Wainwright Prize 2024 for writing on Conservation

The Wainwright Prize is awarded annually to books which most successfully inspire readers to embrace nature and the outdoors and develop a respect for the environment. This year’s winning books highlight the exploration of nature on a global scale through journeys of migration, finding beauty in the everyday, and celebrate the deep connections between humanity and nature through powerful storytelling.

The winner for the Writing on Conservation prize is Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski. Blending marine biology, history and climate change concerns into a spellbinding exploration of the ocean and drawing on her years of experience in marine science, the judges called Czerski’s writing a ‘passionate’ exploration in to how the oceans are vital in a multitude of ways to life on the rest of the planet.