*NOMINATED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS 2023*

IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER AND IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR

"A masterpiece" Max Porter

"A forest of writing to be savored" Irish Times

"One of the most inspired works of environmental literature in recent years" Irish Independent

If difficult people have memory, react to stress, and communicate, what can they tell us? And will we listen to them?

An astounding international collaboration that reveals how trees shape our world, change our thoughts, and bring nature back into our lives—from the root to the branch and seed.

In this beautifully illustrated collection, artist Katie Holten offers readers her visual Tree Alphabet and uses it to translate and shed light on pieces from some of the world's most captivating writers and artists, activists, and ecologists.

Holten guides us on a journey from prehistoric cave paintings and creation myths to the death of a 3,500-year-old cypress tree, from Tree Clocks in Mongolia and forest fragments in the Amazon to the language of poetic petrifaction. In doing so, she reveals a new way to see the natural beauty that surrounds us and creates an urgent reminder of what could happen if we let it slip away.

Printed with dark green ink, The Language of Trees is a celebratory tribute filled with prose, poetry, and art from over fifty contributors, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, Elizabeth Kolbert, Amitav Ghosh, Richard Powers, Suzanne Simard, Gaia Vince, Tacita Dean, Plato, and Robin Wall Kimmerer.

"Immersive, celebratory... all beautifully illustrated." Observer

"A visual reminder that, like mighty oaks from small acorns, we can still create the world we wish to live in." Kerri ní Dochartaigh

"A thoughtful and insightful view of nature across the world." The Countryman

Pages: 320, Year of Publication: 1004, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm