Caught by the River
@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
Wading around at the confluence of arts / nature / culture since 2007
Regular posts at caughtbytheriver.net 🐟 Irregular printed matter, record releases & events via rivertones.bandcamp.com and our Friday newsletter
Regular posts at caughtbytheriver.net 🐟 Irregular printed matter, record releases & events via rivertones.bandcamp.com and our Friday newsletter
We’re doing things a little differently on this afternoon’s newsletter. In the spirit of the season, we’ll be offering up the chance to win £23 to spend in our Bandcamp shop.
Make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
Make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We’re doing things a little differently on this afternoon’s newsletter. In the spirit of the season, we’ll be offering up the chance to win £23 to spend in our Bandcamp shop.
Make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
Make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
'For years, we have told a story of bogs as unproductive, unattractive; dangerous places of waste, empty landscapes we pass through.'
Read an extract from editor @clareshawpoet.bsky.social's contribution to ‘The Book of Bogs' — our December Book of the Month www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...
Read an extract from editor @clareshawpoet.bsky.social's contribution to ‘The Book of Bogs' — our December Book of the Month www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
'For years, we have told a story of bogs as unproductive, unattractive; dangerous places of waste, empty landscapes we pass through.'
Read an extract from editor @clareshawpoet.bsky.social's contribution to ‘The Book of Bogs' — our December Book of the Month www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...
Read an extract from editor @clareshawpoet.bsky.social's contribution to ‘The Book of Bogs' — our December Book of the Month www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...
#NowPlaying: ‘Reinita Canadiense’ by Mas Aya & Lido Pimienta. Taken from Shika Shika’s incredible recent compilation 'A Guide to the Birdsong of Migration', which brings together birds and musicians who share the same migratory routes www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/now-...
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#NowPlaying: ‘Reinita Canadiense’ by Mas Aya & Lido Pimienta. Taken from Shika Shika’s incredible recent compilation 'A Guide to the Birdsong of Migration', which brings together birds and musicians who share the same migratory routes www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/now-...
‘The webs are beaded with dew, each a work of art, dangling in the tussock […] All that lies rough and ragged has been made ethereal.’
Gwennie Fraser recalls an autumn day wrapped in gossamer www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Photo: Simon Fraser
Gwennie Fraser recalls an autumn day wrapped in gossamer www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Photo: Simon Fraser
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘The webs are beaded with dew, each a work of art, dangling in the tussock […] All that lies rough and ragged has been made ethereal.’
Gwennie Fraser recalls an autumn day wrapped in gossamer www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Photo: Simon Fraser
Gwennie Fraser recalls an autumn day wrapped in gossamer www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Photo: Simon Fraser
'With the sparrows around, the garden feels inhabited in a way it didn’t before. It feels alive.'
Kicking off our annual series of end-of-year musings, Jill Hopper reflects on 2025: The Year of the Sparrow www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Kicking off our annual series of end-of-year musings, Jill Hopper reflects on 2025: The Year of the Sparrow www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
'With the sparrows around, the garden feels inhabited in a way it didn’t before. It feels alive.'
Kicking off our annual series of end-of-year musings, Jill Hopper reflects on 2025: The Year of the Sparrow www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
Kicking off our annual series of end-of-year musings, Jill Hopper reflects on 2025: The Year of the Sparrow www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
We've just added some staff picks to our @bookshop.org page.
When you buy through our page, we earn a commission, plus Bookshop donates a matching sum to independent bookshops. There's also FREE SHIPPING until Monday! www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/staf...
Image: Book token by Gwen White, 1936
When you buy through our page, we earn a commission, plus Bookshop donates a matching sum to independent bookshops. There's also FREE SHIPPING until Monday! www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/staf...
Image: Book token by Gwen White, 1936
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We've just added some staff picks to our @bookshop.org page.
When you buy through our page, we earn a commission, plus Bookshop donates a matching sum to independent bookshops. There's also FREE SHIPPING until Monday! www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/staf...
Image: Book token by Gwen White, 1936
When you buy through our page, we earn a commission, plus Bookshop donates a matching sum to independent bookshops. There's also FREE SHIPPING until Monday! www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/staf...
Image: Book token by Gwen White, 1936
‘Fragments of knowledge and imagination flicker in and out of view, like sunlight in seagrass.’
Christina Riley’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’, November BOTM, gently leads us to a love that is born from looking, writes Kirsteen Bell — and to hope 🪸✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Christina Riley’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’, November BOTM, gently leads us to a love that is born from looking, writes Kirsteen Bell — and to hope 🪸✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘Fragments of knowledge and imagination flicker in and out of view, like sunlight in seagrass.’
Christina Riley’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’, November BOTM, gently leads us to a love that is born from looking, writes Kirsteen Bell — and to hope 🪸✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Christina Riley’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’, November BOTM, gently leads us to a love that is born from looking, writes Kirsteen Bell — and to hope 🪸✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...
.@abrackenbury.bsky.social’s ‘Village’ & a re-issue of Mary Chamberlain’s ‘Fenwomen’ give voice to an otherwise largely silent corner of England, writes @nicolawriting.bsky.social, telling the evocative, hard-lived stories of rural working class women www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/vill...
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
.@abrackenbury.bsky.social’s ‘Village’ & a re-issue of Mary Chamberlain’s ‘Fenwomen’ give voice to an otherwise largely silent corner of England, writes @nicolawriting.bsky.social, telling the evocative, hard-lived stories of rural working class women www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/vill...
In our latest subscriber-exclusive interview, Christina Riley speaks to Tallulah about the writings of Rachel Carson, seeing the world through a scallop’s eyes, and the inherent poetry of the sea.
Preview here, or subscribe / sign in to read in full: steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
Preview here, or subscribe / sign in to read in full: steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In our latest subscriber-exclusive interview, Christina Riley speaks to Tallulah about the writings of Rachel Carson, seeing the world through a scallop’s eyes, and the inherent poetry of the sea.
Preview here, or subscribe / sign in to read in full: steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
Preview here, or subscribe / sign in to read in full: steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
Reading doesn’t make you a better person: Tallulah Brennan speaks to @noreenmasud.bsky.social about the mystery of flat landscapes, the current state of nature writing, & the book industry’s reticence to support Palestinian liberation & fossil fuel divestment www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/read...
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reading doesn’t make you a better person: Tallulah Brennan speaks to @noreenmasud.bsky.social about the mystery of flat landscapes, the current state of nature writing, & the book industry’s reticence to support Palestinian liberation & fossil fuel divestment www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/read...
We have three copies of Simon Winchester’s 'The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of William Collins. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We have three copies of Simon Winchester’s 'The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of William Collins. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
Written by a diverse group of farmers, foresters, smallholders, campaigners, academics, consultants and writers, ‘Common Treasures’ Vols. 1 & 2 offer an alternative perspective on the future of the countryside, writes @jenniferedgecombe.bsky.social www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/comm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Written by a diverse group of farmers, foresters, smallholders, campaigners, academics, consultants and writers, ‘Common Treasures’ Vols. 1 & 2 offer an alternative perspective on the future of the countryside, writes @jenniferedgecombe.bsky.social www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/comm...
NEW in the shop: The hotly anticipated third instalment of the South London Landscape History 'Commonplace' zine series, this time focusing on One Tree Hill to Peckham Rye Common rivertones.bandcamp.com/merch/one-tr...
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW in the shop: The hotly anticipated third instalment of the South London Landscape History 'Commonplace' zine series, this time focusing on One Tree Hill to Peckham Rye Common rivertones.bandcamp.com/merch/one-tr...
Newly out in paperback, @pollyrowena.bsky.social's 'The Company of Owls' (@eandtbooks.bsky.social) demonstrates how we can be better neighbours to the nonhuman, writes Abi Andrews 🦉 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/the-...
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Newly out in paperback, @pollyrowena.bsky.social's 'The Company of Owls' (@eandtbooks.bsky.social) demonstrates how we can be better neighbours to the nonhuman, writes Abi Andrews 🦉 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/the-...
BOUGHT BY THE RIVER: With the festive period just around the corner, we wanted to share a few ways you can support Caught by the River in the season of giving www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/boug...
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BOUGHT BY THE RIVER: With the festive period just around the corner, we wanted to share a few ways you can support Caught by the River in the season of giving www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/boug...
We have three copies of Jean Sprackland's 'Night Vision' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @jonathancape.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We have three copies of Jean Sprackland's 'Night Vision' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @jonathancape.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
#NowPlaying: ‘First Moonbeams Of Adulthood’ by Andrew Wasylyk, out today on @claypipemusic.bsky.social (with accompanying video by @surfacepressure.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/now-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#NowPlaying: ‘First Moonbeams Of Adulthood’ by Andrew Wasylyk, out today on @claypipemusic.bsky.social (with accompanying video by @surfacepressure.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/now-...
'Our feet and shins are baptised in the peaty water as we walk through a leat, then pass a clootie tree and proceed to a roundhouse to consider what we have lost and what we might save.'
From a Dartmoor tor, Kirsteen McNish throws wishes out to the wind www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/lich...
From a Dartmoor tor, Kirsteen McNish throws wishes out to the wind www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/lich...
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
'Our feet and shins are baptised in the peaty water as we walk through a leat, then pass a clootie tree and proceed to a roundhouse to consider what we have lost and what we might save.'
From a Dartmoor tor, Kirsteen McNish throws wishes out to the wind www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/lich...
From a Dartmoor tor, Kirsteen McNish throws wishes out to the wind www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/lich...
Over The Bridge Films are crowdfunding to finish a feature-length documentary on the importance and relevance of music to communities on the Isle of Skye, told by celebrated musicians from the island www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/skye...
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Over The Bridge Films are crowdfunding to finish a feature-length documentary on the importance and relevance of music to communities on the Isle of Skye, told by celebrated musicians from the island www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/skye...
We have 3 copies of @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's 'The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @faberbooks.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We have 3 copies of @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's 'The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @faberbooks.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to our mailing list for entry details!
'Beach objects in the sand begin to read like words on a page, fragments of stories ready to be pieced together.'
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'Beach objects in the sand begin to read like words on a page, fragments of stories ready to be pieced together.'
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
In 'Listers', two brothers learn about competitive birdwatching by becoming birdwatchers — spending a year living in a used minivan, traveling the country to compete in a ‘Big Year'. Watch over on the site today: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/list...
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In 'Listers', two brothers learn about competitive birdwatching by becoming birdwatchers — spending a year living in a used minivan, traveling the country to compete in a ‘Big Year'. Watch over on the site today: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/list...
'The acorns underfoot have fallen in layers so thick it feels like walking on shingle.'
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'The acorns underfoot have fallen in layers so thick it feels like walking on shingle.'
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
Croft, Coast and Hill: Untamed and gorgeous, autumn arrives on @annieworsley.bsky.social and Kirsteen Bell’s respective crofts — bringing with it ravens, comets & ghosts www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/crof...
We have three copies of Dan Rubinstein's 'Water Borne' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @ecwpress.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We have three copies of Dan Rubinstein's 'Water Borne' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @ecwpress.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!