Natural Navigator. Bestselling author. I write about clues & signs in nature. Latest book: How to Read a Tree. More on Insta and website, link below.
It's #NationalTreeWeek and I'm delighted to reveal the cover for my new book How to Read a Tree! Every tree is filled with secrets - learn to read the signs and you’ll never look at a tree in the same way again. Coming 20th April.Pre-order https://t.co/frfEsPwTrD #howtoreadatree https://t.co/xdltZGR6y0
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Fascinating! I challenge anyone who listens to this podcast not to want to read @NaturalNav's new book 'How to Read a Tree' 🌳 #trees https://t.co/FZGtds7EWs
Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. Find me on other social media by this same handle.
More nature themes this week: How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by @NaturalNav https://t.co/vamemmjKuc https://t.co/SVqRZDuwDs
Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller
An Indie Bestseller
"This book will make wise naturalists out of us yet."--The Globe and Mail
"An important book and a pleasure to read."--Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path
"We would be lucky to be lost in a forest with [Tristan Gooley]. Not just to find our way out--something he could surely help with--but to find our way in: to see what the trees are telling us about the Earth we all find ourselves a part of."--The Atlantic
"Gooley interprets clues like a private investigator of the wilds. . . . For those inclined to solve mysteries written into the landscape, this author's lead is one they'll want to follow."--The Wall Street Journal
"How To Read A Tree is so packed with information . . . it will undoubtedly leave you with a deeper appreciation of trees. . . . Your country walks will never be quite the same again."--Daily Mail
"You will never look at a tree in the same way again after reading this mesmerizing book. Gooley drops learning as lightly as a blossom falls in spring."--John Lewis-Stempel, author of The Wood
"Tristan Gooley has done trees the greatest service. In this gentle, enchanting book he leads us into their language--how to spot their natural tendencies and individual foibles, and to recognize their responses to stress and ingenious strategies to survive. And with these insights he arouses an even deeper affection and concern for trees--our friends and allies, with whose fate our own is inextricably bound."--Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
"Wherever you are--city or wilderness--if you want to understand the secrets of trees you pass, this is the book to read...Tristan has the rare gift of explaining the most complex ideas with humour and deep insight."--Peter Thomas, author of Trees
"It was a lightbulb moment! I thought I knew my local woods--I walk there almost every day. But it's a thrill to see it through fresh eyes, to develop a much deeper understanding."--Peter Gibbs, Chair BBC Gardeners' Question Time
"How to Read a Tree builds on the joy that we take in trees--with some handy facts to go alongside that joy."--BBC Radio 4
"Trees can reveal fascinating secrets . . . This book will add a new dimension to your next countryside stroll."--Wanderlust
"This book will make wise naturalists out of us yet."--The Globe and Mail