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Tag: nature

Review: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Feye Lethem)

A short, elemental novel pulsing with the rhythms of time.

Contemporary, Environment, Fiction, Historical, nature, Novel, Spain

Review: An Immense World by Ed Yong

A majestic and intimate travelogue of animals’ sensory worlds.

Animals, nature, Nonfiction, science

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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This collection of essays explores the uncertainty of living in a time where our impact on the environment has become entangled in all our experiences of nature.
Ronnie Scott’s first novel, The Adversary, is one of my favourite reads of the past couple of years. His new book, Shirley, cements him as one of my favourite writers.
18-year-old Colin, seeking adventure and escape from his quaint village life in 1970s Surrey, stumbles on his birthday over the ‘tasty’ older biker Ray in the woodlands of Box Hill in this taught, menacing and poignant novel.
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