Lake Ontario is still Lake Ontario. And trumpery (which doesn't merit a capital letter) is still trumpery...

Lake Ontario is still Lake Ontario. And trumpery (which doesn't merit a capital letter) is still trumpery...

Lovely feeling on an eight-mile run… You’ve been staring down at uneven ground, lost in your thoughts. You look up for a landmark that should be just ahead — and realise you’ve already left it behind.

Graham Coster reckons he got "waylaid" by writing, but that writing -- at home and abroad -- collected now under his own imprint, taught him how to be a publisher: deskboundtraveller.com/writer-on-th....

Anjan Sundaram (anjansundaram.com) talks about his memoirs on the Congo and Rwanda, at Daunt Books in Cheapside, London, next week: deskboundtraveller.com/anjan-sundar.... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

A short story in song titles…

#ThePathlessLand is out later this week from @headofzeus.bsky.social. Here's a little video about the one HUGE difference between Ireland and Wales/England which prompted me to start writing the book...

A poem for these times, written by the far-sighted Wendell Berry nearly 60 years ago: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi....

Graham Coster reckons he got "waylaid" by writing, but that writing -- at home and abroad -- collected now under his own imprint, taught him how to be a publisher: deskboundtraveller.com/writer-on-th....

Online Book Club | The Letters of Seamus Heaney 📅 Fri, 28 Aug at 1pm: https://ow.ly/OVvt50ZEMOz Join us on Teams for a chat about this month's book, 'The Letters of #SeamusHeaney', a collection of personal letters from the great poet.

Online Book Club | The Letters of Seamus Heaney

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Taking place at the community-owned Montrose Playhouse from 11–13 September, this year’s LandxSea Film Festival will bring together 22 films exploring the future of land, sea and the living world www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/08/land... Image: still from Iso Attrill's 'Paradise'

Celebrating the first rain in Worthing (mizzle aside) since the end of June -- even if it drenched me on my morning run. Still managed 6.5 miles. Thanks again to the Boss.

Why do we love pictures? A few thoughts to celebrate World Photography Day: www.flakphoto.news/p/why-do-we-...

Why do we love pictures?

A few thoughts to celebrate World Photography Day

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In his new book, Colin Duncan Taylor reveals how human history is woven into the landscape of the Pyrenees, from the present day back to its very first inhabitants https://geographical.co.uk/culture/the-subterranean-secrets-of-the-pyrenees

The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees

Colin Duncan Taylor reveals how human history is woven into the landscape, from the present day back to its very first inhabitants

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With donkeys across Anatolia, and papermakers across India, Nepal and Bhutan: forthcoming books on travel and place: deskboundtraveller.com/travels-with....

Rory MacLean, whose 'Geography of Heaven' was published on Aug 6, talks to Eland Books about how he was transported as a child, how he was betrayed by the movie industry, and a Christmas Day gift from David Bowie that helped him write his book on Berlin. mailchi.mp/fcd03cc92fca...

Happy 50th to the kemptownbookshop.co.uk in Brighton, where I've made some happy discoveries in the past few years: deskboundtraveller.com/down-by-the-....

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Kemptown Bookshop is celebrating 50 years in business with the publication of an anthology exploring the role and significance of bookshops. 👇

Happy 50th to the kemptownbookshop.co.uk in Brighton, where I've made some happy discoveries in the past few years: deskboundtraveller.com/down-by-the-....

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Kemptown Bookshop is celebrating 50 years in business with the publication of an anthology exploring the role and significance of bookshops. 👇

Rory MacLean, whose 'Geography of Heaven' was published on Aug 6, talks to Eland Books about how he was transported as a child, how he was betrayed by the movie industry, and a Christmas Day gift from David Bowie that helped him write his book on Berlin. mailchi.mp/fcd03cc92fca...

Lacking protective glasses, I turned my back on last week’s partial eclipse. I watched light stream through a colander, making marks that did turn gradually from dots to crescents. Then I read again the marks that Annie Dillard made after witnessing a total eclipse in the Yakima Valley in Washington

Book of the Week on Radio 4: Helena Attlee’s ‘The Fire in the Mountain’. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

BBC Sounds - The Fire in the Mountain: Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Fire in the Mountain: Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee on BBC Sounds.

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Hellin Kay, writing in Beyond The Last Estate, really gets GREYHOUND. I’ll take ‘ethereal narrative’ and ‘dystopian ride through what America has become in a time of relentless tech and AI. You can order copies of this fantastic journal here: beyondthelastestate.com #litmags #beyondthelastestate

Apologies for missing closing quote mark after AI. I’m too hot to type…

With donkeys across Anatolia, and papermakers across India, Nepal and Bhutan: forthcoming books on travel and place: deskboundtraveller.com/travels-with....

The best books on night trains? @danzep.bsky.social, who knows a thing or two about journeys in the dark, offers his choice in @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/culture/book....

Three books about night trains: from Agatha Christie to Monisha Rajesh

Snuggle up in your sleeper bunk with a poetry anthology, a stirring modern travelogue and Hercule Poirot

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Thanks @alexniven.bsky.social and the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social for this review - and St Helens featured in an art work (which is a rare thing); source: St Helens Glass Town (2011) by Tessa Coleman. All Rights Reserved 2026 / Bridgeman Images www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

An anti-guidebook to Andy Burnham's Britain

Chris Moss’s new books is travelogue from the places that will decide the country's future

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The 2026 #WainwrightPrize Shortlists are here! 📚🌿 Across six categories, 43 outstanding books celebrate the power of stories to connect people and planet, from nature writing and conservation to breathtaking illustration and inspiring children's books. wainwrightprize.com

It’s just THREE days until Women, Walking publishes. I’m so excited to see it in the world! Featuring work by Josie Giles, Polly Atkin, Kate Norbury, Helen Mort, Kate Davies, Beatrice Searle, Anna Fleming, Linda Cracknell, Gail Simmons and Anita Sethi #BookSky