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Miriam Darlington

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Miriam Darlington was born and brought up in Lewes, Sussex. She lived and worked in France for two years, then studied at Sussex University. On graduating she wrote a teen-novel, then studied for an MA in children’s literature at the Roehampton Institute, and later gained a PGCE to teach in secondary school. She taught French and English for 12 years whilst still writing poetry and prose, before becoming a full-time writer in 2007.

A prize-winning poet, she gives readings and workshops at literary festivals and events, and has one full collection of poetry, Windfall which was published by Oversteps Books in 2008. She has written a book for young children, Footprints in the Sand, an ecological tale about rivers. In 2009 she gained funding to ...more

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The poet Keats does not mention otters in his light-hearted doggerel dedicated to the river Teign (shown below as it looked today). Their absence from Keats's poem is not very surprising since in his day all otters were perceived as Vermin. Back then otters were thought simply to be fish-devouring pests. However, even though they did not appear very often in verse they were there, those secretive Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.66 · 1,109 ratings · 240 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls 3.67 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World 3.64 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Poems About Bees by Brigit Strawbridge Howard (Editor), Eamon Grennan (Poet), Miriam Darlington (Poet) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Poems from the Coast by Miriam Darlington (Editor), Matthew Arnold (Poet), Helen Dunmore (Poet) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candlestick Press The Summer Meadow Forty Acres of Shared Earth. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windfall it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winter Hedge: Walks in a Deep Lane really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spring Pond: Where Rushes and Sedges Gather really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter] [By: Miriam Darlington] [January, 2013] by Miriam Darlington, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementum Journal 2016: Edition Two 2: Gap by Jay Armstrong, Jane Darke, Miriam Darlington 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Humans are the loneliest of creatures earth amongst all the earth's species, self-consciously and visibly a species apart.”
― Miriam Darlington, The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls

tags: conservation, owls, science, zoology

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“Animals, Henry David Thoreau said, “are all beasts of burden, in a sense, made to carry a portion of our thoughts.”
― Miriam Darlington, Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World

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