The Year

by R. Bruce Richardson

It was more than spending a year travelling and birdwatching across Australia. It was the journey of a lifetime. This is the book about that journey. Kenn Kaufman said... "The story is superb and the descriptions of birds, places and people are all original and engaging, and I love the asides and the wise and imaginative comments that Bruce works in on just about every page. The little asides that he tosses in are all gems and they add to the value and charm of the book. I love the story, I love Bruce’s unique perspective on every topic, and I would like to make sure I get that point across.”

368 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2018

About the author

R. Bruce is an author, artist, singer/songwriter and entertainer. In 2015- 2016 he travelled the entire continent of Australia birding with his wife and he wrote a book about it. "An Australian Birding Year" is published by John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England. R. Bruce was born in the USA, but lives full-stop in Australia as a permanent resident.

Regarding his Australian travels R. Bruce says, "The more my heart is spread out across this amazing country, the more heart I have. It is not like my heart gets divided up into smaller and smaller pieces between all of these many places. It is like I have more and more heart. For every piece I leave in another spot, that piece is added to, not taken from, my heart."

There will be a second book about his Aussie birding travels following "An Australian Birding Year" also published by John Beaufoy Publishing to be released in 2022. It has the working title of "More Australian Birding Tales" (Life after An Australian Birding Year).