What I’m learning from Robert Macfarlane’s reading group about Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

April 1, 2020 Reviews and tributes britain, cairngorms, mountain literature, munro bagging, nan shepherd, nature writing, robert macfarlane, scotland, wildlife 0 Comment

What I’m learning from Robert Macfarlane’s reading group about Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

As coronavirus lockdown takes hold, the nature writer Robert Macfarlane has started running a reading group on Twitter about Nan Shepherd’s classic nature book The Living Mountain. It was a no-brainer for me to join, and it’s helping me to see the world differently.

10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing

September 11, 2019 Reviews and tributes boardman tasker prize, chris stewart, dervla murphy, eric newby, hamish brown, larrie ferreiro, michael jacobs, mountain literature, nan shepherd, nature writing, nicholas crane, robert macfarlane, tony hawks, william dalrymple 7 Comments

10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing

The shortlist for this year’s Boardman Tasker Prize was announced this month, and once again five out of six books on the shortlist are about climbing. You can be certain that the winner will be one of the five. [*]