‘An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides’
Raynor Winn
‘A charming and hugely enjoyable mosaic of history, myth and imagination’
Sara Wheeler
upcoming events
Tues 14 May
Falmouth Bookseller
Fri 24 May, 7.30pm
Edge of the World Bookshop, Penzance
Tues 11 June, 7pm
Waterstones Truro
3-6 July – date TBC
Penzance Literary Festival
Sat 27 July
Rock Oyster Festival, North Cornwall
Tues 17 September
Appledore Book Festival, North Devon
PREVIOUS BOOKS
BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS
‘The British coastline encapsulated in a treasure trove of a book’
Guardian
‘No-one who has ever been awed by the sea, or struck by its beauty, will fail to be thrilled by Lisa Woollett’s wonderful Sea Journal’
Philip Marsden
RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
‘An absorbing memoir… Woollett has a gift for bringing to life the strange borderlands of the foreshore’
Observer
‘Spins narrative gold out of literal dross in this gorgeous story of our waterways’
Evening Standard
HOLYER AN GOF PUBLISHER’S AWARD
‘A wonderful book… a cabinet of curiosities’
BBC Coast’s Nick Crane
‘Quite simply the closest I have ever seen anyone come to describing the seashore in the way I feel the seashore’
Sir Tim Smit
PHOTOGRAPHY
Before she began writing, Lisa worked as a photographer for twelve years. Past clients include the Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph and Observer.
Prints of her sea photographs – including many from her books – can be bought through the website’s Gallery. Further information on buying prints here.
The sea photographs also sell through galleries in Cornwall. This includes Lisa’s local Polperro Arts Foundation, which has framed and mounted prints, and signed copies of her books.
About Lisa
Author & photographer
Lisa grew up on eroding cliffs on the Isle of Sheppey, with stories of local pubs and churches that had been lost to the sea. She is the author of several award-winning books, and Rag and Bone (John Murray, 2020) won the Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-fiction. For the past 20 years she has lived with her family on the south coast of Cornwall, in a house shared with buckets and boxes of beach finds.
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