Some of you have kindly asked for some more details of the book. There's something about it here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/454189...

My review of Byung Chul Han's splendid 'In Praise of the Earth': www.the-tls.com/regular-feat... @thetls.bsky.social @byungchulhan.bsky.social

Soon my next book, 'The Edges of the World' will be published. It's the most important thing I've written. I'm told that preorders are particularly important to the eventual success of a book. So perhaps you might.....https://tinyurl.com/277bth3p @TransworldBooks @PenguinUKBooks

I wasn't sure what @tweedpipe.bsky.social would make of #LandBeneaththeWaves, so I was made up when he gave such generous feedback. I particularly liked his comments "This one's different" and "It will endure long after more emollient books have been pulped." Thanks Charles! #naturewriting #booksky

My review of Living in Wonder by @Roddreher and The Spirituality Gap by @abi-millar.bsky.social in @TheTLS the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc... From the-tls.co.uk

You'll learn lots of amazing swift science too, and while reading this I have certainly been looking up into the spring skies with an extra dose of awe and respect. 3/4

And beautiful illustrations by @JonathanMPomroy and tactile, high-quality and pleasingly tactile production by @LittleToller. Highly recommended 4/4

This year I chose two Books of the Year. Paul Donald's @Alauda123 Traffication and Charles Foster's @tweedpipe Cry of the Wild Very different books except for being equally superb. More info and full reviews https://markavery.info/2023/11/26/this-blogs-books-of-the-year-2023/

I just finished "The Screaming Sky". An amazing book. It's about swifts, and about the author's obsession with them (and @tweedpipe IS obsessed!). More than that it is a deep dive into the perfection & miracle of any and every species, each an equal product of evolution 1/4..

"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" http://t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe

‘Real ale is like many rare & sensitive animals. It is driven out by noise & smoke & bright lights. It thinks that pubs are places in which to drink, talk, laugh, sing & play darts, rather than places for standing sullenly, fighting, & catching herpes from teenagers.’ @tweedpipe

"Have you ever wondered why the lager producers market their stuff as best drunk ice-cold? Cold anaesthetises your taste buds!" - @tweedpipe

Good morning. Very mild isn't it? It is here. A week from Christmas Eve. Long nights. Time to settle down with a good book? My joint books of 2023 were Traffication by @Alauda123 and Cry of the Wild by @tweedpipe Reviews of many other 'nature' books of 2023 here

Shortlisted authors who are also on Twitter include: @StephenMoss_TV @KeggieC @GarryBagnell @TZBirder @tweedpipe @Alauda123 @DrRJWarren @ChrisGPackham @alicksimmons @elvirawerkman @LulahEllender @drkierachapman @forallthebirds1...

This week’s #InspirationAleQuote comes from the great Charles Foster (@tweedpipe). Sadly, this sentiment is as true today as it was in 2011. https://t.co/soMAZLsklX

"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" http://t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe