Nature Reads on Earth Matters is a show where we explore the stories behind books that bring us closer to nature and the world around us. Every month, we team up with Sunda Shelves, an independent bookstore with a passion for wild places and thoughtful reads. This month, together with co-host Surin Suksuwan, the co-founder of Sunda Shelves, we turn our attention to a homegrown series that blends storytelling, folklore, and the natural world. We’re joined by writer and journalist Salhan K Ahmad, author of the Alak books, including Alak in the Hinterland and Alak and the Curse of Jerangau. We discuss the landscapes and ideas that shaped these stories, the books that first sparked his own love of nature, and how fiction can help us see the environment in new ways.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories:  environment,  education,  culture,  Literature/Philosophy,  History/Heritage

Tags:  Alak Books,  temiar land rights,  the bigger picture,  earth matters,  Nature Reads,  Sunda Shelves,  pangrok sulap,  nature literature,  nature books,  picture books,  malaysian folklore,  Orang Asli land rights,  tiger conservation,  nature conservation,