• Photographs of four women, text: shortlist, Nan Shepherd Prize

    Nan Shepherd Prize Shortlisting

    I’m delighted to be shortlisted for the prestigious 2021 Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing. It’s an honour to be shortlisted alongside such fantastic writers and I am delighted in the interest in my book, The Selkie Papers. The Selkie Papers GRACE QUANTOCK The Selkie Papers is a memoir in essays exploring recovery from trauma and accessing the natural world as a wheelchair user. The book explores themes of chronic illness, marginalisation and navigating physical and mental boundaries, woven together with the selkie myth. The writing is engaging, moving and considerate in its approach to the natural world. The Selkie Papers: Field Notes on Finding Boundaries draws from Grace Quantock’s personal and…