Patrick Walsh Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Patrick Walsh

Lee Schofield, RSPB senior site manager at Haweswater and author of the book WILD FELL, on how rewiggling the Swindale Beck has seen the return of breeding salmon. Also on Radio 4’s TODAY programme earlier today at 07.40 am https://t.co/qdgZMHmwze

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“Maybe a single book can’t change the world, but what about a genre?” Andrea Wulf in today’s Guardian on the rise of cli-fi, and the impact of Richard Powers’ novel, THE OVERSTORY - “it makes my heart ache and my mind fly”. https://t.co/EqEpZVXJUu

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“…Imbler’s astonishing debut…” “The effect is transcendent. It is a fusion of science and memoir, and the nearest point of comparison that occurs to me is Primo Levi’s THE PERIODIC TABLE”. Rave Guardian review today by @mslucycooke of Sabrina Imbler’s MY LIFE IN SEA CREATURES https://t.co/5izuA7JfMM

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“I cannot think of any book that has had a bigger impact on my thinking than CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett”. Jim Al-Khalili with a superb choice in the Guardian Review’s feature on books that change the way we think. https://t.co/pNwFShI8A7

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Huge congratulations to Aamina Ahmad for winning the Gordon Bowker Volcano Award, with the prize to be presented at the Society of Authors’ ceremony tonight, with her first novel, THE RETURN OF FARAZ ALI - a big hurrah to @aaminaahmad and all at Sceptre and Riverhead publishers. https://t.co/d7VYzThaEU

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A big hurrah to Aamina Ahmad on winning the Best First Novel prize at the Writers’ Guild awards last night with THE RETURN OF FARAZ ALI! Hurrah to @aaminaahmad and all @SceptreBooks publishers in the UK, notably editor Carole Welch, and agents @agent_ayesha in New York. https://t.co/jQIaiR2CLE

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So delighted by this Farsi edition of Bill Browder’s bestselling FREEZING ORDER - link for free downloads beneath in Bill Browder’s website - bringing the book up to an amazing 21 different editions now. Congrats @Billbrowder https://t.co/JlP0utZRna

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“She writes poignantly….” “Carew’s stories of our affection and respect for animals are gripping”. The Financial Times’ Pilita Clark on Keggie Carew’s new book, BEASTLY, in the FT’s selection of the Best New Books on Climate and the Environment. https://t.co/rC9qezV88C

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“Within a few pages I was feeling the same excitement I had experienced when reading the manuscript of Emily St John Mandel’s STATION ELEVEN”. Paul Baggaley, editor-in-chief at Bloomsbury, on acquiring Sequoia Nagamatsu’s HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK for January 2022 publication. https://t.co/vitv4zxOnU

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Wall Street Journal reviews Michael Magee’s debut, CLOSE TO HOME …”a novel about the vulnerability of youth that feels altogether adult”. “This refreshingly excellent first book”. “A voice that is poised, colourful and direct and confident”… - WSJ https://t.co/CMK2d8LSUp

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