Tamsin Calidas, author of the Sunday Times bestseller I Am An Island, collaborates with artist bookbinder Kate Rochester’s Hanbury Press to create A Wilder Voice, an exquisite hand-stitched and hand-bound book of words and new photographs. This beautiful edition vividly captures the life-changing sensory power of the Hebridean landscape and elements. Limited to only 300 copies, it is the perfect hand-made gift for those in search of a quiet space for nature in their busy lives.
For over a decade, I lived close to the wilds - daily immersing, irrespective of weather, storms or season, into the fierce seas, raw elements and often harsh landscape. At times of acute grief, challenge and loneliness, I was struck by how nature sustained me with a source of vitality and strength that never failed. Its regenerative power inspired a creative simplicity that flowed into all aspects of my existence, and forged my life differently. Its catalyst was simply nature’s light and raw animate grace.