To Hear The Trees Speak

A memoir of Nature, Resilience, and Deep Listening

Olivia Sprinkel

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Bedford Square Publishers
12 August 2025

The environment; Trees, wildflowers & plants

A sort of history of the world in ten iconic trees from around the world including the eucalyptus, the Baobab and the oak. A beautiful and moving account of our relationship with trees.

'A poetically-written testimony of our own deep relationship with the natural world, and of nature's own resilience' Ben Goldsmith

Imagine if you could hear the trees speak. How would it change your life? Your relationship to the world around you? This is the story of what happened when the trees whispered me to quit my job, leave my life in New York and go on a journey to listen. It is the story of what I learnt from ten trees on five continents - and the lessons that the trees have for all of us on how to be in a rapidly changing world.

Olivia Sprinkel was sitting in her office in New York, an experienced international sustainability strategy and communications consultant, and as a newly single woman, she decided she had to make a change in her life and undertake a journey. To Hear the Trees Speak: Adventures in Listening is the story of her travels to Europe, North and South America, Australia, and South Asia, to discover ten of our world's essential trees and their habitats. The ten trees range from the banyan and bodhi to the olive, giant sequoia and beech.

Powerfully crafted, this is important and accessible nature writing blended with insightful memoir.

By: Olivia Sprinkel
Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781835011546
ISBN 10: 1835011543
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 12 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Olivia is a writer and sustainability consultant. She is half-Finnish, half-American. She was born in London, and now lives in East Sussex, UK.

Reviews for To Hear The Trees Speak: A memoir of Nature, Resilience, and Deep Listening

'A charming meditation on nature and what we can learn from its ancient truths. Olivia Sprinkel's book is poetic and profound' Sara Wheeler, author of Jan Morris: A Life 'A book at turns poetic, philosophical, pedagogical, and personal, it’s a deeply fulfilling read of one woman’s search for meaning, and how learning to listen to trees turns out to be both much simpler, and much harder, than she expects' Jody Day