The Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing

Shortlist 2025

Intertidal

By Yuvan Aves

Intertidal reveals an unseen world, asking us to reimagine values to live by; heeding the natural world, and moving away from the old ecologically disastrous political and cultural values. Set in beaches, marshes, and wild places of the mind, Intertidal revels in the healing power of nature and explores what it means to reclaim a colonised ecology.

About Yuvan Aves

Yuvan Aves is a writer, naturalist, educator and an environmental defender based in Chennai. He is the author of two books on ecology and 4 children’s books, recipient of the M. Krishnan Memorial Nature Writing Award, Sanctuary Asia Green Teacher Award among others. He is an active part of resistance and community movements against ecocide and industrial violence in South India. He is also the founder-managing trustee of Palluyir Trust for Nature Education and Research.

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