Birdbook: Saltwater and Shore Luke Wright from what is not said

from what is not said

From the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships

whether for consolation in loss or affirmation in love

calling on the French government to renounce the use of torture in Algeria

And there lies the delight of the collection: it gives us a rare sense of the Elizabethan richness of an English that’s available right now

Birdbook: Saltwater and Shore Luke Wright from what is not saidBirdbook: Saltwater and Shore is the final volume of Sidekicks hugely ambitious Birdbook series, which in its entirety presents a new poem and illustration for nearly every species of bird native to the UK, sourced from the very best contemporary poets and illustrators. Like its predecessor volumes, Saltwater and Shore is an alternative guidebook of sorts, finding fresh angles on the birdlife of seaside cliffs, salt marshes, estuaries and islands,