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Writing tagged: ‘Amy Liptrot’

Hickey’s, Clonmel, 2007

My unplanned archives

Collections of informally documented stuff have become my archives of sorts.

Published 07-Aug-2022
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Darwin book, note-making
Hockney’s ‘A Year in Normandie’

Newsletter No. 29: ‘An inspiration’

David Hockney • starling murmurations • ancient scripts • wet plate photography • Amy Liptrot • Black Death! • book reviews

Published 01-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, ancient scripts, David Hockney, photography, starlings
Timber hitch

Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’

The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova

Published 21-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Charles Darwin, Jen, Kapka Kassabova, prehistory, swallows, W.G. Sebald
‘The Instant’ by Amy Liptrot

Book review: ‘The Instant’ by Amy Liptrot

The follow-up to the best-selling ‘The Outrun’.

Published 18-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Amy Liptrot, reviews
Sheep

Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’

Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

Published 25-Feb-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, bats, Darwin book, early medieval history, insects, Philip Hoare, Tim Dee, vikings
Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

One of the advantages of living in the same area as a number of other nature-writerish types is you occasionally receive really good tip-offs.

Published 19-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, clouds, Hebden Bridge
Slug

Newsletter No. 21: ‘Positively sluggish’

Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…

Published 19-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Amy Liptrot, Clive James, Darwin book, insects, Kathleen Jamie, LRB, Mark Cocker, Melissa Harrison, Patrick Wright, Patti Smith, Richard Mabey, Tim Dee
Heptonstall

12 May 2020

A second swift, and some spectacular light.

Published 12-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, swifts
Kathleen Jamie & Amy Liptrot
Kathleen Jamie & Amy Liptrot

6 February 2020

A walk on the Moor, and some encouragement from my favourite writer.

Published 06-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, Caught by the River, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, Kathleen Jamie, On the Moor (book), the Moor, trig point 4144
Dipper

Newsletter No. 18: ‘169 in giraffe-years’

Julian Hoffman · CGP Grey · WG Sebald · Kathleen Jamie · Tim Dee · LRB · Alan Bennett · Caught by the River

Published 04-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Amy Liptrot, Backlisted podcast, Darwin book, Julian Hoffman, Kathleen Jamie, LRB, Roger Deakin, Tim Dee, W.G. Sebald
Caught by the River
Amy Liptrot

20 November 2019

A Caught by the River event in Todmorden.

Published 20-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, Caught by the River, on writing, Todmorden, Willowherb Review, Zaffar Kunial
Neil Ansell & Amy Liptrot
Neil Ansell & Amy Liptrot.

3 November 2019

In which I finally get to meet author and online friend Neil Ansell, along with local pal Amy Liptrot.

Published 03-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Neil Ansell, Todmorden

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