Here are my nature and wildlife book reviews. I also do the occasional review of art, culture and comedy events and podcasts.
Isn’t this the most exciting time to be alive? There is a paradigm shift happening which is going to change our attitudes to wildlife forever. The non-fiction books I read tend to be by authors who are extending those new conversations. Science has been a bit slow to keep up but the evidence is not coming from there. It’s from people living inside nature, not studying it from the outside.
These books are giving us a new way to see the world. Meaning their authors are helping everyone rebuild the narrative. This puts them on the front line. They are creating conversations we need to have if we’re to rebuild a habitable world.
Among these books are, in my opinion, some of the most influential. They are creating conversations essential to creating a global chance in human values.
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I’ve been racking my brain to think whether I’ve ever laughed in a wildlife doco before. I don’t think I have. Could Prime’s Octopus (Jigsaw Productions) be the world’s first …
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Table of Contents Toggle Half-truths and empty debateMy moment of resignationHow to spot an ecological fraudsterCorporate lies and government cover-upsRestoring communities’ goodness and purityCreating a good and pure noiseConclusionFootnote Half-truths …
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Powers’ wonderful novel explores human fragility in the face of a disconnect from nature and concurrent rise of AI. This is my review of Playground by Richard Powers. ‘And if …
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It took Biruté over twenty years to begin to understand Orangutans. This is because it takes at least two generations to confirm the way any animal behaves. For female Orangutans, …
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Last night we went to see Jane Goodall speak at the Palais in St Kilda, Melbourne. It’s Jane’s 90th birthday this year. Last time I was at the Palais, I …
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Keggie Carew’s Beastly is a book so important that everyone should read it. Not just because its great fun. It’s also a vibrant reminder of our animality. But it taught …
