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Tag: book
A Parasol Pine in Texas
My thanks to Dan for this email and permission to share: Hi Tristan, I received a copy of your newest book on trees and it’s…
Nature Junkie Radio
A new podcast interview: https://www.naturejunkielife.com/naturejunkieradio/tristangooley
Quite Frankly Navigating with Nature Interview
Really enjoyed this chat about navigating with nature with Frank Val of Quite Frankly podcast. It was a wide-ranging chat and we covered a lot…
June Solstice Question
Happy Solstice! Time to celebrate with a micro puzzle… If you walked towards sunrise for ten minutes this morning, then waited and walked towards sunset…
Reading Trees on Sunday Brunch
It was great fun chatting with Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer on Sunday Brunch on Channel 4 (UK) yesterday. If you sign in you can…
Reading Trees on BBC Radio 4 Today
It was an honour and a great pleasure to get the chance to talk about reading tree signs with Justin Webb on BBC Radio 4’s…
Between the Covers
Water readers, make sure to watch Between the Covers with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sara Cox on BBC2 at 7pm tonight, Monday 27th March. You might…
The 75 Best Books of 2021
The Secret World of Weather has made The Telegraph’s ‘The 75 Best Books of 2021‘. You might also enjoy: How to Find Your Way Using…
What is a Gap Wind?
Whenever a wind is forced through a narrow gap it accelerates. This is true of all fluids, gas and liquid, it is the reason we…
Indie Bookstores
Only 5 days to go until The Secret World of Weather publishes in North America. Some really nice early feedback coming in from independent bookstores…
The North American Edition has landed!
A big thank you to my publishers in the US, The Experiment, for producing such a beautiful edition of The Secret World of Weather. To…
It’s Publication Day!
It’s publication day for The Secret World of Weather! Happy weather sign hunting!
The Warm Sign
The temperature climbed 5 degrees just before the snow started. I describe how this snow warning works – the ‘Warm Sign’ – in Chapter 9…
It has arrived!
I have in my hands a finished copy! And bias aside, it really is a thing of beauty!
The First Review is In!
The first review of The Secret World of Weather is in and it’s a fun one. It’s in the Times today. “Gooley marshals a riveting…
Fast Recognition and Optical Illusions in Nature
Our brains are pattern-recognising machines. This is true everywhere, but not least in nature, where it honed these skills over millions of years. Bird calls,…
How to Navigate with Lombardy Poplars
There are three types of tree in any landscape: friends, guests and rebels. Every tree is native, invasive or planted. Native trees have been part…
Wild Signs and Star Paths – Full Book INDEX
Below is a full index from the book Wild Signs and Star Paths. (Published as The Nature Instinct in the USA.) WILD SIGNS AND STAR…
How to Find Your Way with Butterflies
Butterflies can help us find our way, all we have to do is to take an interest in their habitats – and the fussier the…
New Book Review
The Nature Instinct (the U.S. Edition of ‘Wild Signs and Star Paths‘) has a new review. “Everywhere he looks he discerns evidence of direction, animal…