Books by Patrick Barkham
“Barkham examines the role that nature, and the absence of nature, has on children. He focuses on his own three children, and on the children he meets when he works as a volunteer at a ‘wild nursery,’ and various ‘forest school’-type projects. He’s plainly a superb father, and on one level the book can be read as a touching account of the business of fatherhood and an illustration of the crucial principle that we learn far, far more from our children than they can ever learn from us.” Read more...
Charles Foster, Medical Scientist
“Patrick Barkham, who’s a nature writer for the Guardian, visits a number of the islands around the United Kingdom, wondering if there’s anything which makes life on those islands different from the mainland, and if so what it is.” Read more...
The Best Nature Writing of 2017
Charles Foster, Medical Scientist
Interviews where books by Patrick Barkham were recommended
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Swimming With Seals
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Animals Strike Curious Poses
by Elena Passarello -
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Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and their Effects on our Bodies, Brains and Health
by Rupert Sheldrake -
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Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago
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The Seabirds Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers
by Adam Nicolson
The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster
The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster
Sales of nature books have been booming, but only the most exacting of authors get right to the heart of our own interconnectedness with the natural world, says Charles Foster, bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he chooses five of the best books of nature writing published in 2017.
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Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature
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English Pastoral: An Inheritance
by James Rebanks -
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake -
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The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge
by Jeffrey J Kripal -
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Vesper Flights
by Helen Macdonald (author and narrator)
The Best Nature Books of 2020, recommended by Charles Foster
The Best Nature Books of 2020, recommended by Charles Foster
Charles Foster—the barrister, ethicist and bestselling author of Being a Beast—selects five brilliant nature books that reflect a new boom in nature writing in 2020, many of which ask us to examine more closely the interconnectedness of all things.
