JT Book Critters held two discussions during Fall 2025, all based on award-winning nonfiction.
Is A River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane
The internationally renowned author lyrically and philosophically writes about his adventures in three places where rivers are under threat—Ecuador from mining, India from pollution, and Canada from damming—while exploring the idea of rivers having legal rights.
Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
James Rebanks
Nature Book of the Year for 2021. It is a beautifully written memoir that offers insights into historical agricultural pressures and trends by following three generations of the author’s own family who farm in England’s Lake District.
Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm
Isabella Tree
The author and her husband abandon conventional intensive farming on their degraded 3500 acre estate in southeast England and begin a wildly successful experiment to create diverse habitats for wildlife and endangered species.
The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street
Mike Tidwell
A personal account of how global climate change is affecting us all everywhere, including in the author’s own neighborhood in suburban Washington DC. The book is a
relatable case study showing how human and ecological
communities are being impacted by climate change.