Book Reviews

Louise Kenward draws together the stories of people with disabilities and their love for nature in vital and timely read…

Writer Robyn Davidson explores her past, her family, time and memory in insightful and compelling fashion In 1977, at the…

Writer and researcher Jay Owens selects from her library some of her favourite and formative reads. Jay’s latest book, Dust,…

Audrey Osler reflects on her own heritage and the question that people of colour in the UK are all too…

Fascinating maps, conservation success stories and menacing volcanoes feature in our list of the best books of 2023 From Laura…

Ludovic Slimak reveals the true significance of the Neanderthals in this highly entertaining book Hands up everybody who knew that…

John Valliant recounts the 2016 apocalyptic Canadian fires in vivid detail and explores climate science Written with the pace and…

Geographer and media researcher Jay Owens explores the mudane modern marker of the world, and how it can cause planetary…

Jean-Baptiste Vidalou presents an unusual but interesting read on the capitalist notions of conservation Forests have always seemed to stand…

Laura Trethewey charts the fascinating history and pursuit of mapping the ocean floor We know more about the surface of…

Max Leonard takes the reader on a twisting journey as he explores human history through an icy lens It’s strange…

From glaciers in Alaska to Lake Titicaca, Waterworlds profiles the illuminating experiences of 12 people – or ‘waterkeepers’ – fighting…