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.’
Another good review for What a Hazard a Letter is - in the Spectator
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.
A great review for Birdwatching London in BTO News
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 featured in two RHS podcasts
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 writes about What a Hazard a Letter is on the BooksbyWomen website
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 chosen by Town & Country magazine in its 'Ultimate Literary Gift Guide' for Christmas
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’.
Birdwatching London reviewed on Mark Avery's blog by Stephen Moss
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’.
British Birds magazine reviews Birdwatching London
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.’
What a Hazard a Letter is one of the Mail on Sunday's YOU magazine's '12 Books of Christmas'
You magazine is featuring among ‘The 12 Books of Christmas’ What a Hazard a Letter is, describing it as an ‘intriguing stocking-filler’: ‘A collection of remarkable unsent letters – angry tirades, unexpressed love and missed deliveries from both fiction and real life. Full of riveting detail for that Christmas Quiz.’
The Evening Standard reviews Birdwatching London in its Christmas Books
The London Evening Standard’s Christmas Books section has picked Birdwatching London as one of ‘7 books for people who love reading about London’, Ian Thomson praising ‘David Darrell-Lambert’s chirpy avian guide’.