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<div id="lhs_inner"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:26px;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">New releases...</span></strong></span></span></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Coming Soon</span> </span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><font face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Podcasts </strong></font></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Listen to the following authors being interviewed about their books</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.somuchpingle.com/">Hans Breuer</a> - A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo' Episode 91</p>
<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6E5YvRyZgj61hT3rfhbs5X?si=FwX_97JpT6u8vmpriPwq4w&nd=1&dlsi=62eb00048ada4b26">Ed Ley-Wilson</a> - 'Kayaking the Sea Roads' and <a href="https://alwaysanotheradventure.buzzsprout.com/954676/14396137-75-ed-ley-wilson-kayaking-the-sea-roads">Always Another Adventure podcast</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=182204054917094">Emma Silverthorn</a> - 'Roaming Wild: The Founding of Compassion in World Farming'</p>
<p>This <a href="https://www.scipod.global/dr-james-fenton-why-we-should-question-reforestation-in-the-scottish-highlands/">SciPod</a> is a summary of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 in the book 'Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands: Imagination and Reality' by <strong>Dr James Fenton</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sir Laurie Bristow</strong> was one of the panel guests on The Monocle Daily, on the 17th April, presented by Andrew Mueller Monocle Radio. Listen to the episode <a href="https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/2746/play/">here</a></p>
<p><strong>David Mackay</strong> - 'Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America’s Scottish Bastion in the Cold War' talks to <a href="http://coldwarconversations.com/episode345/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0b6vNdIB12scjsl7qcLNV2bWQMi-LT8tt04oXf-qQ9v525YV9wdCQiokA_aem_AYT0mVLbwba4TGogd_tNA7MlewBdAfApyDGZdC3wjHCZ_KWJ0sxYAOzs4n71hnx_24-ONEds5GpgxRQD9uoii5GT">Cold War Conversations podcast</a> 345</p>
<p>In this podcast <strong>James Fenton</strong> gives his views on upland ecology listen to the Shepherds of Wildlife Society podcast <a href="https://www.shepherdsofwildlife.org/podcast/episode/21c64f6e/ep-30-dr-james-fenton-ecologist-author-trustee-national-trust-for-scotland">here</a>. Since the recording was made his term for trustee of the National Trust for Scotland has come to an end.</p>
<p><strong>James Fenton</strong> features in episode 2 of Byron Pace's 6-part 'British Uplands' podcast, listen to it <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-uplands-podcast-episode-2-6/id1037718896?i=1000625169876">here</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#000080;">‘...an easy-to-read style and gives a good impression of life in the Navy at that time. ... There are many interesting stories and anecdotes ... covering some 60 years... all written in a colourful and engaging style. ... Anyone with an interest in naval and social history ... will find it a very good read’. </span><span style="color:#000080;"><em><strong>Naval Historical Review</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000080;">'...compelling memoir... ...full of glorious details. ...Bristow comes across as decent, serious, analytical and quietly heroic: a brave public servant doing a tough job. He pays tribute to the young British soldiers sent to guard the airport’s gates. And to his staff, who had to inform Afghan families they did not qualify for evacuation'.<em><strong> The Guardian</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.whittlespublishing.com/Kabul_Final_Call"><img alt="" height="187" src="/userfiles/image/stuff/covers/kabul-final-call-cover-..jpg" width="125" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Festivals</strong></p>
<p>Some of our authors will be attending Book Festivals across the UK and we will bring you more news on those in the coming months.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sir Laurie Bristow Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
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<strong>Thursday 14th August 2025 7pm</strong><br />
Black Watch Museum, Balhousie Castle, hay Street, Perth, PH1 5HR<br />
Talk and Q&A from Sir Laurie regarding his book 'Kabul:Final Call'.<br />
Venue details here.<br />
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<strong>Friday 15th August 2025 2:30-4pm</strong><br />
Edinburgh International Book Festival<br />
An interactive talk with Sir laurie Bristow, talking about the pressing issues of our times. <br />
More information available here.<br />
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<strong>Friday 15th August 2025 6:45-7:45pm</strong><br />
Edinburgh International Book Festival<br />
Join Allan Little to hear Sir Laurie's first hand accounts, as described in his book 'Kabul: Final Call'.<br />
More information available here.</p>
<p><strong> Glen Cousquer Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sunday 17th August 2025 10-12am</strong><br />
A walking tour with Glen, as part of Edinburgh Internation Book Festival, around one of Edinburgh's 'wild places' in celebration of his book 'Wild Places, Wild Encounters'. <br />
More information available here.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wendell McConnaha Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Saturday 13th Spetember 2025</strong><br />
A talk to members of the British Society for the History of Medicine at their Annual Congress. He will be discussing the Scottish medical explorers and how radical changes in Scotland's medical schools helped to create this remarkable group of individuals. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.whittlespublishing.com/The_Tenement_Revealed"><img alt="" height="212" src="/userfiles/image/stuff/covers/_med/tenements-cover..jpg" width="159" /></a> <a href="https://www.whittlespublishing.com/Simply_Stairs_The_Definitive_Handbook_for_Stair_Builders"><img alt="" height="212" src="/userfiles/image/stuff/covers/_med/simply-stairs..jpg" width="165" /></a> <a href="https://www.whittlespublishing.com/Donald_Watson_Bird_Artist_and_Writer"><img alt="" height="212" src="/userfiles/image/stuff/covers/_med/donald-watson-cover..jpg" width="153" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><font face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Podcasts </strong></font></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Listen to the following authors being interviewed about their books</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.somuchpingle.com/">Hans Breuer</a> - A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo' Episode 91</p>
<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6E5YvRyZgj61hT3rfhbs5X?si=FwX_97JpT6u8vmpriPwq4w&nd=1&dlsi=62eb00048ada4b26">Ed Ley-Wilson</a> - 'Kayaking the Sea Roads' and <a href="https://alwaysanotheradventure.buzzsprout.com/954676/14396137-75-ed-ley-wilson-kayaking-the-sea-roads">Always Another Adventure podcast</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=182204054917094">Emma Silverthorn</a> - 'Roaming Wild: The Founding of Compassion in World Farming'</p>
<p>This <a href="https://www.scipod.global/dr-james-fenton-why-we-should-question-reforestation-in-the-scottish-highlands/">SciPod</a> is a summary of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 in the book 'Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands: Imagination and Reality' by <strong>Dr James Fenton</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sir Laurie Bristow</strong> was one of the panel guests on The Monocle Daily, on the 17th April, presented by Andrew Mueller Monocle Radio. Listen to the episode <a href="https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/2746/play/">here</a></p>
<p><strong>David Mackay</strong> - 'Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America’s Scottish Bastion in the Cold War' talks to <a href="http://coldwarconversations.com/episode345/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0b6vNdIB12scjsl7qcLNV2bWQMi-LT8tt04oXf-qQ9v525YV9wdCQiokA_aem_AYT0mVLbwba4TGogd_tNA7MlewBdAfApyDGZdC3wjHCZ_KWJ0sxYAOzs4n71hnx_24-ONEds5GpgxRQD9uoii5GT">Cold War Conversations podcast</a> 345</p>
<p>In this podcast <strong>James Fenton</strong> gives his views on upland ecology listen to the Shepherds of Wildlife Society podcast <a href="https://www.shepherdsofwildlife.org/podcast/episode/21c64f6e/ep-30-dr-james-fenton-ecologist-author-trustee-national-trust-for-scotland">here</a>. Since the recording was made his term for trustee of the National Trust for Scotland has come to an end.</p>
<p><strong>James Fenton</strong> features in episode 2 of Byron Pace's 6-part 'British Uplands' podcast, listen to it <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-uplands-podcast-episode-2-6/id1037718896?i=1000625169876">here</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#000080;">‘...an easy-to-read style and gives a good impression of life in the Navy at that time. ... There are many interesting stories and anecdotes ... covering some 60 years... all written in a colourful and engaging style. ... Anyone with an interest in naval and social history ... will find it a very good read’. </span><span style="color:#000080;"><em><strong>Naval Historical Review</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000080;">'...compelling memoir... ...full of glorious details. ...Bristow comes across as decent, serious, analytical and quietly heroic: a brave public servant doing a tough job. He pays tribute to the young British soldiers sent to guard the airport’s gates. And to his staff, who had to inform Afghan families they did not qualify for evacuation'.<em><strong> The Guardian</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#0066cc;"><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Author News</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sir Laurie Bristow News and Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
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<li>The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCLSSEES) - Sir Laurie took part in an in conversation event with UCLSSEES and the event is now available to view <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqk3DNSKVT0">here</a></li>
<li>Sir Laurie Bristow appeared on the HARDtalk programme last week - you can catch up with it <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00211b4/hardtalk-sir-laurie-bristow-former-uk-ambassador-to-afghanistan?seriesId=unsliced">here</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>James Fenton News and Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
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<p>Dr James Fenton appears in the film The Last Keeper - watch the trailer <a href="https://www.shepherdsofwildlife.org/copy-of-introducing-the-last-keeper">here</a></p>
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<p><strong> Mark Infield Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
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<li>24th August 2024 7:30pm - The Green lane Music Room - Crowborough Arts Centre. Tickets are required for this event and can be purchased <a href="http://www.crowborough-arts.org.uk/events.html" target="_blank">here</a></li>
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<li>4th September 2024 7-8pm - East Grinstead Bookshop.<strong> </strong>Tickets required for this event, they can be purchesed <a href="https://www.eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk/event-details/an-evening-with-mark-infield" target="_blank">here</a></li>
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<p><strong> Glen Cousquer Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
<p>26th September 2024 6:30-8pm - Golden Hare Bookshop. Glen will be attending the Golden Hare Bookshop for an event including an hour of discussion followed by auedience questions, further chat and book signings. Information available <a href="https://goldenharebooks.com/products/wild-places-wild-encounters-exploring-edinburghs-living-landscape?_pos=1&_sid=9ca6833e2&_ss=r" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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<strong> Robin Knight Forthcoming Events:</strong></p>
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<li>10th September 2024 6:30pm - The Little Ship Club, London. Talk and supper event. Tickets available <a href="https://littleshipclub.co.uk/event/club-night-%E2%80%93-memoir-maverick-admiral-tuesday-10th-september-2024" target="_blank">here</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Festivals</strong></p>
<p>Some of our authors will be attending Book Festivals across the UK and we will bring you more news on those in the coming months.</p>
<p><strong>Upcoming Events with Sir Laurie Bristow:</strong></p>
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<li>21st September 2024 12pm - Barnes Methodist Church - Barnes Book Festival. Tickets available <a href="https://barnesbookfest.org/laurie-bristow-kabul-final-call/" target="_blank">here</a></li>
<li>28th September 2024 - University of Cambridge festival Details TBC.</li>
<li>29th September at 1pm - Burford Literary Festival Program and details<a href="https://www.burfordlitfest.co.uk/speakers/sir-laurie-bristow" target="_blank"> here</a></li>
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