Book Review: Vesper Flights
by Helen Macdonald Vesper flights is the name of the sunset behavior of swifts, who rise high into the air, out of sight, in order to reorient themselves to the …
Book Review: FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant
John Vaillant’s Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World is not only the story of the devastating 2016 Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada, but also a history of fire, …
Book Review: Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo
In Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo: Stories from the Animal Archive author Daniel Vandersommers explores the evolution of the National Zoo as well as the far more limited evolution …
Writing opportunity: 2024 Thoreau Society Fellowships
The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2024 to support scholarly and creative work on Henry David Thoreau, including his writings, life …
Book Review: How To Be Animal, A New History of What it Means to Be Human
By Melanie Challenger, (Penguin Books, March, 2021) To call someone an animal is considered a grave insult, but it is also the truth. We, the humans, we are all animals. …
Book Review: FOLLOWED BY THE LARK by Helen Humphreys
Henry David Thoreau’s words were my companion during the writing of this novel. I read through all of his journals and his voice guided mine. I appreciated his wise and witty …
Book Review: LETTERS TO MY SHEEP by Teya Brooks Pribac
In Letters To My Sheep, a lovely, thoughtful book comprising sixty-three short chapters, Teya Brooks Pribac, a scholar and multidisciplinary artist who lives in the Blue Mountains of Australia, shares musings, …
The ten most popular book reviews of 2023
As we enter 2024, here is a brief recap of the most-viewed book reviews in 2023:
Virtual event: Tracing Pathways to Positive Climate Futures
Here is an interesting (and free) virtual event happening on January 16th at Noon Pacific time — a book launch for the Climate Action Almanac, presented by Arizona State University’s …
Book Review: Vegan Minded: Becoming a Steward for Animals, People, and the Planet
It’s not often that I come across books with ‘vegan’ in the title — particularly now that ‘plant-based’ has become the less controversial, more mainstream alternative. Yet I still prefer …
The best environmental books we’ve read in 2023
This is the eighth year that we’ve gathered together a list of our favorite books from the past 12 months. Seeing this list makes me appreciate what EcoLit Books has …