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CACOPHONY OF BONE

BY KERRI NI DOCHARTAIGH, CANONGATE, £16.99 (HB)

Mapping the seasons of the Covid pandemic year, Kerri ní Dochartaigh uses lyrical and intense poetic prose to tell her very personal story of a time when everything changed, while the rhythms of nature continued, reassuringly, apace.

SINGING LIKE LARKS

BY ANDREW MILLHAM, SARABAND, £12.99 (PB)

One for the musical members of the family, this fascinating book blends observations of birds with the history of their place in traditional British folk

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