Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a Northern Irish writer known for her nature writings. She has published in The Guardian, The Irish Times Winter Papers, Caught By The River and elsewhere. Her 2020 debut book Thin Places was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. It was published by Canongate Books after a six-way contest between publishers. It is “a mixture of memoir, history and nature writing” and describes “a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world”. Thin Places was shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing. In March 2021 ní Dochartaigh featured in BBC Radio 4’s series The Outsiders: “Five writers on how a year of lockdowns has changed their relationship with the nature on their doorstep”, and in August 2021 she appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, online, along with composer and writer Kerry Andrew.