LOOKOUT

Part memoir, part adventure story, and part environmental cris de coeur, LOOKOUT will delight readers of Annie Dillard, Cheryl Strayed, and Rebecca Solnit.

In LOOKOUT, Moyles' second book, she takes reader to the boreal forest in norther Alberta, where, from a 100-foot-high tower, she scans the horizon for any hint of wildfire. Alone at her station with her beloved dog, Holly, Moyles contemplates the love she had recently lost, the beauty of nature, her seemingly endless isolation and solitude, and the threat of environmental crisis. She takes readers inside the unique culture of wildfire detection and combat, with its rugged men, camaraderie, honoured traditions, and history. Throughout, she grapples with loss and longing, with both a personal and environmental lens.


Trina Moyles is a freelance writer, journalist, photographer, human rights activist, and community organizer. Her first book, Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World, wove together the narratives of female farmers and farm workers across three continents. Trina has now completed her fifth season at a fire tower, and is currently working on her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. In September 2018, CBC Radio Edmonton interviewed Trina about her daily life as a lookout observer (See http://www.trinamoyles.com/media).

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