Author talk: From The Draw of The Sea to The Heart of The Woods with Wyl Menmuir

Join us for an evening with award winning author Wyl Menmuir as he talks about his books, The Heart of the Woods and The Draw of the Sea.

For the last few years, Wyl Menmuir has been exploring our relationships with key aspects of the natural world and in a journey that starts close to home, exploring Cornwall and Scilly, and expands to the UK, Ireland, and as far as Svalbard and Takayama, Japan.

Meet the people who plant trees, protect, study and worship them, and those who dive, sail, surf and swim in the waters around our coastlines. From encounters with bodgers and temple carvers, to tall ship sailors and freedivers, Wyl’s books explore our enduring relationships with trees and seas, and offer new perspectives on how we might relate better to the world around us. 

Free tickets to this event can be booked either by emailing falmouth.library@liscornwall.org.uk or speaking to the Library team.

This event is part of a series celebrating 130 years of the Passmore Edwards Free Library in Falmouth.

About the author

Wyl Menmuir is a multi-award winning author based in Cornwall. His 2016 debut novel, The Many was longlisted for the Booker Award and was an Observer Best Fiction of the year pick. His second novel, Fox Fires was published in 2021 and his short fiction has been published by the BBC, Nightjar Press, Kneehigh Theatre and National Trust Books, and has twice appeared in Best British Short Stories. Wyl’s first full-length non fiction book, The Draw of the Sea, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors and a Holyer an Gof Award. His second non fiction book, The Heart of the Woods, won the prestigious Award for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. The final book of his non fiction trilogy, The Spirit of Stone, will be published in June 2026.