Nick Hunt
Nick is a writer and walker. His books include Outlandish, about walking four of Europe's 'unlikely landscapes', Where the Wild Winds Are, which tells the story of four walks following Europe's named winds, Walking the Woods and the Water, about a 2,500-mile walk from Holland to Istanbul, and The Parakeeting of London, a work of gonzo ornithology about feral ring-necked parakeets.
He has contributed short stories and essays to Dark Mountain since Issue 1, and is now an editor and co-director of the project. Currently he is finishing a third walking book, Outlandish, to be published in 2021, as well as working on a novel and a collection of short stories. He also performs as a storyteller. Currently he lives in Bristol.
My Posts
Genius Loci
Nick Hunt
9th December, 2020
Nick Hunt climbs over the mindwall to review 'The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us' by Nick Hayes for the second post in our Of Earth and Empire series
How to Walk Across Europe
Nick Hunt
28th May, 2020
To launch our new series about walking, here is an audio field guide to crossing a continent on foot
Burying a Robin
Nick Hunt
30th March, 2020
Nick Hunt brings you the third in our series of reflections on the coronavirus pandemic
Vault of the Wordmonger
Nick Hunt
13th November, 2019
Second post the new series, Lost Lexicon is a short story by Nick Hunt, set in a damaged future world where words – locked away for years – are starting to re-emerge from deep beneath the earth. Image by Kahn & Selesnick.
Under the Canopy
Nick Hunt
5th September, 2018
Editor Nick Hunt introduces a new section about trees and what they mean to us.
In the Clearing
Nick Hunt
11th December, 2017
The timing’s perfect, actually. It’s a great example of the stupid culture the Clearing was built to...
A Bell for Lost Species
Nick Hunt
9th December, 2015
The tradition of itinerant bell-making is continued today by David Snoo Wilson and Jo Lathwood, who...