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In the latest issue of Country Life, Clive Aslet gives What a Hazard a Letter is a wonderful review.
‘This is an enchanting book,’ he writes, ‘and, quite soon, any country housebedroom that doesn’t have it on one of its occasional tables won’t be worth sleeping in… Don’t deprive yourself a moment longer,’ he concludes: ‘Buy the book.’
The latest edition of QI’s extremely popular weekly podcast No Such Thing as a Fish features Caroline Atkins’ What a Hazard a Letter is, praising it as a book that ‘looks very interesting’. The discussion begins around halfway through.
The new issue of Country Living includes a long feature - four handsomely designed pages - about handwritten letters (including unsent ones) by Caroline Atkins, author of What a Hazard a Letter is. ‘Letters prove to us that once we cared’, Caroline (a regular contributor to the magazine) quotes Janet Malcolm as saying: a truth she confirmed while writing What a Hazard. ‘Make every word count’, is her parting advice. ‘And don’t leave them unsent.’
What a Hazard a Letter is has received a long, considered and enthusiastic review in the Spectator magazine. Cressida Connolly praises a ‘sparkling collection’, which she found ‘lively and well researched, and includes many examples I’ve never come across before’. ‘It’s a great idea for a book’, she says.
BTO News, the journal of the British Trust for Ornithology, has just reviewed Birdwatching London very favourably, praising David Darrell-Lambert’s ‘enthusiasm and personality’, and the spreads on individual birding locations as ‘packed full of information’. The reviewer thanks David and the book for leading him ‘to discover some new places, including some hidden gems’ - South Norwood Country Park and Morden Hall Park: ‘Both these sites are amazing, and you don’t feel as though you’re in the middle of London.’
London’s Street Trees is currently being discussed in two episodes of the Royal Horticultural Society’s podcast. In the first:
the author Paul Wood talks about his interest in London’s street trees, and their variety and diversity from borough to borough.
In the second:
RHS reviewers pick their books of the year for Christmas, and of London’s Street Trees the reviewer says ‘It really makes you want to get out there and experience London through its vegetation. The whole thing captures your imagination . . . If you got this little book out of your satchel you’d feel yourself on an adventure, and that’s what I really love about it.’
Caroline Atkins, the author of What a Hazard a Letter is, has written a fascinating article for the BooksbyWomen website, which has a regular readership of 50,000, about researching her book on unsent letters.
What a Hazard a Letter is has been featured by Town & Country magazine in their the ‘Ultimate Literary Gift Guide 2018’ to ‘the finest books to give to your loved ones this Christmas’.
Stephen Moss’s annual round-up of nature and wildlife books appears this year on the website of Mark Avery, the birds campaigner, and praises Birdwatching London as ‘a really useful guide to the capital’s top birding sites’.
The prestigious birdwatchers’ journal British Birds has given Birdwatching London a substantial and very favourable review in its December issue, praising ‘an attractively produced new site guide’, and concluding: ‘Whether you’re on old hand at London birding, a recent arrival or a visitor, you will find inspiration in this book to visit a part of the city you do not currently know.’