Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Monday, 15 June 2026

Guest review by Sue Purkiss: RAISING HARE, by Chloe Dalton

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"The writing shines with a crisp clarity ..." Sue Purkiss has enjoyed parallel careers in teaching and writing. Starting as an En...
Monday, 26 January 2026

Guest review by Nicki Thornton: THE IMPOSSIBLE THING by Belinda Bauer

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  "The Impossible Thing  is more than just a perfectly plotted thriller, it’s a masterpiece of storytelling." Nicki Thornton is a...
Monday, 30 June 2025

LOST ANIMALS, DISAPPEARING WORLDS - STORIES OF EXTINCTIONS by Barbara Allen, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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  "Allen says that she wrote this book 'accompanied by many tears', but warns that it is too easy to judge the generations that...
Monday, 20 January 2025

Guest review by Laura Parker: THE PLACE OF TIDES by James Rebanks

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  "This experience has caused Rebanks to dig much deeper as a writer. His enforced time out has him reaching for greater profundity whi...
Monday, 16 September 2024

Guest review by Nick Manns: H IS FOR HAWK by Helen Macdonald

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  "The notion of ‘looking’ is a key term in this book, and a suitable one for someone on a quest." Nick Manns taught English in c...
Monday, 2 May 2022

Guest review by Linda Sargent: 12 BIRDS TO SAVE YOUR LIFE - NATURE'S LESSONS IN HAPPINESS by Charlie Corbett

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  "Rediscovering his connection to the natural world through reacquainting himself with birds, their habitats and song." Linda Sar...
Monday, 8 November 2021

Guest review by Tina Jackson: FEATHERHOOD by Charlie Gilmour

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  "A beautiful book about the nature of what is wild, and what can and cannot be tamed; about nature and nurture and how the two can co...
Monday, 4 October 2021

Guest review by Judith Allnatt: ENGLISH PASTORAL - AN INHERITANCE, by James Rebanks

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"In a world trembling at the brink of climate disaster, this is both a timely and a hopeful book..." Judith Allnatt writes short ...
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Monday, 15 June 2020

Guest review by Elen Caldecott: HIDDEN NATURE by Alys Fowler

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"It is the story of someone yearning for adventure, yearning for the feeling of being alive and active, but doing so within five m...
Sunday, 19 April 2020

Lockdown Sunday extra: NATURE CURE by Richard Mabey

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"In these days of coronavirus lockdown and climate emergency, the finding of solace in the natural world is ever more significant....
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Monday, 2 March 2020

Guest review by Sue Purkiss: SIGHTLINES by Kathleen Jamie

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"... the reader is right there with her, feeling the force of a wind strong enough to knock you over, seeing how gannets glint ...