James Canton
Book Shambles
There’s been a lot more interest in plants and trees in the UK recently thanks to David Attenborough’s The Green Planet series, so this week we speak with nature writer James Canton about his recent book The Oak Papers which tells the story of an 800 year old oak tree, and our relationship with oak throughout the ages. He and Robin chat about great nature writing, notable underwear stores in Ealing and nature in literature from Homer to Chatwin to Macdonald and beyond.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
The Oak Papers by James Canton
The writing of Helen Macdonald
The writing of Robert Macfarlane
The writing of Annie Dillard
The writing of Barry Lopez
The writing of Suzanne Simard
The writing of Richard Maybe
The writing of T.E. Lawrence
The writing of Iain Sinclair
A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Through Darkest Pondelayo by Joan Lindsay
The Teachings Of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead
Odyssey by Homer
The First Ghosts by Irving Finkel
The Importance of Being Interested by Robin Ince
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