Cal Flyn

I had some very lovely news

'Hinde is a charming travel companion. An enticing blend of memoir, sociology and reportage.' -- @calflyn In his new book, journalist and sociologist @DominicMHinde travels across Scotland to discover whether the lessons of the past can help us build a more sustainable future.

Con la Edición Especial Verde 2025, El Malpensante abre un espacio para pensar la naturaleza no solo como escenario, sino como interrogante estético, cultural y vital. Lo esperamos en el Lanzamiento, uno de los espacios que como animalejos en vía de extinción resisten, para pensar la Tierra. “Es cierto que aquí no somos catastrofistas, pero sí tenemos que afirmar lo siguiente con todas las letras: la Tierra nos sigue devolviendo con sargazos, sequías y ciclones las estocadas que propinamos sobre su lomo azul". Lea el texto de presentación del número en: elmalpensante.com/articulo/icebe… Este doble número (272–273) reúne voces que exploran la relación entre literatura, arte, filosofía y ciencia con aquello que nos rodea. 🌿 Acompáñenos al lanzamiento de esta edición especial. Inscripción previa, cupos limitados. 📅 Jueves 2 de octubre | 🕡 6:30 p.m. 📍 El Azulejo de San Felipe — Calle 78 #22-61, Bogotá 🔗 Inscríbase ahora: forms.gle/YybjekwFS2rQP8… #Verde #MedioAmbiente #MalpensarLaTierra #PlanetaTierra #Especies #Frutos #LiteraturaVerde #Investigación #entrevista @Banrepcultural @calflyn @Ariasvilla @pzalamea @srestrep @andrewholes @martin_caparros @dcastrobenetti @SillaVerde @vermederosicler @MissDislexia @leondepapel @marbaccig17 @anemonailustra_anonima @alejoreng.png

@herdyshepherd1 Thank you for doing it!

I was asked to choose five modern classic books that I love for this… thanks to ⁦@calflyn⁩ Modern Classics - Five Books Expert Recommendations fivebooks.com/best-books/mod…

@issybryonyh @edacuk :) looking forward to viewing the garden in person

@edacuk I have indeed! @calflyn is great!

A v wonderful weekend at Scone Palace. Delighted that my show garden won a silver medal! It’s inspired by the bings of West Lothian and the amazing wild flora found growing there. Also lots of love for the drystone wall seating which was actually made from old concrete paving

Really looking forward to welcoming @calflyn, bestselling author of ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, and @PeterEBurns, author of SHADOW THIEVES, to our roadshow event at @WaterstonesGla this evening! 📚✨

Delighted to say that I'll be appearing at this "sparkling" Scottish writing showcase alongside @eilidhakilade_, @calflyn, Katie Goh & @forthygreatpain at the @edbookfest in August. Tickets & details below 👇 tinyurl.com/4dtbmx8n

@Jibunnessa @Dan_Zep @_DigitalMuseum @BGPrize @WmCollinsBooks @canongatebooks @mfbooks Very kind of you - and great to meet you!

Such a lovely conversation last Thursday between authors, @calflyn and @Dan_Zep, at the Mount Florida Bookshop in Glasgow. I was struck by Dan Richard’s humour and deep empathy towards those who toil away throughout the night to make the world both safe and function properly within the demands of our contemporary existence, while the rest of us sleep. Tales of bats picking at bandages, his clinging to life on a covid ward, cranes costing millions being manoeuvred with precision by diligent fellow humans awake on coffee and a deep sense of responsibility, sea legs through gale force winds on the Shetland Ferry and much more can be found in his book, Overnight Bought a copy afterwards, as well as Cal Flyn’s excellent, Islands of Abandonment, which I’m now listening to on Audible. It’s a book I wish I’d thought of writing myself. But very glad Cal Flyn did. What a great title. Wonderfully written and very interesting too! #book #books #Overnight #IslandsOfAbandonment

Shortlisted for the @WainwrightPrize 2025 and a @FT Book of the Year, BOTHY by @Katricianh is out today in paperback! 🌾 'Will have you reaching for your boots’ @CalFlyn 🌾BOTHY is a stirring, beautiful book for anyone who longs to run away to the wilds.

'An eerie exploration of a strange and surprising element, and a plangent warning of a looming environmental crisis that needs our attention.' - @calflyn Available to preorder now! bit.ly/white-light-pr…

This article title goes extremely hard

Two decades ago, researchers started an experiment that would challenge the prevailing scientific understanding of plant communities. While modern agriculture treats diversity as inefficient, the Jena Experiment proved the opposite: complexity is the key to resilience.

«Una investigación urgente, profunda e interminablemente interesante sobre nuestro asombroso despilfarro y la crisis medioambiental que está creando delante de nuestras narices». @calflyn, autora de Islas del abandono, sobre Vertedero, de @olifranklin.

@Hart_and_Mind Hello Paul, I'm hoping to get in touch to discuss your Forbidden Plateau attempt. Could you drop me a line? cal [at] calflyn [dot] com

@mattyreedbaker Thanks for sharing!

Just finished: Islands Of Abandonment (2021) by @calflyn, a fascinating book about how nature returns when humans leave due to war, volcanoes, toxic pollution or economic collapse. A great feat of nature writing, travelogue & reportage that makes you think hard about the future.

"The scale of recent global farmland abandonment is a staggering and still largely untold story... Globally, an area of land half the size of Australia, around a billion acres, has recently been relinquished"

@booksandwellies looks like the doctoral thesis that was turned into the book - it is close enough for me, will have v similar content

@calflyn I hope I'm right!

Is anyone out there able to help me access this chapter? academic.oup.com/book/55944/cha… I'd be v v grateful!

@booksandwellies Oh you lifesaver - thank you!

@calflyn This appears to link to the entire text ... libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/gh…

'After long, companionable days working alongside the women, Rebanks begins to view these swaggering interlopers through female eyes: their noise, their carelessness, their arrogance.' Cal Flyn (@calflyn) on a woman who tends eider ducks #Echobox=1727882253" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.co.uk/lives/autobiog…