James Rebanks
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
26 books finished this year, which is not a bad score at all. Book of the Year has to be this one - The Place of Tides by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social Honourable mentions go to The Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social and The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. Any other year they would have won.
Lou Lyz@magpiehound.bsky.social · last yr.Book 6 - The Place of Tides by James Rebanks What should be the simple account of a season with one of the last "duck women" of Norway is transformed into a mesmerising, expansive, addictive read by James' humanity and compassion. Spellbinding. An early contender for book of the year. Read it.
Thank you to everyone who has bought this book. Thrilled it has become a bestseller and found so much love. Take care folks.
This long interview on the state of farming and our food system with @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is really interesting. The bit from about 45 minutes in especially so.
Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.
bbc.co.uk
Just finished reading @herdyshepherd.bsky.social "The Place of Tides". A beautiful book, but now sat watching the rain streaming down the window as tears stream down my face asking myself if I'm making any kind of positive difference to the world, however small.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this wide-ranging conversation is oh so good. Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is able with great, grounded eloquence to say it as it is. If You think #wendellberry is good - listen to this. Not sure about everything in Rajan’s concluding summary but generally good.
Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.
bbc.co.uk
🌱Great to hear two of our major reports spotlighted by James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social on BBC Sounds: Radical with Amol Rajan. 👉Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Read the reports: ➡️'Farming for Change' ffcc.co.uk/publications... ➡️‘Paying the Price’ ffcc.co.uk/publications...
One of the things people don’t realise is that only about 15% (at most) of food price paid at the till goes to the farmer in the most ‘advanced’ versions of this food system There is some evidence that on average farmers actually subsidise such system with their free or sub cost labour
Nicola Pitchford@npitchford.bsky.social · 9mo ago“92% of [UK] farmers think the greatest threat to the long-term growth of British farming is the government.” While farmers go bankrupt, “Food prices have risen by around 37% in the last five years.” Who is this serving? Without small farmers, we have no food, no nature & environment, no security.
“92% of [UK] farmers think the greatest threat to the long-term growth of British farming is the government.” While farmers go bankrupt, “Food prices have risen by around 37% in the last five years.” Who is this serving? Without small farmers, we have no food, no nature & environment, no security.
James Rebanks@herdyshepherd.bsky.social · 9mo agoAnd this… unherd.com/2025/11/coul...
Just finished reading English Pastoral by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social An absolute must read for anyone managing land or involved in ecology in the UK. I was blown away by the honesty & pragmatism in this book. #booksky 1/3
On today's new Little Atoms podcast, James Rebanks (@herdyshepherd.bsky.social) on his latest book The Place of Tides, out now in paperback from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
Little Atoms 974 - James Rebanks' The Place of Tides | Little Atoms
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Another beautifully written book by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social. A great relief from all the trumpishness, and a joy to read.
Finished... like all the best non-fiction, it's about so much more than its subject - it's made me think about legacy, loss and resilience and how individuals can make a difference to the world. A wonderful book... even though it put a little dust in my eye... Thank you @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
Jon Vernon@onlyindevon.co.uk · 11mo agoThe Place of Tides by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social It's marvellous.
Birthday on the boat this morning and very pleased with my present from Liz. @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
This is a truly life-affirming book by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social Read it and you’ll discover a remarkable culture, a remarkable place and most of all a remarkable person.
The second of the short animations made by the amazing Gabriella Marsh for The Place of Tides, with excerpts read by the equally amazing (!) author, James Rebanks. @herdyshepherd.bsky.social will be with us at Stroud’s Sub Rooms on 18th September. Info and tickets here: ylbevent.link/rebanks.
‘The island was waiting for us to leave… and now I was ready to go home again. Like Anna I had a place to care for, and it was time to go back and do that’ @herdyshepherd.bsky.social will be in Stroud next month. Thanks to Gabriella Marsh. Info and tickets here: ylbevent.link/rebanks.
I just finished the Place of Tides by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social James Rebanks. A beautiful read! I got a glimpse of the life of a “duck woman” and how remarkable people are just people.
If we are to save the world, we have to start somewhere. Delighted to confirm that @herdyshepherd.bsky.social (James Rebanks), will be with us at Stroud Sub Rooms on Thursday 18th September. Information and booking here: thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/jam...
The final animation for The Place of Tides. Thanks everyone for making my little book a bestseller.
The final animation for The Place of Tides. Thanks everyone for making my little book a bestseller.