Women's Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted Chloe Dalton for Raising Hare

Please note this event is now being held at St Swithins's Church.

'A beautiful book' ANGELINA JOLIE
'I will be recommending this to everyone' MATT HAIG
'Hare is now lodged in my heart' TRACY CHEVALIER

When Chloe, a city-dwelling professional with a high-pressure job, finds a newly born hare, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she gives it a chance at survival - despite being the least likely caregiver to this wild animal.

Raising Hare chronicles an extraordinary relationship between human and animal, rekindling our sense of awe towards nature and wildlife. Their improbable bond of trust reminds us that the most remarkable experiences, inspiring the most hope, often arise when we least expect them.

Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in your house for hours on end. This happened to me.

Chloe Dalton is a political adviser and foreign policy specialist. She spent over a decade working in the UK Parliament and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has advised for many prominent figures. Raising Hare is her first book.

Raising Hare was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2024, the Hatchards and Biographers' Club First Biography Prize 2024 and The British Book Awards. It was the Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2025, and it was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025.