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‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 1’ by P.G. Wodehouse

Book review: ‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 1’ by P.G. Wodehouse

What-ho!

Published 21-Jun-2015
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘The Tree House’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘The Tree House’ by Kathleen Jamie

Poetry grounded squarely in the real world.

Published 13-Nov-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

Getting lost as a way to finding yourself.

Published 11-Oct-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

A curiously compelling mix of memoir and anti-memoir.

Published 25-Aug-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Tags: reviews
‘Edgelands’ by Farley & Symmons Roberts

Book review: ‘Edgelands’ by Paul Farley & Michael Symmons Roberts

Journeys into England's true wilderness.

Published 25-Aug-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘After Nature’ by WG Sebald

Book review: ‘After Nature’ by W.G. Sebald

Three long-form poems, best read as prose.

Published 14-Mar-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

A book about photography.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: photography, reviews
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their lives together.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: patti smith, reviews
‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Selected poems, 1964–2001.

Published 11-Mar-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

Book review: ‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

A manifesto.

Published 27-Oct-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews

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