Roger Deakin

We are sad to report that Roger Deakin died in late August 2006.

Roger Deakin was a writer and film-maker with a special interest in nature and the environment, a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines and radio. He was educated at Haberdashers’ School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he studied English.  He was a founder-director of the arts/environment charity Common Ground and a trustee of the music/theatre string ensemble The Gogmagogs. 

He is the author of WATERLOG. A SWIMMER’S JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN (Random House) and TOUCHING WOOD: A WILDWOOD JOURNEY (Hamish Hamilton).  Rights still available.

NOTES FROM WALNUT TREE FARM by Roger, edited by Terence Blacker and Alison Hastie, was published by Hamish Hamilton in October 2008.  

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Notes From Walnut Tree Farm

Waterlog

Wildwood

Contacts

Literary – Georgina Capel
Foreign Rights – Romily Must
Film & TV Rights – Georgina Capel