Letters to the Earth

INTRODUCED BY EMMA THOMPSON HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, £10

An outpouring of grief, anger, hope, love and loss – a collection of letters penned by many thousands have been distilled into this powerful book. Names like Emma Thompson might act as a lure, but the true strength comes from the broad range of contributors. There are moments of real beauty in these pages – the writer Jay Griffiths ends her letter with, “This is what extinction sounds like: the silencing of song that should have been forever yours.”

Ecologist