There have been very few entries for this fiendishly difficult quiz which could win you a copy of Behind the Binoculars (see review by Rare Bird Alert here) – but someone must win, so why not have a go! Entries close tomorrow (Sunday) at 1800. Behind the Binoculars is a series of interviews with birdy…
Category: AUTHOR: Reflections, Inglorious, Message from Martha, Remarkable Birds etc
Another great review of Inglorious
It would, perhaps, be a bit surprising if the guys at Raptor Persecution Scotland weren’t keen on Inglorious – but stranger things have happened. And so I was relieved that they seemed to love it! Inglorious is not a book about raptors – it’s a book about the ills of driven grouse shooting. But there…
What a hoot! Or shoot?
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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 –…
Are you in Behind the Binoculars? And a readers’ offer.
You are if you are one of the interviewees: Ian Newton, the late Phil Hollom, Rebecca Nason, Chris Packham, Steph Tyler, Debbie Pain, Stuart Winter, Lee Evans, Steve Gantlett, Mark Cocker, Ian Wallace, Andy Clements, Mike Clarke, Roger Riddington, Stephen Moss, Alan Davies and Ruth Miller, Robert Gillmor and the two ‘authors’. You are if…
Five weeks today we’ll be at the Palace Hotel
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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…
Corner Laughers’ new album and video
Do you remember the Passenger Pigeon? Do you remember Martha? Do you remember the Corner Laughers? Here is the Corner Laughers’ latest video of their song Martha (Cincinnati, 1914) which is the shortest song, and naturally my favourite, on their new album Matilda Effect. The best of luck to Karla and the guys on a…
Martha – the play!
I didn’t expect to get an email like this one – how wonderful! Dear Mark, First off I hope you don’t mind a stranger contacting you out of the blue. I’d like to tell you how much I enjoyed my now well-worn copy of A Message From Martha. It was not only an astonishingly well…