Anita Sethi was born in Manchester, UK and is an award-winning writer and author of I Belong Here: a Journey Along the Backbone of Britain which won a Books Are My Bag award, and was nominated for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing, the Great Outdoors Award and Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize for writing evoking a strong sense of place. She has also been published in the anthologies Women on Nature edited by Katharine Norbury, The Wild Isles, Common People, the Seasons… Show more Anita Sethi was born in Manchester, UK and is an award-winning writer and author of I Belong Here: a Journey Along the Backbone of Britain which won a Books Are My Bag award, and was nominated for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing, the Great Outdoors Award and Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize for writing evoking a strong sense of place. She has also been published in the anthologies Women on Nature edited by Katharine Norbury, The Wild Isles, Common People, the Seasons nature writing anthology, Seaside Special: Postcards from the Edge, We Mark Your Memory and Solstice Shorts among others.She has written columns, features and reviews for newspapers and magazines including the Guardian and Observer, the i paper, Independent, Sunday Times, Telegraph, FT, Sydney Morning Herald, BBC Wildlife, Vogue, New Statesman, Granta, Harpers Bazaar, Times Literary Supplement, Stylist and BBC Travel among others. In broadcasting she has appeared on several channels including BBC Radios 2, 3, 4 and 5, the BBC World Service, ITV, Times Radio, Sky News, and ABC Australia. Programmes she has written for, presented for or appeared as a speaker/panellist on include The Essay, Front Row, The Today Programme, The Verb, The Midnight Debate and more. She has appeared as a speaker at many venues and has participated in festivals around the world.She has been a Judge of the Women’s Prize, British Book Awards, Costa Book Awards, Society of Authors Awards, and is an Academician in the Folio Academy of the Rathbones Folio Prize. She has interviewed leading writers, musicians, artists, politicians and public figures and has worked as a columnist, critic and feature writer. Her career highlights including going birdwatching with Margaret Atwood in the UK’s oldest nature reserve. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Show less

Appeared as a guest cultural critic on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme (May 2024, February 2024)Appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Ramblings programme.Appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions programme.Appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Today programme