This is not a bird or nature book, but given that this is a campaigning website then I think you’ll find that there is plenty in this book for you if you want the world to be a different place. And I do, and know that many of you do too. Much of the book…
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Sunday book – but not a review
My book, Inglorious – conflict in the uplands was published almost exactly two years ago in hardback, and almost exactly a year ago, in an updated paperback edition (pictured above) . I still haven’t made my fortune from it but it has sold well – over 5000 copies. It’s not a book about Hen…
Sunday book review – Sky Dancer by Gill Lewis
This is a book about Hen Harriers too (see reviews of The Hen Harrier and Bowland Beth)! But this book takes a different perspective – it is a novel about the impacts that Hen Harriers, and their persecution, have on a local family and the community in which it sits. In theory, this is a…
Writing competition – write a book review of George Monbiot’s Feral
Writing competition – write a book review of George Monbiot’s Feral Last year this blog held a writing competition which produced some excellent articles (including this winner in the Wildlife and Politics category by Kerri ni Dochartaigh). I have some ideas for further writing competitions and this is the first one. Write a book review of…
Sunday book review – Bowland Beth by David Cobham
I very much enjoyed David Cobham’s previous book on raptors, A Sparrowhawk’s Lament. This new, slim offering has many of the same features that made that book such a pleasure to read; a love of raptors, a selection of anecdotes and a range of snippets of conversations with others involved in the subject. But this…