Amy-Jane Beer Explained
Amy-Jane Beer is a British naturalist, writer and campaigner.[1] [2] Her 2022 book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.
Early life and education
Beer has a BSc (1993) in biology and a PhD (1997) from Royal Holloway, University of London.[3] Her doctoral thesis title was Postembryonic development and neurobiology of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.[4]
Career
Her book The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness won the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.[5] She writes for The Guardian "Country Diary" column.[6]
She is president of the Friends of the Dales, the society supporting the Yorkshire Dales.[7]
She contributed to the People's Manifesto for Wildlife coordinated by Chris Packham, writing the section for the "Ministry of Social Inclusion and Access to Nature".[8]
She is an enthusiastic kayaker and supports the campaign for free access to England's rivers.[9]
She has been interviewed by David Oakes for his Trees A Crowd podcast.[10]
Personal life
Beer lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her son, and her Border Collie dog.[11]
Selected publications
- Book: Beer . Amy-Jane . The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness . 2022 . Bloomsbury . 9781472977397.
- Book: Beer . Amy-Jane . Pocket guide to turtles, snakes and other reptiles . 2018 . Lincoln Children's Books . 9781786039101 .
- Book: Beer . Amy-Jane . A tree a day : 365 of the world's most majestic trees . 2018 . Chronicle Books . 9781849947411.
- Book: Beer . Amy-Jane . The A to Z of wildlife watching . 2018 . Lonely Planet . 9781787014312.
- Book: Morris . Pat . Beer . Amy-Jane . Alexander . Becky . The Natural History Book : the ultimate visual guide to everything on Earth . 2010 . Dorling Kindersley . 9781405336994 . [Mammals section]. [12]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Armstrong . Kathryn . Dr Amy-Jane Beer on her love of the Yorkshire outdoors . 18 September 2023 . Great British Life . 17 January 2022 . en.
- Web site: Beer, Amy-Jane . New Networks For Nature . 18 September 2023.
- Web site: Dr Amy-Jane Beer . LinkedIn . 18 September 2023.
- Web site: Catalogue record for thesis . Royal Holloway University of London . 18 September 2023.
- Web site: 10th James Cropper Wainwright Prize Announces Winner as Wild Places, Remarkable Habitats and Passionate Advocacy for our Planer are Celebrated . Wainwright Prize . 18 September 2023.
- News: Amy-Jane Beer . 18 September 2023 . The Guardian . en.
- Web site: Our Team . Friends of the Dales . 18 September 2023.
- Book: Beer . Amy-Jane . Packham . Chris . People's Manifesto for Wildlife . 120–123 . 18 September 2023 . Ministry for Social Inclusion & Access to Nature.
- Web site: 'How can anyone own a river? It's a complete absurdity.' . www.britishcanoeing.org.uk . British Canoeing . 18 September 2023.
- Web site: Oakes . David . David Oakes. Dr Amy-Jane Beer: The 3 R's of Nature Writing - Reading, Roaming and the Radial symmetry of Sea Urchin larvae . . 18 September 2023 . en . 6 September 2022.
- Web site: 5.2 Amy-Jane Beer: The Flow . Prompted by Nature . 18 September 2023.
- News: Amy-Jane's all-in-one guide to everything on Earth . 18 September 2023 . Yorkshire Post . 17 December 2010.
