By the River : Essays from the Water's Edge

By the River: Essays from the Water's Edge is an anthology from Daunt Books Publishing bringing together twelve contemporary writers, including Amy-Jane Beer, Niellah Arboine, Marchelle Farrell, Tessa Hadley, Jo Hamya, Amy Key, Michael Malay, Jamal Mahjoub, Caleb Azumah Nelson, and Ellena Savage, writing about rivers and what they mean to us.

The essays range widely, from night fishing for eels along the Severn to reflections on Virginia Woolf and meditations on tropical waterfalls in Trinidad, blending nature writing with memoir.

Together they explore how waterways shape cities, communities, and our inner lives, offering a tender and wide-ranging look at water's transformative power.