Join us at Hart’s Books for a special evening with Harriet Rix, author of The Genius of Trees, which was longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

Booking essential - please register in store or by phone on 01799 524552.

The Genius of Trees tells a mind-expanding global story revealing the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world. At once transporting and expert, this profoundly original exploration of the science of trees is a startlingly new way of understanding these glories of our natural world.

Harriet Rix is a tree science consultant and writer. Before joining the tree sector, she worked in landmine clearance in the Middle East. Rix holds a biochemistry degree from the University of Oxford and an MPhil in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. The Genius of Trees is her first book.

Image credit: Alex Chisholm.