What is it?

An online book club to talk about nature books with other young people!

When is it?

The club is held online every other month. Meetings will be held at 6pm, and will last up to an hour. Next meetings:

Sunday 26th January – Where the Wildflowers Grow, Leif Bersweden

Sunday 30th March – Rathlin: A Wild Life, Ruby Free

What do I need to do to attend?

Fill in the form on this page for the upcoming book club event. Meetings are free to attend.

Try to read the book in time for the meeting, but if you haven’t finished in time, don’t worry! As most of our books will be non-fiction, it isn’t always necessary to have finished it, so if you want to come along and discuss it anyway, please do.

Who is it for?

The book club is targeted towards ages 18-35, and people living or studying in the UK, as the books will have a focus on UK nature.

You don’t need to have any background in nature or literature, or be “well-read” – this is a positive space to talk about nature; not a space for literary critique or political discussion. We want everyone to feel comfortable and enjoy the meetings.

What books will you read?

We will choose books with a focus on UK nature, written by young people where possible. We will choose the next meeting’s book by vote at the previous meeting, and will take suggestions via our social media and in the meetings themselves!

How can I access the books?

There are many ways to access the books we will be reading in the book club, whether you purchase them from an online or physical bookstore (first or secondhand), borrowing them from your local library, or listening to the audiobook (we recommend joining your local library and joining Borrowbox which gives you free audiobook and ebook access).

What will happen in the meeting?

A UKY4N volunteer will introduce the session, and start off the discussion. We will have some discussion prompts on hand, but we hope to see where the conversation takes us! The focus will be on what we enjoyed from the book, what it inspired us to do, what we learned, who we’d recommend it to, what personal wildlife experiences it reminded us of etc. This is a positive space to talk about nature; not a space for literary critique or political discussion. We want everyone to feel comfortable and enjoy the meetings.

If you have any questions, please get in touch ukyouthfornature@gmail.com

Please fill out this form to sign up to the book club!

After signing up, you will be sent a Zoom link through which you will be able to access the meeting. Please note, we are a small team so it may take a couple of days for the link to be sent to you. By signing up, you confirm you are aged 18 or over.