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Helen Macdonald

August 2023

  • Peggy Sue's 50s diner

    Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché review – fun, high-octane sci-fi thriller

  • Roadside Diner<br>Detail of a roadside diner on Cape cod.

    Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché review – an enjoyable homage to The X-Files

November 2020

  • Author Helen Macdonald at her home in Hawkedon, Bury St. Edmunds, For Guardian Review books, 06/08/2020. Sophia Evans for The Guardian

    Books that made me
    Helen Macdonald: 'Am I refusing to read Bleak House out of sheer contrariness? Possibly'

    The H Is for Hawk author on drawing inspiration from Douglas Coupland, finding comfort in le Carré and crying over fan-fiction

August 2020

  • Author Helen Macdonald at her home in Hawkedon, Bury St Edmunds.

    Book of the day
    Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald review – towards the sixth extinction

  • Author Helen Macdonald at her home in Hawkedon, Bury St. Edmunds, For Guardian Review books, 06/08/2020. Sophia Evans for The Guardian

    Books interview
    Helen Macdonald: 'It is hard to write about the natural world without writing about grief'

June 2018

  • Tekels Park Camberley

    Made in ...
    Helen Macdonald on Camberley, Surrey: ‘No place has so indelibly shaped my writing life’

  • The sunset silhouettes the industrial towers of Esso’s Fawley oil refinery and trees in Netley Country Park on the shores of Southampton Water.<br>K6M504 The sunset silhouettes the industrial towers of Esso’s Fawley oil refinery and trees in Netley Country Park on the shores of Southampton Water.

    Ground Work edited by Tim Dee review – anywhere can be a somewhere

February 2018

  • Polar Bear Feasts On Seal In The Canadian High Artic<br>NUNAVUT, CANADA - SEPTEMBER: A mother polar bear and her two cubs traverse the ice in Nunavut, Canada. BLOOD appears as a bright stain on white ice as a family of polar bears tuck into dinner. The striking pictures were taken in Ellesmere Island, Canada, as a mother polar bear and her two cubs feasted on what is believed to be a seal. Justin Hofman, 31, was aboard a ship for a three week voyage through the Canadian High Artic. He spotted Canadian geese, walrus and the white grizzly devouring its meal on the Arctic ice. PHOTOGRAPH BY Justin Hofman / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

    Book of the day
    Ground Work: Writings on Places and People by Tim Dee – review

    This astute anthology is a reminder to communicate with nature in a way that helps us to inhabit the present

September 2017

  • A bird's nest containing three eggs

    Helen Macdonald: the forbidden wonder of birds’ nests and eggs

    The author of H Is for Hawk explains how an appreciation of bird habitats enables a unique connection with the natural world

October 2016

  • Mark Haddon: ‘Amazon is a merciless commercial engine.’

    Shortcuts
    Mark Haddon joins John Le Carré and Ian Rankin in the fight against Amazon

    The authors are standing up against the online retailer to support bricks-and-mortar shops – and rewarding readers with extra content

September 2016

  • Saker Falcon Falco Cherrug falconry bird perched on her handler’s glove,<br>B1NW0Y Saker Falcon Falco Cherrug falconry bird perched on her handler’s glove,

    Falcon by Helen Macdonald review - a master class in cultural history

    Written before H is for Hawk, this wonderful book explores how the fastest animals in history have carried the dreams of mankind on their wing, says PD Smith

August 2016

  • northern goshawk

    Helen Macdonald: ​the unsettling encounter that inspired H is for Hawk

    Ten years ago, a confusing encounter changed Helen Macdonald’s understanding of the connection between humans and the natural world

March 2016

  • Corbyn colouring book

    Books blog
    Happiness to mindfulness, via wellbeing: how publishing trends grow

    From cod to colouring, fashions come and go in books. What do they tell us about our culture, and can we predict what’s next?

December 2015

  • Gemma Arterton and Hans Matheson in the BBC’s 2008 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbevilles.

    Top 10s
    Top 10 books about justice and redemption

    From Marilynne Robinson’s pensive Christian drama to Seamus Heaney’s blood-soaked Beowulf, here are the best books about restoring the cosmic balance

September 2015

  • Comedian Bill Bailey in central London, 2014.

    On my radar
    On my radar: Bill Bailey’s cultural highlights

    The comedian on Amy Winehouse, the magic staging of vampire tale Let the Right One In, and writer Helen Macdonald’s memoir on falconry and bereavement

July 2015

  • Helen Macdonald and Jeanette Winterson

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald Live Event - books podcast

    Alex Clark discusses the challenges of writing your own life story with the authors of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and H Is for Hawk

June 2015

  • Guardian critic Alex Clark, Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald, at Guardian Live: Between the Lines. Islington Assembly Rooms, 3 June 2015.

    How to write a memoir: Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author Jeanette Winterson, and Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk, shared their tips on the art of memoir writing at a Guardian Live event

November 2014

  • A goshawk

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Helen Macdonald and Tomás González – books podcast

  • golden eagle

    Birds in literature – quiz

August 2014

  • h is for hawk

    H is for Hawk review – Helen Macdonald's taming of a goshawk called Mabel reads like a thriller

    Helen Macdonald's account of how she coped with grief by training a goshawk captivates Rachel Cooke

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