Skip to primary content

Skip to secondary content

Me in place

Musings on place, home and memory

Search

Main menu

Home
Ghostwriting & Editing
Blog
Book Reviews
Contact

Blog Archives

Unsheltered

Quote

Posted on September 20, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

via Unsheltered

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a reply

The Bone Clocks

Quote

Posted on August 16, 2019 by martinatyrrell

My Friday book review via The Bone Clocks

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review | Tagged Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, dystopian novel, supernatural, The Bone Clocks, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Feral

Quote

Posted on August 9, 2019 by martinatyrrell

My latest Friday book review, George Monbiot’s Feral.

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review, environment, landscape, nature writing | Tagged environmental writing, environmentalism, extinction rebellion, Feral, George Monbiot, nature writing, rewilding

1491

Quote

Posted on April 13, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

My Friday book review…on Saturday…..via 1491

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review, environment, language, society | Tagged Black Robe, Dances with wolves, Department of Anthropology Maynooth, Eileen Kane, John Ford, National Geographic, NUI Maynooth, St. Patrick's College Maynooth | Leave a reply

The tattooist of Auschwitz

Quote

Posted on April 5, 2019 by martinatyrrell

My Friday book review…..via The tattooist of Auschwitz

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review, memory | Tagged Auschwitz, Auschwitz Memorial Research Centre, Christine Kenneally, fact or fiction, Heather Morris, Holocaust, John Boyne, Life is Beautiful, Schindler's Ark, Schindler's List, The boy in the striped pyjamas, Thomas Kenneally

Song yet sung

Quote

Posted on March 29, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

My latest book review via Song yet sung

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review, landscape, memory | Tagged Beloved, Ian McEwan, Lawrence Hill, Maryland, slavery, The Book of Negros, Toni Morrison, Wally Lamb | Leave a reply

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Quote

Posted on March 22, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

My Friday book review. This week The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, book review | Tagged book review, Edmund Husserl, phenomenology, The elegance of the hedgehog, The hunt for Red October | Leave a reply

Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies

Quote

Posted on March 15, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

My Friday book review via Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, language | Tagged book review, Bring up the Bodies, Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, literature, Man Booker Prize, Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall | Leave a reply

Mountains of the Mind

Quote

Posted on March 8, 2019 by martinatyrrell

Reply

The Books – a regular Friday feature, where I review a book I’ve recently read. This week Mountains of the Mind

Share this:

X
Facebook
LinkedIn

Like Loading...

Posted in book, nature writing | Tagged book review, cultural history, cultural history of mountains, mountaineering, nature writing, Robert MacFarlane | Leave a reply

Martina Tyrrell

I’m an anthropologist, writer, editor and educator. I write and speak about nature, family and culture and I edit fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. Please contact me regarding speaking, writing or editing, or if you just want to say hello.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Join 232 other subscribers

Follow Me

X
LinkedIn
Facebook

Blog at WordPress.com.

Subscribe Subscribed
- Me in place
- Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

%d