Slightly Foxed 78: 'A Familiar Country'

by Gail Pirkis (Editor), Hazel Wood (Editor)

Flora Watkins relives a golden summer • Christian Tyler goes fly-fishing • Ursula Buchan meets a literary gardener • Ian Thomson takes a train to Budapest • Sam Leith has a bad dream • Pauline Melville drops in on Compton Mackenzie • Nick Hunt travels America’s Badlands • Maggie Fergusson encounters an unwelcome guest • Nigel Andrew follows the Good Doctor • Laura Freeman finds magic in her Hall, and much more besides . . .

Genres: Essays, Nonfiction

94 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2023

Reviews

[Noits · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every quarter this little magazine plops delightfully onto the doormat, offering a compendium of delights all about books.
It’s a luxuriant read and one that never fails to add copiously to the TBR pile. I’ve taken to leaving my phone in another room lest my Abebooks account gets a thrashing.

As always: a joy.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another lovely collection of essays about books and authors.

[Marie-Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

More fantastic recommendations for my never ending TBR list.

[Jeannette · Rating 3 out of 5]

this issue was a dark one. Several essays on death. But I did buy one book and I read another one.