“Crucially, The Living Mountain needs to be understood as a parochial work in the most expansive sense.” Robert Macfarlane on Nan Shepherd’s uniquely poetic memoir of life in the Cairngorm Mountains. | Lit Hub Criticism “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-19 10:30:35 UTC ]
More than 150 writers and industry professionals are asking the firm, which is a leading sponsor of UK literary festivals, to drop their investmentsMore than 150 authors and books industry professionals including Naomi Klein, Robert Macfarlane, Emma Dabiri and Geoff Dyer have signed a statement... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-13 11:35:41 UTC ]
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. Here at the British Council, we're proud to work with the Prize to support the selected writers early in their... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2023-02-13 14:40:41 UTC ]
“Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam. But no.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-11-19 10:00:06 UTC ]
Everyone peaked too early. You remember. The beginning of lockdown, when suddenly half of your friends were FaceTiming you about Tiger King, or downloading a language app, and so many people ordered yoga mats online that they took an estimated six weeks to be delivered. Now the yoga mat... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-05-22 15:30:00 UTC ]
Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak and Roger Robinson are among the writers shortlisted for this year's £10,000 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 11:07:07 UTC ]
Robert MacFarlane has triumphed at the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize with eighth book Underland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 02:32:00 UTC ]
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have begun "an even more ambitious and necessary project” than the publishing phenomenon The Lost Words for Hamish Hamilton, entitled The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian McEwan will join writers James Ellroy, Jeanette Winterson and Robert Macfarlane on the Southbank Centre’s Summer 2019 Literature Season, with a packed programme of more than 25 events taking place from April to August. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The founder of a folk festival has commissioned eight musicians to create a body of music based on The Lost Words, the illustrated book that celebrates lost nature words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new audiobook and a crowdfunding campaign to supply hospices are just some of the events happening around Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’ The Lost Words, which celebrates its first birthday on 5th October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of crowdfunding campaigns to buy copies of Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' nature anthology, The Lost Words, has now reached 15, with new campaigns in Powys, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recent critical acclaim enjoyed by illustrator and writer Jackie Morris as a consequence of The Lost Words, her collaboration with Robert Macfarlane, has helped draw attention to a 25-year career of book artistry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book by Robert Macfarlane, the chairman of judges of this year's Man Booker Prize is shortlisted for another literary award, the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Macfarlane is to chair the judging panel for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]