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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pig Feast 6pm, 28 September 2026 Lecture Theatre, St Cross College, 61 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LZ Free and open to the public Panel discussion: Prof Eben Kirksey (St Cross College), Prof. Charles Foster (Exeter College), plus guest speakers from West Papua. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-pP...

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PIG FEAST | Official Trailer

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Doing a couple of events at this fantastic new festival this coming weekend. Do join me if you can. www.sta-website.com/consider @doubledayuk.bsky.social @transworldbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Consider the Wondrous | sta-website

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Delighted to show the cover of my next book - to be released on 4 February 2027. It has been a joy to write. Preorders very helpful: www.penguin.co.uk/books/471438... @doubledayuk.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @transworldbooks.bsky.social

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Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I have started @tweedpipe.bsky.social latest book. For me always an exhilarating experience in which complete bafflement takes turns with startling clarity and recognition. I don’t know anyone who writes like him but am in awe of his amazement at everything he sees and experiences.

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𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫 @robertmoor.com · 11/06/2026

Honored by this generous, in-depth, and thoughtful review. Foster deems the book, "A sage, companionable and fulgent meditation on how best to be human," adding that "The prescription is simple: live like a tree.” Here here!

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Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I have had the temerity to write a short review of The Edges of the World by @tweedpipe.bsky.social

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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A lot of ground surveyed in this lively BBCFreeThinking. Chunky generalisations on subversive Englishness were less persuasive than STW novel @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social talks to @tweedpipe.bsky.social Jade Munslow Ong, Sophie Scott-Brown @askwilliamblake.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Eccentrics & Outsiders

Matthew Sweet takes a sideways look at Englishness.

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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

From the author of one of my all-time favorite books, Being a Beast, where the author immerses himself in the lifestyles and habits of various British animals. If you haven’t read this book, I strongly suggest you would benefit from its narratives and wisdom.

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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Long-form, good read about what it means to be human (and more-than-human), filled with prompts derived from science, paleontology, various faiths, literature, and more. If you’re questing to find your place in this universe, set aside time to take this relatively quick journey.

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 05/05/2026

Is it better to be on the edge or in the centre? In this eccentric essay, the polymath Charles Foster puts forward a controversial thesis: edges are where all the good stuff happens, from evolution to human creativity – even if the centre people try to convince us otherwise

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Why creativity shines out on the edge of things | Aeon Essays

Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kind review of 'Pets and their People' in @TheTLS the-tls.com/politics-soc... @bodleianlibs @ExeterCollegeOx

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

We should have confidence in the wonder of the world - not in ourselves: a review by me in @theTLS The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel | Book review | Charles Foster www.the-tls.com/science-tech...

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Bat stories ‘spiced up’ with human anecdote

Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. As for philosophy, so, and more so, for biology, which should begin and end with wonder

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Speaking about Edges on 23 February @5x15stories Do join me if you can: tinyurl.com/ywwx463b @doubledaybooks @ExeterCollegeOx

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Publication day for 'The Edges of the World' - far and away the most significant book I've written (and the hardest to write). @doubledaybooks @alex_christofi @ExeterCollegeOx

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Charles Foster @tweedpipe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Soon my next book, 'The Edges of the World' will be published. It's the most important thing I've written. I'm told that preorders are particularly important to the eventual success of a book. So perhaps you might.....https://tinyurl.com/277bth3p @TransworldBooks @PenguinUKBooks

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I wasn't sure what @tweedpipe.bsky.social would make of #LandBeneaththeWaves, so I was made up when he gave such generous feedback. I particularly liked his comments "This one's different" and "It will endure long after more emollient books have been pulped." Thanks Charles! #naturewriting #booksky

An endorsement of Land Beneath the Waves with the cover and the endorsement above: A taut, unself-pitying inquiry into the nature of nature, the nature of suffering, the caprice of memory and the slipperiness of identity. Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild.

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 29/05/2021

You'll learn lots of amazing swift science too, and while reading this I have certainly been looking up into the spring skies with an extra dose of awe and respect. 3/4

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 29/05/2021

And beautiful illustrations by @JonathanMPomroy and tactile, high-quality and pleasingly tactile production by @LittleToller. Highly recommended 4/4

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

This year I chose two Books of the Year. Paul Donald's @Alauda123 Traffication and Charles Foster's @tweedpipe Cry of the Wild Very different books except for being equally superb. More info and full reviews markavery.info/2023/11/26/this-blog…

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 29/05/2021

I just finished "The Screaming Sky". An amazing book. It's about swifts, and about the author's obsession with them (and @tweedpipe IS obsessed!). More than that it is a deep dive into the perfection & miracle of any and every species, each an equal product of evolution 1/4..

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caskalereviews.bsky.social @caskalereviews.bsky.social · 13/05/2015

"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe

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caskalereviews.bsky.social @caskalereviews.bsky.social · 10/04/2022

‘Real ale is like many rare & sensitive animals. It is driven out by noise & smoke & bright lights. It thinks that pubs are places in which to drink, talk, laugh, sing & play darts, rather than places for standing sullenly, fighting, & catching herpes from teenagers.’ @tweedpipe

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caskalereviews.bsky.social @caskalereviews.bsky.social · 14/05/2015

"Have you ever wondered why the lager producers market their stuff as best drunk ice-cold? Cold anaesthetises your taste buds!" - @tweedpipe

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Good morning. Very mild isn't it? It is here. A week from Christmas Eve. Long nights. Time to settle down with a good book? My joint books of 2023 were Traffication by @Alauda123 and Cry of the Wild by @tweedpipe Reviews of many other 'nature' books of 2023 here

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caskalereviews.bsky.social @caskalereviews.bsky.social · 25/05/2022

This week’s #InspirationAleQuote comes from the great Charles Foster (@tweedpipe). Sadly, this sentiment is as true today as it was in 2011. t.co/soMAZLsklX

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caskalereviews.bsky.social @caskalereviews.bsky.social · 13/05/2015

"The name real ale says it all. It is real stuff for real people, drunk in real places for real reasons" t.co/jzD9I9XqQy @tweedpipe

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