Julian Hoffman
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
Writing, nature, people, climate, place.
New book: LIFELINES
Author of IRREPLACEABLE & THE SMALL HEART OF THINGS
Upcoming: RIVER SONG
Prespa, Greece. Rep'd by @jmlockhart.bsky.social
linktr.ee/jhoffmanprespa
New book: LIFELINES
Author of IRREPLACEABLE & THE SMALL HEART OF THINGS
Upcoming: RIVER SONG
Prespa, Greece. Rep'd by @jmlockhart.bsky.social
linktr.ee/jhoffmanprespa
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Julian Hoffman
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
· May 15
LIFELINES is published today, 25 years after my wife and I arrived in northern Greece with the aim of changing our lives. It's a book about shelter and generosity, borders and brown bears, people and pelicans. It's about how the lifelines of the world hold together the greater home of us all.
"Nature still holds many surprises for us." ~ Urák István
Extraordinary discovery in a cave on the river system that's the focus of my next book: the largest spider web ever recorded, home to two different spider species and 110,000 individuals.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
Extraordinary discovery in a cave on the river system that's the focus of my next book: the largest spider web ever recorded, home to two different spider species and 110,000 individuals.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
This Cave Holds a Spider Web ‘Megacity’ the Size of Half a Tennis Court
This finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species of spider
www.scientificamerican.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Nature still holds many surprises for us." ~ Urák István
Extraordinary discovery in a cave on the river system that's the focus of my next book: the largest spider web ever recorded, home to two different spider species and 110,000 individuals.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
Extraordinary discovery in a cave on the river system that's the focus of my next book: the largest spider web ever recorded, home to two different spider species and 110,000 individuals.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
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"There is so much we can do when our hearts can’t take it anymore."
What a wonderful, rich conversation between @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and @julianhoffman.bsky.social
What a wonderful, rich conversation between @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and @julianhoffman.bsky.social
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Heart’s Home - Orion Magazine
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"There is so much we can do when our hearts can’t take it anymore."
What a wonderful, rich conversation between @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and @julianhoffman.bsky.social
What a wonderful, rich conversation between @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and @julianhoffman.bsky.social
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This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Delighted to be speaking about LIFELINES at the University of Glasgow on Nov 25th at 4pm for the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. The event at the university's bookshop is free to attend and open to the public but registration is required via the link.
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Delighted to be speaking about LIFELINES at the University of Glasgow on Nov 25th at 4pm for the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. The event at the university's bookshop is free to attend and open to the public but registration is required via the link.
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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So many thanks to my friend @julianhoffman.bsky.social for taking time with talk with me for @orionmagazine.bsky.social about his incredible new book, Lifelines. Grateful, too, to Orion, a guiding light during these dark times.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Heart’s Home - Orion Magazine
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
So many thanks to my friend @julianhoffman.bsky.social for taking time with talk with me for @orionmagazine.bsky.social about his incredible new book, Lifelines. Grateful, too, to Orion, a guiding light during these dark times.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
A sky of scattered gold.
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A sky of scattered gold.
Autumn falling over the valley.
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Autumn falling over the valley.
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This is wonderful - a conversation between two of my favourite writers on one of the most important topics (or confluence of topics) for all of us right now.
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Heart’s Home - Orion Magazine
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is wonderful - a conversation between two of my favourite writers on one of the most important topics (or confluence of topics) for all of us right now.
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“Place fascinates me, and it always has. Why do some places resonate with us in often inexplicably profound ways while others don’t?”
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Heart’s Home
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Place fascinates me, and it always has. Why do some places resonate with us in often inexplicably profound ways while others don’t?”
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Reposted by Julian Hoffman
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Heart’s Home - Orion Magazine
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
Heart’s Home - Orion Magazine
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world.
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
orionmagazine.org/article/hear...
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest...it is everything."
Powerful and important piece by Wajã Xipai on rivers, forests and interviewing António Guterres.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Powerful and important piece by Wajã Xipai on rivers, forests and interviewing António Guterres.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest...it is everything."
Powerful and important piece by Wajã Xipai on rivers, forests and interviewing António Guterres.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Powerful and important piece by Wajã Xipai on rivers, forests and interviewing António Guterres.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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TOMORROW!
SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful @julianhoffman.bsky.social at
@britschoolathens.bsky.social
SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful @julianhoffman.bsky.social at
@britschoolathens.bsky.social
Delighted to be joining @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social at the @britschoolathens.bsky.social on Oct 22nd to talk about our recent books and how Greece has changed our lives and shaped us as writers. The in-person event is sold out but can be attended online via the link.
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
TOMORROW!
SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful @julianhoffman.bsky.social at
@britschoolathens.bsky.social
SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful @julianhoffman.bsky.social at
@britschoolathens.bsky.social
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Dalmatian Pelican & Peacock, what a combination and what a cover! The book is also one of the best reads I've enjoyed for years too. I can't recommend it enough; Julian's writing is first class 👌
Delighted to share the North American cover for LIFELINES. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the beautiful design and for placing Edward Lear's 1837 lithograph of a Dalmatian pelican at its heart. Published by Godine on April 14th, it's available to pre-order now!
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dalmatian Pelican & Peacock, what a combination and what a cover! The book is also one of the best reads I've enjoyed for years too. I can't recommend it enough; Julian's writing is first class 👌
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Good morning! new archaeogastronomical delight for you!
Part Two of my interview with Irina Janakievska about Balkan Food.
@pipkazan.bsky.social for you, @julianhoffman.bsky.social quoting you in the intro!
x
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#podcast
#BalkanFood
#BalkanCuisine
Part Two of my interview with Irina Janakievska about Balkan Food.
@pipkazan.bsky.social for you, @julianhoffman.bsky.social quoting you in the intro!
x
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#podcast
#BalkanFood
#BalkanCuisine
The Balkan Kitchen- Part Two
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 15/10/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Good morning! new archaeogastronomical delight for you!
Part Two of my interview with Irina Janakievska about Balkan Food.
@pipkazan.bsky.social for you, @julianhoffman.bsky.social quoting you in the intro!
x
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#podcast
#BalkanFood
#BalkanCuisine
Part Two of my interview with Irina Janakievska about Balkan Food.
@pipkazan.bsky.social for you, @julianhoffman.bsky.social quoting you in the intro!
x
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#podcast
#BalkanFood
#BalkanCuisine
Delighted to share the North American cover for LIFELINES. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the beautiful design and for placing Edward Lear's 1837 lithograph of a Dalmatian pelican at its heart. Published by Godine on April 14th, it's available to pre-order now!
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Delighted to share the North American cover for LIFELINES. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the beautiful design and for placing Edward Lear's 1837 lithograph of a Dalmatian pelican at its heart. Published by Godine on April 14th, it's available to pre-order now!
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
bookshop.org/p/books/life...
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So thrilled that @canongate.co.uk will be publishing A Stranger in Corfu in February. A retirement home for spies, secrets that rise up from the past, the beauty of Greece. @waterstones.bsky.social are offering a big preorder discount on the hardback here: buythebook.online/astrangerinc...
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So thrilled that @canongate.co.uk will be publishing A Stranger in Corfu in February. A retirement home for spies, secrets that rise up from the past, the beauty of Greece. @waterstones.bsky.social are offering a big preorder discount on the hardback here: buythebook.online/astrangerinc...
Delighted to be joining @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social at the @britschoolathens.bsky.social on Oct 22nd to talk about our recent books and how Greece has changed our lives and shaped us as writers. The in-person event is sold out but can be attended online via the link.
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Delighted to be joining @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social at the @britschoolathens.bsky.social on Oct 22nd to talk about our recent books and how Greece has changed our lives and shaped us as writers. The in-person event is sold out but can be attended online via the link.
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
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Hanging onto every bit of good news
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife
lostcoastoutpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hanging onto every bit of good news
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
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Read this article (and Julian's book!) and listen to the podcast about Balkan cuisine here coz we are more beauty and food and culture rather than war!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Read this article (and Julian's book!) and listen to the podcast about Balkan cuisine here coz we are more beauty and food and culture rather than war!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
"More than ice is lost when the giants disappear: cultures, societies and entire ecosystems are braided around the glaciers."
@kathillauthor.bsky.social writes about the receding glaciers of the Alps in this excellent and important essay.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@kathillauthor.bsky.social writes about the receding glaciers of the Alps in this excellent and important essay.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"More than ice is lost when the giants disappear: cultures, societies and entire ecosystems are braided around the glaciers."
@kathillauthor.bsky.social writes about the receding glaciers of the Alps in this excellent and important essay.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@kathillauthor.bsky.social writes about the receding glaciers of the Alps in this excellent and important essay.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So excited to be returning to the fabulous @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social to join a wonderful line-up of writers. I'll be in conversation about my new book, LIFELINES, with the brilliant author and biodiversity campaigner Kate Rawles on Nov 22nd.
tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/689...
tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/689...
September 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
So excited to be returning to the fabulous @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social to join a wonderful line-up of writers. I'll be in conversation about my new book, LIFELINES, with the brilliant author and biodiversity campaigner Kate Rawles on Nov 22nd.
tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/689...
tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/689...
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Such a beautiful place and evocative writing!
"I’ve never thought of Prespa as anything but a shared place, where human cultures and wild species come together and co-exist, a place best experienced slowly and with care."
"I’ve never thought of Prespa as anything but a shared place, where human cultures and wild species come together and co-exist, a place best experienced slowly and with care."
I wrote about the Prespa lakes region in northern Greece for @theguardian.com today. At the crossroads of three countries and my home for the past quarter of a century, it's a place that continues to surprise me with its wild beauty and rich human cultures.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Balkan bounty: the little-known corner of Greece now ripe for walkers and nature tourism
Mountains, butterflies, bears and pelicans are among the natural wonders in the stunning Prespa lakes region, which straddles three countries
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Such a beautiful place and evocative writing!
"I’ve never thought of Prespa as anything but a shared place, where human cultures and wild species come together and co-exist, a place best experienced slowly and with care."
"I’ve never thought of Prespa as anything but a shared place, where human cultures and wild species come together and co-exist, a place best experienced slowly and with care."
Such a joy and honour to interview the brilliant Dr Lee Durrell for the Corfu Literary Festival. Celebrating the centenary of Gerald Durrell's birth, she generously shared stories of their remarkable life together and her ongoing efforts to protect endangered species throughout the world.
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Such a joy and honour to interview the brilliant Dr Lee Durrell for the Corfu Literary Festival. Celebrating the centenary of Gerald Durrell's birth, she generously shared stories of their remarkable life together and her ongoing efforts to protect endangered species throughout the world.
"We lost our corn crops and livestock. But what haunts us is the fear, God forbid, if it rains again."
The climate crisis isn't just about the fires and floods but the lingering fear, uncertainty and trauma experienced.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The climate crisis isn't just about the fires and floods but the lingering fear, uncertainty and trauma experienced.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede
Shock, panic, guilt and grief grip survivors as mental health experts warn of chronic trauma from repeated exposure to natural disasters
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"We lost our corn crops and livestock. But what haunts us is the fear, God forbid, if it rains again."
The climate crisis isn't just about the fires and floods but the lingering fear, uncertainty and trauma experienced.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The climate crisis isn't just about the fires and floods but the lingering fear, uncertainty and trauma experienced.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...