Author: trying to work out what we're doing here. Latest books: 'The Edges of the World' (Jan 2026), 'Pets and their People', 'Cry of the Wild', 'Being a Human', 'The Screaming Sky', 'Being a Beast' & 'A Little Brown Sea'. www.charlesfoster.co.uk
Charles Foster
Tomorrow! Join us if you can.
Charles Foster
Long-form, good read about what it means to be human (and more-than-human), filled with prompts derived from science, paleontology, various faiths, literature, and more. If you’re questing to find your place in this universe, set aside time to take this relatively quick journey.
Kind review of 'Pets and their People' in @TheTLS
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I've curated an exhibition at @bodleianlibs - shortly to open. Do come:
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/pets-a... @ExeterCollegeOx @BodPublishing
An extract from 'The Edges of the World' in the splendid @emergence_zine emergencemagazine.org/essay/what-a... @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @ExeterCollegeOx @alex_christofi
www.the-tls.com/science-tech... My review of 'In Trees: An exploration', by Robert Moor. @TheTLS
Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things
Charles Foster
Charles Foster
Is it better to be on the edge or in the centre? In this eccentric essay, the polymath Charles Foster puts forward a controversial thesis: edges are where all the good stuff happens, from evolution to human creativity – even if the centre people try to convince us otherwise
From the author of one of my all-time favorite books, Being a Beast, where
the author immerses himself in the lifestyles and habits of various British animals. If you haven’t read this book, I strongly suggest you would benefit from its narratives and wisdom.
Charles Foster
Charles Foster
Charles Foster
Most worthwhile books are concerned, in one way or another, with human flourishing. They typically describe people who are thriving or not thriving, or
Very much looking forward to being @hayfestival next week with @calflyn and @SeanFletcherTV Do join us if you can www.hayfestival.com/p-25285-cal-... @Making_Hay @ExeterCollegeOx @TransworldBooks @alex_christofi @DoubledayUK
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Charles Foster
Aeon Magazine
An extract from 'The Edges of the World' in the splendid @emergence_zine emergencemagazine.org/essay/what-a... @TransworldBooks @DoubledayUK @ExeterCollegeOx @alex_christofi
Charles Foster
Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Discover the relationship between humans and their pets - or pets and their humans
If reality is a fundamentally relational fabric, what are human beings? Drawing on theology, myth, and philosophical thought, Charles Foster proposes that we are most fully human at the edges of our c...
If reality is a fundamentally relational fabric, what are human beings? Drawing on theology, myth, and philosophical thought, Charles Foster proposes that we are most fully human at the edges of our c...
