AWARD-WINNING nature writer Robert MacFarlane will be joined by acclaimed artist Jackie Morris for a talk at The Museum of Natural History in Oxford.

They will discuss their new book at the venue in Parks Road on Wednesday, October 11 at 7pm.

Mr MacFarlane and Ms Morris will discuss their new book, The Lost Words, which campaigns against the ‘disappearance of wild childhood’.

The book is a celebration of the poetry of nature words and the British countryside and features poems by Mr MacFarlane and hand-painted illustrations by Jackie Morris.

For further information about the talk, which costs £5, visit waterstones.com/events/search/shop/oxford