In ‘The Place of Tides,’ acclaimed nature writer James Rebanks visits a memorable woman committed to helping ducks ...

English farmer James Rebanks is famous for his books about restoring the health of his Lake Country farm (“ Pastoral Song,” “ ...

James Rebanks may be a bestselling author, but lambing season makes few concessions to the literary life. The author of The Shepherd’s Life – a memoir that has spent the past three weeks at ...

The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District, by James Rebanks, Allen Lane, RRP£16.99, 320 pages ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison will be published by Bloomsbury on April 23 ...

MATTERDALE, England -- James Rebanks sits in his stone farmhouse, describing the hardscrabble mountain life his family has known for six centuries or more. Then his cell phone rings. It's a big ...

The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks, review: 'delightful portraits' Horatio Clare admires a passionate account of the ancient art of shepherding by a Lake District farmer and prolific Tweeter ...

The Shepherd’s Life, which told the story of one family’s hill farm in Cumbria, was a surprise bestseller in 2015. Writing in spare but beautiful prose, James Rebanks described a way of life ...

I am basically a nobody, just a sheep farmer (or a 'shepherd' if you prefer). I am the latest in a long line of sheep farmers, that stretches back over 600 years in the North of England, in the ...

Scott Simon speaks to Helen Rebanks about her farm life as laid out in her book, "The Farmer's Wife." They are joined by actor Nick Offerman, who occasionally works on Rebanks' farm.