Writing about nature podcast with Chloe Dalton. Topics covered in this episode include taking observation notes while nursing a wild hare, research, intuitive writing and storytelling. Chloe also touches on fighting past feeling intimidated as a first-time or new writer, avoiding comparison and understanding your niche in literature. 

Chloe Dalton is a foreign policy specialist and writer. She spent over a decade working in the UK Parliament and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as a special adviser and speechwriter. She now works as a consultant on international political and humanitarian issues. Raising Hare is her debut book.

She sits down with NCW Head of Programme & Creative Engagement Holly to discuss her debut nature book Raising Hare, which tells the story of the unusual experience of raising a leveret to adulthood and beyond. Together, they explore the importance of nature writing and its ability to educate and entertain readers, the art of observation and noticing, and the power of research when writing nature, wildlife and the environment. Listen now →

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Narrative non-fiction, or creative non-fiction, is the practice of exploring facts and information through the art of storytelling.