Writer. Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils | Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, shortlisted: Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize & Saltire Nonfiction Prize 2025 Professor of Literature & the Environment, Uni of Edinburghhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mqzshbjzbc2yWell, that was no third place playoff19 Jul 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzshbjzbc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mqx3vuaxvs2kRum and the Cuillins from the Point of Sleat, Skye, glorious in the sunshine yesterday.18 Jul 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx3vuaxvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mqbw5kgpi22iIt's been a while, but for those who might be interested I've written an *actual piece of literary criticism* (on poetry, AI, and AI poetry). 'Closed Rooms and Oracles: the poetics of vector space in Sam Riviere’s Conflicted Copy' is free to read here: https://poetry.openlibhums.org/article/id/25843/10 Jul 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbw5kgpi22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mo6czjjuo22p💚 Glasgow13 Jun 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6czjjuo22phttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mmgjlwtbtk2tIt was such a pleasure to talk to @racheldonald.bsky.social for the Planet Critical podcast! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgjlwtbtk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mlb7yvxy2c2f@btwhite.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb7yvxy2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3ml2jgkzegk25Wild white bluebell04 May 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2jgkzegk25https://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mjwdbajhqs2aThis is happening this Wednesday! Join me @portybooks.bsky.social!20 Apr 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwdbajhqs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mjc67tgclc2iJoin me @portybooks.bsky.social on Earth Day to celebrate the genius of our living world!12 Apr 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc67tgclc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mj7ju6jdd22rReposting this for the weekend crowd: I wrote about Basil Bunting's poem Briggflatts and what it has to teach us about the value of deep listening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7ju6jdd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mj2stm5eck2pTo mark the paperback launch of NATURE'S GENIUS I wrote about how poetry can help us pay attention to an increasingly silent world. https://lithub.com/on-the-1966-poem-that-warns-of-bio-acoustic-die-off-and-the-destruction-of-our-soundscapes/09 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2stm5eck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mj2bqs4htk2pNATURE'S GENIUS is out in paperback TODAY! Join me to find out how the living world can be our mentor for change on Earth Day, 22nd April, @portybooks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mpwnphbh @canongate.co.uk09 Apr 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2bqs4htk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mit4ecr52s24Come to the paperback launch of NATURE'S GENIUS on World Earth Day! @portybooks.bsky.social Tickets: tinyurl.com/mpwnphbh06 Apr 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit4ecr52s24https://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mit4ecr52s24Come to the paperback launch of NATURE'S GENIUS on World Earth Day! @portybooks.bsky.social Tickets: tinyurl.com/mpwnphbh06 Apr 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit4ecr52s24https://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3miisdlgzyc2wOne week until the paperback of NATURE'S GENIUS is out! What an amazing year it's been! Help me celebrate @portybooks.bsky.social on World Earth Day! tinyurl.com/yj8dxh5202 Apr 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3miisdlgzyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mi52yiskmk25What an amazing day! Half a million people turned out to say No to the far right.28 Mar 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi52yiskmk25https://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mi2k6uyo622dI'm soon looking forward to this! Come along and celebrate World Earth Day with stories of extraordinary animal genius and human possibility. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2k6uyo622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/david-farrier.bsky.social/post/3mfr5v2bgms2tJust finished watching Alien: Earth and feel a bit cheated that the eye-squid-thing didn't infect the repellant tech-bro character.26 Feb 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:c53a2hqxwslyehsqwhroe2rh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr5v2bgms2t