‘Discover a powerful, evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing.
Dr Mya-Rose Craig D.Sc. h.c. who is also known as Birdgirl is a 20-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, race activist and environmentalist campaigning for equal access to nature, to stop climate change and biodiversity loss and ensure Global Climate Justice, which she believes are closely inter-linked. She has been birding all her life, started training as a bird ringer under the British Trust for Ornithology’s birding ringing scheme when she was only 9 years old, getting her licence at age 16, the youngest age possible. Nature and birds are her passion and she does everything she can to save nature and stop habitat loss.
She fights for the prioritisation of the human rights of indigenous peoples, being a Survival International Ambassador. Her first book, We have a Dream, was illustrated by Sabrena Khadija and published by Magic Cat Publishing. It highlights 30 young global environmentalists of colour, amplifying their voices in the Global North and was nominated for The Discover Book of the Year Category in the British Book Awards 2022 (Also known as The Nibbies).
Her memoir, Birdgirl, is published by Penguin Random House/Vintage Books, Jonathan Cape imprint. It is a book about her love of birds and how they helped her cope with her mum’s mental illness.
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