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Nature Reads: Books Rooted in Place and People
35 mins·15:00, 26 Jan 2026
Nature Reads: Books Rooted in Place and People
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15:00, 26 Jan 2026
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Guest: Surin Suksuwan (Co-Founder), Sunda Shelves | Su Mei Toh (Freelance Researcher & Advisor), Wild Asia
Nature Reads on Earth Matters is the 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 the good folks at Sunda Shelves, an independent bookstore with a passion for wild places and thoughtful reads. For this month's episode, we speak to Su Mei Toh, a freelance researcher and advisor at Wild Asia. Together with co-host Surin Suksuwan, the co-founder of Sunda Shelves, Su Mei joins us to share more about a selection of books that range from environmental classics and Indigenous knowledge, to science writing and field guides rooted in Malaysia.
Books discussed on this episode include:
1. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
2. Soil and Soul by Alistair McIntosh
3. The Orang Asli and the Contest for Resources by Colin Nicholas
4. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
6. Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
7. An Immense World by Ed Yong
8. Birds of Malaysia by Lim Kim Seng, Yong Ding Li & Lim Kim Chuah
Presenter: Juliet Jacobs
Producer: Juliet Jacobs
the bigger pictureearth mattersNature ReadsSunda Shelvesbooks on conservationnature literaturenature guide booksenvironmental communication
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