Wild Seas, Wilder Cities
A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles
Author: Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Vin Adams, Jane Andreoli, Helen Angell, Denise Bennett, Rachel Birchley, Julian Bishop, Rio Bivens, Abigail Burt, John Callaway, Mark Cassidy, Barbara Claridge, Fiona Dignan, Marguerite Doyle, Katy Gary, Jackie Green, Alison Habens, Sue Harper, Linda Hibben, Linda Hilborne, Tamsin Hopkins, Nicola Humphries, Soumya Jasthi, Margaret Jennings, Jenni Jones, Liz Kay, Annie Kirby, Andrew Larder, Christine Lawrence, Tina MacNaughton, FC Malby, Jamie Marsh, Wendy Metcalfe, Christina Moran, Ellie Parker, Eileen Phyall, Maggie Sawkins, S C, Helen Scadding, Clare Seek, Sue Shipp, Sue Spiers, Irene Strange, Judith Thompson, Brooke Wain, Gordon Watts, Richard Williams, Mary Sylvia Winter
Narrator: Alexia Daniels, Alison Habens, Anne Paton-Cragg, Annie Kirby, Barbara Claridge, Binit Ghosh, Brian Armstrong, Christina Moran, Christine Lawrence, Clare Seek, Crystal Griffiths, Eileen Phyall, Ellie Parker, Emma Briggs, Evan Walker, Graham Brown, Helen Salsbury, Holly Smith, Irene Strange, Jackie Green, James Close, James Kirby, Jane Andreoli, Jasper Astrophel, Jenni Jones, John Callaway, Jonathan Dodd, Judith Thompson, Kath Dugan, Kathryn Bivens, Kia Wilson, Lorraine Close, Lou Lewis, Mariella Rohansten, Neil Blanks, Nicky Thomas, Patrick Olliver, Philip Cahill, Richard Salsbury, Richard Williams, Sarah Grimm, Soumya Jasthi, Sue Harper, Sue Renshaw, Sue Spiers, Suzanne Parekh, Tamsin Hopkins, Tina MacNaughton, Vaughan Capstick, Wendy Metcalfe
Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 05/19/2026
Categories: Fiction, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Poetry, Poem Anthologies
Synopsis
Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to those in their nineties, including experienced actors, writers and volunteers from the public.
The many writers, poets and performers in this audiobook have given their work freely, so all profits are donated to the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for their Solent Seagrass Restoration Project.
Recorded at the award-winning Casemates Studios in Portsmouth.
Find out more at pensoftheearth.co.uk/audiobook
Reviews for the paperback:
‘Calls to us in a rousing chorus of voices … a lyrical force for change.’ Nicola Chester, award winning author of On Gallows Down and Ghosts of the Farm.
‘Bursting with inspiring and hopeful visions’ Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley
‘Mixing fact, fiction and poetry is such a good idea – we bear witness to the natural world in many ways, and the pieces come in all shapes and sizes, carrying messages of determination, love for nature, positive actions and the power of community.’ Sarah Jane Butler, author of Starling
‘Full of love, enlightenment, practicality and poetry.’ Toby Litt, author of Patience
‘A delightfully encouraging collection of writings on the ways we can help make the world wilder again, how we can change the narrative on climate change. Vibrant and alive, these are wonderful tales told of renaturing – of striving to support life in all its glorious forms on the earth, of restoring hope for the future.’ Dr James Canton, Director of Wild Writing, University of Essex