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Back to the episode!

Today, I’m thrilled to release my conversation with the lovely Caro Giles, whose book, Twelve Moons is now available and published by HarperNorth.

Caro Giles is a writer based in Northumberland. Her words are inspired by her local landscape, the wide empty beaches and the Cheviot Hills. She writes honestly about what it means to be a woman, a mother and a carer, and about the value in taking the road less travelled. Her writing appears in journals, press and periodicals, including a monthly column in Psychologies. In 2021 she was named BBC Countryfile's New Nature Writer of the Year.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The story behind the memoir and how Caro came to write Twelve Moons
• The part a master’s played in Caro’s work
• Accountability in your writing practice
• How she found her unique voice following motherhood and the breakdown of her marriage
• How her role as a parent-carer has impacted her voice and the way that she approaches her work
• Caro’s personal relationship with the moon
• How Caro approached the book and her writing process
• Caro’s life as a singer and musician
• What she’s learnt that she wants to pass on
• Her vision for the future

You can find Caro on Twitter and Instagram @carogileswrites and her book Twelve Moons is available via the Prompted by Nature bookshop on bookshop.org or at your local bookshop.

Accompanying episodes:

2.10a - Marchelle Farrell, My Garden, My Teacher

3.2a - Stella Tomlinson, Priestesshood and Earth-Based Spirituality

4.2a - Rebecca Schiller, Earthed

4.7a - Ben Myers, Writing with the Land

As always, I’m over at the website www.promptedbynature.co.uk where you can find information about my upcoming day retreats and writing courses in East Sussex as well as all the links to the bookshop and the Substack newsletter. I’m always on @prompted.by.nature on Instagram.

I hope you enjoy the episode. The prompt that accompanies this will be out on Tuesday. Happy listening and I’ll speak to you soon!

Helen x