THE VANISHING EARTH @bloomsbury @scribeuk | WILD HISTORY @BirlinnBooks | Presenter @BBCRadio4 TAKE FOUR BOOKS | Editor @PolygonBooks | CHAIR of the Board @edbookfest jamescrawford.space
James Crawford
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Historian and journalist Crawford takes readers on ‘a journey to the literal and ideological frontiers of extraction’ in this sweeping account of the toll the pursuit of endless economic growth has taken on the planet.
On today's #TakeFourBooks on BBC R4 I talked with @amitav.bsky.social about his new novel GHOST EYE and his 3 influences: two ghost stories - one about a haunted palace, another about a haunted river - and Robert Macfarlane's luminous "Is A River Alive?" Listen now! 📚🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
“A dizzying feat of reporting” - delighted with this early starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my forthcoming book THE VANISHING EARTH from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social & @scribepub.bsky.social!
Had wonderfully wide-ranging chat with Douglas Stuart on BBC R4 - recorded @hayfestival.bsky.social - about new novel JOHN OF JOHN & the 3 works that influenced it: 3 novels of fathers and sons (and daughters!) by Marilynne Robinson, David Leavitt and John McGahern
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This is a very powerful book. It is a difficult read at times but it is - in many ways - a must read for us all. Learned of it via the excellent Take Four Books hosted by the brilliant @jdcrawf.bsky.social
Loved talking to @katiekitamura.bsky.social on BBCR4 about her latest @thebookerprizes.com & @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social shortlisted novel AUDITION and 3 brilliant influences inc Rosemary's Baby, Javier Marias, Maupassant (& bonus influence David Lynch!) Listen now! 👇
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A great episode. ‘Audition’ has been on my bookshelf for a few months but has now jumped to the top of my TBR.
Learned about this excellent book via BBC Radio 4’s Take Four Books hosted by the irrepressible @jdcrawf.bsky.social. Then saw Colm discuss it @hayfestival.bsky.social & just finished reading it! Loved the Catalan Girls. #IAmReading #JustRead #TakeFourBooks
📻 @jdcrawf.bsky.social talks to Solvej Balle about her 4th volume (there are spoilers if you haven't read 1-3) and the books that influenced her writing.
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It's only in the period of modernity, just as we began to lay waste to the planet, that non-human voices came to be silenced [in literature]. If non-human voices were included in a text, that text came to be regarded as children's literature. ~ Amitav Ghosh
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Historian and journalist Crawford (The Edge of the Plain) takes readers on “a journey to the literal and ideological frontiers o...
Historian and journalist Crawford takes readers on ‘a journey to the literal and ideological frontiers of extraction’ in this sweeping account of the toll the pursuit of endless economic growth has taken on the planet.
Loved talking to @katiekitamura.bsky.social on BBCR4 about her latest @thebookerprizes.com & @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social shortlisted novel AUDITION and 3 brilliant influences inc Rosemary's Baby, Javier Marias, Maupassant (& bonus influence David Lynch!) Listen now! 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Historian and journalist Crawford (The Edge of the Plain) takes readers on “a journey to the literal and ideological frontiers o...
On today's #TakeFourBooks on BBC R4 I talked with @amitav.bsky.social about his new novel GHOST EYE and his 3 influences: two ghost stories - one about a haunted palace, another about a haunted river - and Robert Macfarlane's luminous "Is A River Alive?" Listen now! 📚🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Interesting discussion on the Solvej Balle septet, or at least the four volumes so far translated into English, followed but recommendations for novels in translation, and translators to look out for
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