Ruth Padel and Jean Sprackland: The Narratives of Nature
b'In The Mara Crossing, poet Ruth Padel explores in poetry and prose the theme of home and what being native means, as our borders shift and human and animal migration moves across the globe. Where is a swallow\\u2019s real home? And what does it mean to be native if an English oak tree is an immigrant from Spain? \\n\\nIn Strands, poet Jean Sprackland takes us on a meditative walk along the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool. In this beachcomber\\u2019s book, the tides constantly turn up revelations: mermaid\\u2019s purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales, a perfect cup from a Cunard liner. \\n\\nChaired by Caroline Beck.\\n\\nRecorded on Saturday 27 October 2012 at Durham Book Festival. For more information about the festival, see www.durhambookfestival.com.'