Small Bodies of Water

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A lyrical, poetic essay collection that blends memoir with powerful writing on the natural world, taking us from London to New Zealand, Shanghai to Malaysia - from the winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize
Shortlisted for the 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year in association with the Authors' Club

"A remarkable book" Robert Macfarlane


"A distinctive new voice: attentive and tender" Amy Liptrot

"Elegant, understated, urgent and nourishing" Jessica J. Lee


Home is many people and places and languages, some separated by oceans.


Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo - where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest London.



This lyrical collection of interconnected essays explores the bodies of water that separate and connect us, as well as everything from migration, food, family, earthquakes and the ancient lunisolar calendar to butterflies.

In lyrical, powerful prose, 'Small Bodies of Water' weaves together personal memories, dreams and nature writing. It reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures, and explores what it means to belong.
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Weight 0.388000
Author Powles, Nina Mingya
Availability IP
Department Biography
Edition Main
Format Hardback
ISBN 9781838852153
Pages 272
Published 05/08/2021
Publisher Canongate Books
Section Biography
Size Unfolded 220x144mm
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