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Born in Florida and living on the Ayrshire coast in Scotland, Christina Riley's work focuses on the intersections between art, literature and the natural world. She is particularly interested in intertidal waters and the undersea, and how perspectives shift with close looking, encouraging new ways of seeing and experiencing our surroundings, natural and otherwise.

Longlisted for Canongate's Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing her debut book Looking Down at the Stars was published by Saraband in November 2025 and essays have been published by Gutter, Extra Teeth, Little Toller, Caught by the River, Minding Nature and more. She has exhibited photographic work at solo and group exhibitions across the UK and her first photobook, The Beach Tod ...more

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Looking Down at the Stars: Life beneath the waves

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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

by Irene Solà

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