How nature helped inspire Harklights by Tim Tilley

Harklights is a celebration of the wonder of the natural world, says author Tim Tilley, with forests a place of magic and enchantment in fairytales.

Harklights is a celebration of the wonder of the natural world, says author Tim Tilley, with forests a place of magic and enchantment in fairytales.

In this video, Tim Tilley explains how his love of nature helped to inspire Harklights and how his visits to local woods provided fresh ideas for his story.

In Harklights, orphan boy Wicks escapes the factory where he lives and works, and discovers a community of tiny people who protect the forest, but they seem powerless to prevent a new monster from its path of destruction.