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Reviews: Nature Writing

‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson

Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson

The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.

Published 31-Jan-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Science Tags: birds, reviews
’Landfill’ by Tim Dee

Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee

A celebration of gulls.

Published 31-Jan-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: birds, reviews
Our Place

Book review: ‘Our Place’ by Mark Cocker

Can we save Britain’s wildlife before it’s too late?

Published 29-Sep-2018
Unnatural Selection

Book review: ‘Unnatural Selection’ by Katrina van Grouw

Art meets science in this stunningly illustrated book.

Published 25-Jul-2018
Ground Work

Book review: ‘Ground Work’ by Time Dee (ed.)

Writings on places and people.

Published 11-Jun-2018

Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell

A journey into silence.

Published 19-Dec-2017
‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 9 in the Wormingford series.

Published 08-Aug-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: ronald blythe, wormingford series
‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard

Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard

An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.

Published 08-Aug-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing, Science Tags: annie-dillard

Book review: ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ by Annie Dillard

Pulitzer-Prize-winning ruminations on the natural world.

Published 05-Apr-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: annie-dillard

Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison

Four walks in English weather.

Published 18-May-2016

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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