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Tag: nature

Review: Otherlands by Thomas Halliday

A safari through time with an urgent message about the future.

Dinosaurs, Fossils, nature, nature writing, Nonfiction, Palaeontology, science

Review: Under A White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert

A gripping, frightening and weirdly hopeful look at the lengths we’ll have to go to to fix global problems.

Climate change, Environment, Extinction, nature, Nonfiction

Review: Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald

A virtuosic collection of essays about the meanings we invest in nature and animals.

Animals, British, Climate change, Environment, Essays, nature, nature writing, Nonfiction

Review: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life is a mind-expanding trip into the world of fungi, and a model for nature and science writing.

biology, ecology, Environment, Fungi, Mushrooms, mycology, nature, Nonfiction, science

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A white middle class New York family heads into the woods and the world ends in Rumaan Alam’s gleefully silly horror-comedy.
Bodies Of Light tells the story of Holly, a 40-something woman who lives in Vermont. When she is one day contacted by someone who thinks she might be someone else on Facebook, the novel cuts back into the past to explore Holly’s childhood in Melbourne - and why she has taken on several new identities during her life.
A tricksy collection of poetry from poet and academic Kate Lilley.
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