The Book of Awakening provides small doses of what really matters: simple truths and stories from everyday lives, plus inspiration from the great wisdom traditions. Each day's entry is accompanied by commonplace yet profound practices, designed to help us live the life we want by being present to the life we have.

Designed as a companion and soul-friend, this is a book of marvels woven from the author’s own story, stories of others’ struggles with their humanness, and truths from the great wisdom traditions. Each entry is a work of art, accompanied by a practice that makes for a completely original call to awaken the mind and the senses.

Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over thirty years. A cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship.

Quercus Publishing Plc was founded by Mark Smith (now Chief Executive) and Wayne Davies (now Executive Director, Digital) in May 2004. Starting out in a small office on Dorset Street in London, the company published several bestselling titles fuelling rapid expansion. It wasn’t long before Quercus moved to much larger quarters in Bloomsbury Square.