Nature & Place

Reviews of books about nature and/or place.

Book review: ‘Is a River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane

Rivers as living entities: preposterous animism or a useful metaphor?
Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman

Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.
Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins

The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.
Book review: ‘Wonder’ by Ana Sampson (ed.)

The Natural History Museum poetry book.
Book review: ‘Belonging’ by Amanda Thomson

Natural histories of place, identity and home.
Book review: ‘Cairn’ by Kathleen Jamie

Magnificent short pieces about entering a new phase in one’s life.
Book review: ‘Late Light’ by Michael Malay

The secret wonders of a disappearing world.
Book review: ‘Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World’ by Barry Lopez

A thoughtfully observed posthumous collection of essays.
Book review: ‘The Accidental Garden’ by Richard Mabey

Gardens, wilderness and the space in between.
Book review: ‘The Tree House’ by Kathleen Jamie

Poetry grounded squarely in the real world.
Book review: ‘The Golden Mole’ by Katherine Rundell

Interesting facts about remarkable species.
Book review: ‘Writing Landscape’ by Linda Cracknell

Essays on landscape and writing.