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Reviews: Nature Writing

‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

Nature writing from the other side of the fence.

Published 23-Sep-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘Deep Country’ by Neil Ansell

Book review: ‘Deep Country’ by Neil Ansell

Five years in the Welsh hills.

Published 11-Aug-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Unclassifiable masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Nature Writing, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘The Unofficial Countryside’ by Richard Mabey

Book review: ‘The Unofficial Countryside’ by Richard Mabey

How nature can sometimes thrive in man-made environments.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

A history of a fascination.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews, robert macfarlane
‘Nature Cure’ by Richard Mabey

Book review: ‘Nature Cure’ by Richard Mabey

Nature writer recovers from depression by reconnecting with nature.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
Notes From Walnut Tree Farm

Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin

The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin's first masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, hms beagle, reviews
'River Diary' by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘River Diary’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 5 of the Wormingford series.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: ronald blythe, wormingford series
‘A Year at Bottengoms Farm’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘A Year at Bottengoms Farm’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 4 of the Wormingford series.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: ronald blythe, wormingford series

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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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