#169: Helen Macdonald, nature writer and novelist

<p>Rachel and Simon speak with the nature writer and novelist Helen Macdonald. <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/415331/h-is-for-hawk-by-helen-macdonald/9780099575450" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;H is for Hawk&quot;</a>, a memoir of grief and falconry published in 2014, won several prizes including the Costa Book of the Year and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/415505/vesper-flights-by-helen-macdonald/9780099575467" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Vesper Flights&quot;</a>, a collection of essays, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2020. <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454038/prophet-by-blache-helen-macdonald-and-sin/9781787334298" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Prophet&quot;, her latest book</a>, is a sci-fi novel co-written with Sin Blaché. Helen is currently working on a project about Midway Atoll, an island in the North Pacific Ocean. We spoke to Helen about her huge success with &quot;H is for Hawk&quot;, writing about the natural world in poetry, journalism and non-fiction, and about &quot;Prophet&quot;. This episode of Always Take Notes is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative. Go to <a href="www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk</a> to find out more about their creative writing courses. Use code ATN20 for £20 off the full price of any four-, five, six- or ten-week online course.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>“Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World’s Greatest Writers” </strong>- a book drawing on our podcast interviews - is published by Ithaka Press on October 12th. You can order it via <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Always-Take-Notes-greatest-writers/dp/1804183180">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/always-take-notes-advice-from-some-of-the-world-s-greatest-writers-rachel-lloyd/7516098?ean=9781804183182">Bookshop.org</a>, <a href="https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/always-take-notes/simon-akam/9781804183182"