening on the west coast). This engaging book reveals the magic and humour of the natural world and reminds us of our place in it.
About the author
Briony Penn is an award-winning writer of creative non-fiction books as well as a contributor to many anthologies and chapter books. She has been a feature writer and columnist for decades, with over five hundred articles on environmental issues and natural history in newspapers, magazines, government publications, online news sources and peer-reviewed journals. She has also written numerous environmental guides and educational handbooks for teachers in British Columbia. Her first book with RMB, The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan, was the winner of the 2015 BC Book Prize. Her work with Cecil Paul will continue with the publication of a comprehensive and collaborative biography, Following the Good River: Stories from the Magic Canoe of Cecil Paul, which will be published by RMB in the autumn of 2019. Briony lives on Salt Spring Island, BC.
Other titles by
Voices for the Islands
Thirty Years of Nature Conservation on the Salish Sea
The Priest Who Left His Religion
In Pursuit of Cosmic Spirituality
Following the Good River
The Life and Times of Wa'xaid
Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid
A Year on the Wild Side
A West Coast Naturalist's Almanac
The Real Thing
The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan
