News
October 2025
New book!
In the Circle of Ancient Trees: our oldest trees and the stories they tell
10 chapters, 10 iconic tree species, 10 different locations worldwide, 12 dendrochronologists telling the stories of the deep connections between trees and people in their professional memoirs. Illustrated by wood engravings by Blaze Cyan.
Together, we give a time dimension to your awe for trees.
In the Circle of Ancient Trees will be published in the UK on Oct 8, 2025 by UniPress and in North America on Oct 14, 2025 by Greystone. If you like trees, please pre-order with the publishers, at Indigo, at Bookshop.org, or at any of the usual places where you buy books in person or online.
I love to talk about my new book and all things ancient trees and dendrochronology! If you are interested in an interview or event, please reach out to Olivia Pearce (UK) or Lauren Hook (North America).
En ook in het Nederlands!
In de Ban van de Jaarring: onze oudste bomen en de verhalen die ze vertellen
wordt in November 2025 gepubliceerd door Lannoo. Ik kom in November ook naar België en Nederland, dus als je me graag wil horen praten over oude bomen of dendrochronologie, neem dan gerust kontakt op met Stefanie De Craemer. Er staan al wat events op de agenda in November, je vindt ze hier.
ABOUT VALERIEScientist & writer
I am a dendroclimatologist: I use the rings in trees to study the climate of the past and how it has influenced ecosystems and human history.
I am a professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. You can find my scientific publications here. I wrote Tree Story, a broad audience book about tree rings, climate history, and human history. It is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and has been translated into Dutch (my mother tongue): Wat Bomen Ons Vertellen. In Fall 2025, a new book will be published, that I wrote with 11 dendrochronologists and co-authors: In the Circle of Ancient trees. |
Mt Olymp, Greece, after a long day of coring trees
"Trees remember. They record history and they don't lie."
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