Joanne Woolf

Jo Woolf is a writer with a particular interest in landscape, wildlife and nature. Her book, ‘Britain’s Trees - a Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature’, was published by The National Trust in March 2020. A second book, 'Britain's Birds - a Treasury of Fact, Fiction and Folklore' was published in March 2022.

In 2015, Jo was invited to become Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. In this role she investigates the lives and experiences of explorers past and present; her first book about explorers, 'The Great Horizon', was published in 2017. She contributes articles to the RSGS' newsletter and blog, and is also an Honorary Fellow of the Society.

Jo lives in Argyll with her husband Colin, a wildlife artist. In her blog, The Hazel Tree, she writes about the special and little-known places close to her home on the west coast.