David Darrell-Lambert’s birding walk from Daunt’s Hampstead Heath branch in August, up onto the Heath and over Parliament Hill, was such a success that he was invited back for an evening talk. Last night a sell-out audience, following similar successful evenings at Ink@84 and Stanfords, saw him give a hugely entertaining and funny talk, which prompted a host of questions and then sales of a lot of signed copies. Next stop currently the Bookseller Crow in Peckham on 13 December…
What a Hazard a Letter is in good company at the Wimbledon Bookshop
Top birders' website Surfbirds reviews Birdwatching London
The worldwide birders’ website Surfbirds has just reviewed Birdwatching London as ‘A lovely, almost pocket-sized, guide to the best birding sites in the London area that will encourage more of us to see beyond our city into the woods, wetlands and grasslands where a whole new world of birdwatching awaits us.’ It goes on: ‘This book is clearly aimed at the general birdwatcher and those with an interest in natural history and will, I am sure, encourage more Londoners to look beyond the tower blocks and street vendors to see something of the birdlife that shares our great city. The author’s infectious enthusiasm for birds and birdwatching comes through every page.’
The Mail On Sunday's YOU magazine picks What a Hazard a Letter is
The Mail on Sunday’s YOU Magazine has chosen What a Hazard a Letter is on its website as one of its ‘five compelling releases of the season’ and hailed it as ‘A perfect Christmas present’.
A review of Birdwatching London in Wild London
The London Wildlife Trust's magazine, Wild London, reviews Birdwatching London in its latest issue, praising it as 'a great guide for the amateur birder, an ornithological tour of the capital's woodlands, wetlands, parks and post-industrial backwaters'.
Stanfords event a sell-out
Last night, 4 September, David Darrell-Lambert spoke to a sell-out audience at Stanfords' flagship London branch in Covent Garden. There were lots of questions during and after his talk on birds in London, from 'Can you ever see a Scaup in the capital?' to 'What are the best binoculars to buy?', and lots of books were sold.
Birdwatching London published
Birdwatching London was published on 9 July, and is already selling well, and being stocked, together with London's Street Trees, in new outlets like the Natural History Museum, Horniman Museum and Dulwich Picture Gallery's shops. David Darrell-Lambert has already done an excellent event at Ink@84 bookshop in Highbury, north London, and we have further events lined up at Daunt's, Hampstead Heath (18 August), Stanford's in Covent Garden (4 September), and Broadway Books, Hackney (22 September). BBC Radio London loved the book when they interviewed David: https://soundcloud.com/birdbrainuk/bbc-radio-london-interview-2018-06-30 and Horniman Museum have featured the book on their blog: https://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/blog/bird-watching-in-london.
The new Wisden reviews Duncan Hamilton's 'glorious' The Kings of Summer
'A beautifully told account', says Wisden of Duncan Hamilton's The Kings of Summer: 'He's a man who appreciates the theatre of cricket, and he writes about each change of pace and mood with equal elegance... There is a particular pleasure in reading him on the long stretches of the game when nothing much happens: "as the sun drops, the shadows become fantastically long and lamp-black, but the pitch remains in intense sunshine, like a lit stage... One moment passes into the next, beautifully seductive. Someone bowls. Someone bats. Someone fields." Glorious.'
Andy Merriman writes about A Major Adjustment in Metro
Metro, the morning freesheet newspaper with a huge daily readership across London, features an article by Andy Merriman about his daughter Sarah and the new book they've collaborated on, A Major Adjustment.
The Londonist features a list of the London pubs for seeing street trees
The Londonist website - these days the go-to place for interesting and lefty-field ideas for things to do in the capital - now features an article by Paul Wood, author of London's Street Trees, on the ten best London pubs for checking out both good beer and unusual street trees:
https://londonist.com/london/drink/10-stunning-trees-to-enjoy-in-london-while-you-re-having-a-pint