Ben Crane – ‘Blood Ties’ Ben Crane writes with uncanny accuracy and lyrical precision about the intricacies of birds’ behaviour and their instincts. He has a ruthless eye for the minute details of natural processes – of plumage, the patterns
Our Book of the Week: UNDERLAND by ROBERT MACFARLANE
Underland by Robert Macfarlane Underland is an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory and the land itself.
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Love is Blind by William Boyd Scottish piano tuner extraodinaire Brodie Moncur relates the story of his life, fleeing a tyrannical clergyman father in Edinburgh for a new life in Paris, during which an encounter with an international pianist brings Brodie
Our Book of the Week – Fiona Davison’s, ‘The Hidden Horticulturists’
The book tells the previously-untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape the way we garden today. In 2012, whilst working at the Royal Horticultural Society’s
Our Book of the Week – Ali Smith’s Spring
The third instalment of the seasonal quartet of Ali Smith novels, popular with critics. Engages inventively with the status quo, with the blossoming and budding of nature reflecting the politics of hope. Ali Smith’s writing is joyous and witty. Spring
Our Book Of The Week RSPB Guide to Birdsong
This fascinating book on Birds and Birdsong arrived to-day. You know those infuriating times on a walk when you hear birdsong and cannot identify the bird. This guide will help you idetify the birdsong by sound – there’s a soundwave
Special Price: ‘Underland’ by Robert Macfarlane
Publication date: 2nd May 2019
Regional Finalist – Midland Region – Independent Bookshop of the Year
BurwayBooks: the British Book Awards Independent Bookshop of the Year regional finalist – Midlands Region The judges said, “Making the regional shortlist is a tough feat: we received a huge number of fantastic entries this year so it really is a
Our Book of the Week
The Long Take By Robin Robertson This was our Book Review Club’s unanimous choice to win the Booker Prize in 2018 It’s a lyrical portrayal of a man returning from war changed by the horrors of war, seeking solace and
Our Book of the Week ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison
‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison The author of Costa-shortlisted, Baileys-longlisted At Hawthorn Time sets her latest novel on a Suffolk farm with World War Two imminent, with a glamorous outsider arriving from London, attempting to persuade young heroine