About the Book:

Christina Riley was 'Underwater Artist in Residence' at the Argyll Coast Hope spot, and as a result penned these essays on the kaleidoscope of marine life and beauty she came into contact with. This sense of the sublime of the natural world is also a call to arms to protect it, for the love of our planet.

About the Author:

Christina Riley was born in Florida and grew up in Ayrshire on Scotland's west coast, where she now resides. With a focus on coastal waters, her work draws attention to small details - a particular species, object or place - to shift perspectives and encourage new ways of seeing and experiencing our surroundings, natural and otherwise. Longlisted for Canongate's Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing, she has recently been published by Gutter, Extra Teeth, The Clearing, Caught by the River, Minding Nature and Little Toller and has presented work at solo and group exhibitions across the UK. Her first photobook, The Beach Today, was published by Guillemot Press in 2021 and her debut non-fiction book, on experiences and encounters underwater in Scotland, will be published in 2025. In 2019 she started The Nature Library, a travelling library exploring the role of literature in times of climate crisis, which opened a long-term premises in 2024.