What a hoot! Or shoot?

This is a screenshot of Amazon taken on Sunday evening and Inglorious is #1 best seller in Target Shooting – despite not being published and not being reviewed except here.   I think what we take from this is that target shooters may not read many books?    

I write books

It’s not a great idea to have two books coming out within days of each other in the same month – but these things happen. And, as friends have said, it’s better than not having two books coming out within days of each other in the same month. On 20 July, Behind the Binoculars –…

Five weeks today we’ll be at the Palace Hotel

Five weeks today, at the Palace Hotel Buxton, there will be an evening to celebrate the Hen Harrier.  Henry is celebrating already! Tickets will go on sale in a week’s time, at £10 per head. The event will feature: Chris Packham, Mark Cocker (Buxton-born author), local performers, Jeremy Deller (Turner Prize winning artist see here…

Lions’ den? Four weeks today 2.

I’ve been asked to take part in a Game Fair ‘debate’ a month today – and I’ve said yes. I am clearly the token leftie on the panel whose other members are Owen Paterson MP (the former Secretary of State at Defra), Philip Merricks (Chair of the Hawk and Owl Trust) and Ian Coghill (Chair…

Four weeks today

Four weeks today, Inglorious – conflict in the uplands will be published by Bloomsbury. Inglorious has a Foreword by Chris Packham that is hard-hitting and passionate and makes the rest of the book look rather meek and mild. Inglorious starts with the Hen Harrier and its persecution by game interests, partly because many of us…