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Non-Fiction November: Choosing Non-Fiction
I’m so excited to take part in the Non-Fiction November blog event this year! Running for five weeks from Monday, October 27th to Sunday, November 30th, each week participants will discuss different prompts relating to their non-fiction reading. Week 2 is hosted by Frances at Volatile Rune. We all know by now that I am a…
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Non-Fiction November: Year in Review
I’m so excited to take part in the Non-Fiction November blog event this year! Running for five weeks from Monday, October 27th to Sunday, November 30th, each week participants will discuss different prompts relating to their non-fiction reading. Week 1 is hosted by Heather at Based on a True Story. So far this year, 15 out…
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Non-Fiction November: nature recommendations
Non-Fiction November was dreamt up by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups here in the UK, but these days it is all over the internet and championed by people of all ages. The idea is to focus on reading non-fiction books over the course of the month to learn new things and explore different perspectives.…
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To Have or To Hold by Sophie Pavelle
Synopsis: What can nature teach us about living together? Investigating eight symbiotic relationships trying to survive the climate and biodiversity crises, Sophie Pavelle explains why it has never been more vital for us to understand symbiosis. Symbiotic relationships regulate ecosystems, strengthen resilience and bind pivotal connections. Species living together in symbiosis is no accident –…
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Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Synopsis: Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in…
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The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth
Synopsis: By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more difficult to resurrect. But folk culture is all around us; sitting in our churches, swinging from our pubs and dancing through our streets, patiently waiting to be discovered, appreciated, saved and cherished. In The Lost Folk, Lally MacBeth is on…
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