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Book Reviews

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.

Parnting inspired by Lichen (Caloplace) by Nastassja Noell

Staying with the Trouble (with Lichens)

Nastassja Noell
13th November, 2024
Fellow lichenologist and artist Nastassja Noell reviews 'The Lichen Musuem' by A. Laurie Palmer and its transdisciplinary approach to lichen biology, ecology and biomorphic patterns for equitable, thriving futures.
Book ReviewsThe Plant Practice

After Apocalypse

David Pritchett
21st June, 2023
Today we bring you an excerpt from the new collection of essays, Mossback, by David Michael Pritchett, who looks for ways to resist empire and heal our cultural wounds by immersing himself in the murky waters of our living world. Introduced by Neale Inglenook.
Becoming HumanBook ReviewsOf Earth and Empire

Reconnecting to a Mythic Mycelium of Place

James Murray-White
12th April, 2023
BelongingBook Reviews

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.
Book ReviewsDark Thoughts

Speaking the Language of Stars

Micheal McClane
28th September, 2022
Book ReviewsDark Verse

VIGIL

Charlotte Du Cann
21st September, 2022
Book ReviewsIssue 19

Beyond Unimaginable Horizons

Philip Webb Gregg
14th September, 2022
Book Reviews

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.
Book ReviewsSea-change

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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