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Over the years, the Dark Mountain website has been home to reviews of books of interest to our readers.

Whether introducing neglected classics that deserve a home on an uncivilised bookshelf, or taking a critical look at new publications whose themes overlap with our work, we hope you find the reviews here a stimulus to reading, reflection and discussion.

I Want a Better Catastrophe

Andrew Boyd
15th February, 2023
Today activist and writer Andrew Boyd introduces his new book, 'I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor', which is published this month.
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Speaking the Language of Stars

Micheal McClane
28th September, 2022
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VIGIL

Charlotte Du Cann
21st September, 2022
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Beyond Unimaginable Horizons

Philip Webb Gregg
14th September, 2022
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Wild Elder

Anthea Lawson
7th September, 2022
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Regeneration from the Ruins

Nick Hunt
31st August, 2022
Thunderstone: A true story of losing one home and finding another, by Nancy Campbell (Elliott...
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A Still Becharmed Panic

Fred Warren
13th July, 2022
Fred Warren reviews Strandings, by Peter Riley – finding parallels with their loss and our own sense of spiralling climate anxiety.
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The Forest and the Map

Neale Inglenook
22nd September, 2021
Book ReviewsUnder the Canopy

Fighting for the Earth

Tom Smith
24th March, 2021
Tom Smith reviews 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' by Andreas Malm
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Genius Loci

Nick Hunt
9th December, 2020
Nick Hunt climbs over the mindwall to review 'The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us' by Nick Hayes for the second post in our Of Earth and Empire series
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Riders on the Wolf

Dougald Hine
30th September, 2020
Our perception of climate change is often blinkered by scientific data and statistics. Dougald Hine reviews two books that delve into the kind of lexicon and attention demanded in an age of catastrophe.
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Depth and Breadth

Adam Weymouth
22nd May, 2019
Reviews of 'Underland' by Robert Macfarlane and 'Horizon' by Barry Lopez
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