Writers Bethany Handley, Taz Rahman and Kandace Siobhan Walker join Sairah Ahsan from the University of Aberystwyth’s Centre for Creativity and Wellbeing to talk about their nature writing.

Drawing from their vast range of experiences, they give a fresh perspective on this ever-popular genre, exploring in a panel discussion the literary traditions that have influenced their writing and offering advice on how to innovate in such a well-established area of writing and publishing. The session will conclude with a Q&A for all attendees.

This free session is funded by the University of Aberystwyth Centre for Creativity and Wellbeing. It will take place online, but please register by clicking the link below so that we can send you the joining details.

Sairah Ahsan is a writer, scientist and researcher living on the Welsh coast. She is currently working on a novel about the places that we imagine and the homes which fall short. Her work has found a home with Extra Teeth, Nawr, Poetry Wales, Lucent Dreaming, and Ink Sweat & Tears under the alias Rakyah Assam.

Bethany Handley is an award-winning writer, poet and disability activist from Monmouthshire. Named one of the UK’s ten most influential disabled people in politics, law, and media 2024 by the Shaw Trust, she campaigns for disability rights and better access to nature. An ambassador for Country Living’s Access for All, Wales Coast Path, and Ramblers Cymru, her debut poetry pamphlet Cling Film was published by Seren in 2025. She co-edited Beyond/Tu Hwnt, an anthology of Welsh Deaf and disabled writers. Her work has been featured by the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Wales, BBC Radio 4, Country Living and more.

Taz Rahman is a Cardiff based poet, writer and literary content creator. His debut poetry collection East of the Sun, West of the Moon, published by Seren Books, was longlisted for the Laurel Prize. He was also shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s Jerwood Poetry Prize 2024. He is the founder of Wales’s first YouTube poetry channel, Just Another Poet.

Kandace Siobhan Walker is a writer and artist of Jamaican-Canadian, Saltwater Geechee and Welsh heritage. She is the author of two books of poetry Kaleido (Bad Betty Press, 2022) and Cowboy (CHEERIO, 2023). Her installation Dreamerism (2024) appeared in Jerwood Arts’ nationally-touring group exhibition Survey III. She lives in London.