Book Launch: One Midsummer’s Day by Mark Cocker

Mark Cocker is undoubtedly one of this country’s top naturalists and nature writers. His staggering oeuvre of 13 books and over 1000 newspaper articles bears witness to his decades-long love and fascination with nature, especially birds. That said, it is an honour and a thrill that Mark has chosen to launch his newest book, One Midsummer’s Day, at EA Festival 2023. The culmination of 16 years of thinking and two years of writing, the book is, on its face, about birds. But really, it is a masterful sum-up of all that is interconnected between nature and man – all perceived during a single day of watching swifts.