Matt Weiland

Coming this fall: THE MONSTERS WE MAKE by @RachelNCorbett Review copies available...

*MEMORANDUM* TO: Coloradans and those in the vicinity FROM: Proud editor RE: @RobGMacfarlane and @ben_a_goldfarb in conversation at @denverbotanic on Mon 6/16 Lucky you all! botanicgardens.org/programs/rober…

A torrent of thanks to the independent booksellers nationwide who've made @RobGMacfarlane's IS A RIVER ALIVE? a Top 10 national indie bookseller three weeks in a row.

Coming in July from @wwnorton -- advance review copies available...

Exciting news for fans of @RobGMacfarlane and MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND, he will be on tour for his latest New York Times bestselling book, IS A RIVER ALIVE? Learn more: pioneerworks.org/programs/rober…

A torrent of thanks to booksellers, critics, and readers nationwide, and a cascade of congratulations to @RobGMacfarlane — IS A RIVER ALIVE? debuts at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Hoorah for @nevalalee and COLLISIONS, his bio of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Luis Alvarez, on making the Washington Post's all-real-books list of best summer reading. Out from @wwnorton in June.

Our Quarterly release for the summer of 2025 is the “Is a River Alive?” Edition. Details and a short documentary at our site. Shipping now.

The good folks at @FieldNotesBrand announce a limited edition 3-pack of notebooks in collaboration with @RobGMacfarlane and @StanleyDonwood to mark the publication of IS A RIVER ALIVE?... fieldnotesbrand.com/products/is-a-…

"What his brilliant colleague Richard Powers has done for trees and oceans, @RobGMacfarlane here does for embattled waterways." -@PicoIyer in @AirMailWeekly on IS A RIVER ALIVE? airmail.news/issues/2025-5-…

*OUT THIS WEEK IN AMERICA* The #1 UK bestseller IS A RIVER ALIVE? by @RobGMacfarlane “A ravishing and enlightening inquiry.”—BOOKLIST ⭐ “Nature lovers will be riveted.”—PW ⭐ “Are rivers alive? Macfarlane delivers a lucid, memorable argument in the affirmative.”—KIRKUS ⭐

I heartily think so too.

Out in America next week: @RobGMacfarlane 's #1 UK bestseller, IS A RIVER ALIVE? "Everyone who has ever found something to love in a river should find something to love in this book. It is a masterpiece." -@TheEconomist

***Coming this summer*** COLLISIONS by @nevalalee "Outstanding!"―Richard Rhodes FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE by Anika Burgess "Astonishing!"―@bbosker Interested in a review copy? Lemme hear from you!

The astonishing new book from @RobGMacfarlane will be out in America next week, and he'll be doing events all over the country in June...

There's still time! If you preorder Robert Macfarlane's IS A RIVER ALIVE? from a participating US independent bookstore by Friday April 25 then you'll receive a signed book plus a 48-page notebook made in collaboration with Field Notes. isariveralive.com

WARBODY, out this week from @wwnorton...

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"If we don't relinquish control at some point, nothing real gets on the page. We're left with simple imitation or an exercise in pure will, neither very satisfying." @alixechristie interviews Andrea Barrett about "Dust and Light." lareviewofbooks.org/article/double…