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Charles Foster
@tweedpipe.bsky.social
Author: trying to work out what we're doing here. Latest books: 'Cry of the Wild','Being a Human', 'The Screaming Sky', 'Being a Beast' & 'A Little Brown Sea'. www.charlesfoster.co.uk
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I wasn't sure what @tweedpipe.bsky.social would make of #LandBeneaththeWaves, so I was made up when he gave such generous feedback. I particularly liked his comments "This one's different" and "It will endure long after more emollient books have been pulped." Thanks Charles!

#naturewriting #booksky
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My review of Living in Wonder by @Roddreher
and The Spirituality Gap by @abi-millar.bsky.social
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A Greek Orthodox morning prayer goes: “Holy Spirit, giver of life, present in all places and filling all things, come and abide in us”. “All places” and
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May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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You'll learn lots of amazing swift science too, and while reading this I have certainly been looking up into the spring skies with an extra dose of awe and respect. 3/4
November 13, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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And beautiful illustrations by @JonathanMPomroy and tactile, high-quality and pleasingly tactile production by @LittleToller. Highly recommended 4/4
November 13, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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This year I chose two Books of the Year.

Paul Donald's @Alauda123 Traffication
and
Charles Foster's @tweedpipe Cry of the Wild

Very different books except for being equally superb. More info and full reviews https://markavery.info/2023/11/26/this-blogs-books-of-the-year-2023/
November 21, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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I just finished "The Screaming Sky". An amazing book. It's about swifts, and about the author's obsession with them (and @tweedpipe IS obsessed!). More than that it is a deep dive into the perfection & miracle of any and every species, each an equal product of evolution 1/4..
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 AM
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"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" http://t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe
May 13, 2015 at 9:59 PM
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‘Real ale is like many rare & sensitive animals. It is driven out by noise & smoke & bright lights. It thinks that pubs are places in which to drink, talk, laugh, sing & play darts, rather than places for standing sullenly, fighting, & catching herpes from teenagers.’ @tweedpipe
April 10, 2022 at 7:59 PM
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"Have you ever wondered why the lager producers market their stuff as best drunk ice-cold? Cold anaesthetises your taste buds!" - @tweedpipe
May 14, 2015 at 7:26 PM
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Good morning. Very mild isn't it? It is here. A week from Christmas Eve. Long nights. Time to settle down with a good book?

My joint books of 2023 were Traffication by @Alauda123 and Cry of the Wild by @tweedpipe Reviews of many other 'nature' books of 2023 here
November 23, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Shortlisted authors who are also on Twitter include: @StephenMoss_TV @KeggieC @GarryBagnell @TZBirder @tweedpipe @Alauda123 @DrRJWarren @ChrisGPackham @alicksimmons @elvirawerkman @LulahEllender @drkierachapman @forallthebirds1...
November 21, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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This week’s #InspirationAleQuote comes from the great Charles Foster (@tweedpipe). Sadly, this sentiment is as true today as it was in 2011. https://t.co/soMAZLsklX
May 25, 2022 at 11:26 AM
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"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" http://t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe
May 13, 2015 at 9:59 PM