Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane’s joyous and meditative exploration of how words shape our sense of place, and how the landscapes of Britain and Ireland live within the language we use. It’s a beautifully crafted celebration of nature writing, regional dialects, and the powerful bond between storytelling and the land.

At its heart, Landmarks is a “field guide” to the literature of nature: a deeply researched collection of thousands of remarkable place-words drawn from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, words for weather, landforms, light, moor, hill, sea and soil. These glossaries reveal how language can sharpen our attention, expand our imagination, and help us fall in love with the world around us.

Travelling from the rugged Cairngorms to the wild fells of Cumbria, and reflecting on the writings of Nan Shepherd, J. A. Baker, Roger Deakin and other iconic voices in British nature writing, Macfarlane shows us how language, landscape and memory are intertwined.

A fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Macfarlane is one of Britain’s most acclaimed nature writers, known for The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Mountains of the Mind and Holloway. Landmarks stands among his most beloved works, a profound, lyrical book for readers who love nature, etymology, wild places and the stories we tell about them.