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Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane’s best-selling books include Is a River Alive? and Underland. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane’s best-selling books include Is a River Alive? and Underland. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Awards

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2020

Winner — National Outdoor Book Award, 2019

Winner — Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award, 2020

Shortlisted — Orwell Prize, 2020

Shortlisted — Banff Mountain Festival Book Award, 2025

Longlisted — Wainwright Prize, 2025

Books by Robert Macfarlane