Nick Hunt is a writer and walker. His travel books include Outlandish (John Murray, 2021), Where the Wild Winds Are (Nicholas Brealey, 2017) and Walking the Woods and the Water (Nicholas Brealey, 2014). His debut novel Red Smoking Mirror (Swift Press, 2023) is a work of speculative history. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Irish Times, Aeon, Emergence, Noema, and other publications, and he is an occasional contributor to BBC Radio 4’s “From Our Own Correspondent.” He also works as a teacher and mentor, and as a codirector and editor of the Dark Mountain Project. www.nickhuntscrutiny.com
Contributions to Humans & Nature
- “Travel Sense,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
