Many of you may be asking right about now “what has Mark Avery been reading recently?” I was curious about that very question myself – so I popped over to his website and as I discovered, he’s been reading quite a lot.
Catching Up With Mark
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Stalking the Wild Mark Avery
While I held many delightful conversations at the recently concluded Birdfair with friends both old and new, one person I kept repeatedly missing was Mark Avery. Oh I had sightings – coming upon Mark and his friends from Birders Against Wildlife Crime as I was exiting the Authors’ Forum following the conclusion of Tessa Boase’s brilliant presentation of her new Mrs. Pankhurst’s Purple Feather, stumbling upon him meeting with a table-full of fellows outside the Celestron stand. Unfortunately, each time our paths crossed, one or the other of us lacked the available time for a nice cuppa and a sit-down.
In Which Mark Confuses Me a Bit
“What” you may ask, “has Mark Avery been up to recently?” It does seem like quite a long time since I’ve posted one of his Sunday Book Reviews… Well, to be honest, for his most recent two I’ve not been quite sure of how to summarize them here; they’re quite specific to British culture at a level of subtlety that perplexed even my own Anglophilic self.
Wondering Where the Lions Went
This week in his Sunday book review, Mark takes up “When the Last Lion Roars; The Rise and Fall of the King of the Beasts,” Sara Evan’s forthcoming book from Bloomsbury. He seems quite pleased with what he read in it; particularly the way in which the author approaches the high level of complexity that surrounds the conservation of charismatic megafauna in the modern world.