Goshawk' is a magical book: a birdwatchers field study; a visceral invocation; a metaphysical meditation on the life and world of a hawk. And, the illustrations throughout are a perfect accompaniment. J. K. Rowling has said that White's writing strongly influenced the Harry Potter books; several critics have compared Rowling's character Albus Dumbledore to White's absent-minded Merlyn, [19] [20] and Rowling herself has described White's Wart as "Harry's spiritual ancestor." [21] Author Neil Gaiman was asked about the similarities between Harry Potter and Gaiman's character Timothy Hunter, and he stated that he did not think Rowling had based her character on Hunter. "I said to [the reporter] that I thought we were both just stealing from T. H. White: very straightforward." [22] A newspaper in Wales once pointedly described the current state of Welsh literature in English and its self-appointed literary elite in this way: “The land where writers sit-down to be counted”.

John Evans, seemingly loathed by the Welsh establishment but a hero to many, seems to be one of the few that, not only writes about the issues that affect our nation, is also willing to actually stand up for what he believes. Whether it’s social deprivation and unemployment, or campaigning to safeguard our wildlife and environment, he is one of the few voices to be heard. John Evans is a writer, filmmaker, and naturalist. He is also know for publicly campaigning on issues affecting wildlife, the environment and social and cultural issues. To pardon a pun: this man has ruffled a few feathers! White went to Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, a public school, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the scholar and occasional author L. J. Potts, who became a lifelong friend and correspondent. White later referred to him as "the great literary influence in my life." [2] While at Queens' College, White wrote a thesis on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, [4] and graduated in 1928 with a first-class degree in English. [1]

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T)he closest a Muggle can come to a real spellbook. I've loved working with Sony's creative team to bring my spells, and some of the history behind them, to life. -- J.K. Rowling Characters Introduced a b c Jameson, Conor (January 2014). "A place for the misfit". British Birds. 107 (1): 2–3. ISSN 0007-0335.

a b Stableford, Brian The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, (p 429), Scarecrow Press,Plymouth. 2005. ISBN 0-8108-6829-6Annan, Noel. "Character: The White-Garnett Letters and T. H. White" (book review), The New York Review of Books 11.8, 7 November 1968. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.

Keenan, Hugh T. “T(erence) H(anbury) White” in British Children's Writers, 1914–1960, ed. Donald R. Hettinga and Gary D. Schmidt, Gale Research, 1996. The poetry hovers with the same force and vulnerability as the raptor, and its otherworldly, sometimes haunting, lyric reads as a reflection of the bird’s tenuous survival. Human intervention and its potential threat to the goshawk, whether through systematic use of the forest as a commodity or mindless, random acts of destruction, are never far away: ‘Snarl / Of the/Chainsaw / Reverberating / In the Belly’, and with the loggers comes the ‘Smell of oil / And pine needles / Pale grey feather / In a bed of twigs’ and then, for others’ recreation, ‘Fields / And trees / Put to the torch / A burnt out car / Last night’s / Bank Holiday fun’. Dan Saladino, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme, won the prize for writing on conservation with his investigation into food biodiversity, Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them.We’ve got bags of character, with the interior showing off many classic architectural features such as large fireplaces & attractive stout wooden lintels. We’re family friendly with a lovely outdoor dining terrace, floodlit bowling green and an adventure play area to keep younger guests occupied. We’re pleased to welcome well behaved dogs inside the pub, so feel free to bring your four-legged friend along after a fantastic long walk around Delamere Forest and the surrounding areas. The prize for children’s writing on nature and conservation was awarded to brothers Rob and Tom Sears for The Biggest Footprint. Their illustrated book reimagines humanity as one massive giant and looks at the damage it has inflicted on the planet and how this might be fixed. In addition to his writing and film-making, Evans has set up Raptor Watch, an organisation aimed to protect birds of prey in south Wales The judges highly commended Katya Balen’s novel October, October, illustrated by Angela Harding, which won the Yoto Carnegie medal this year. White features extensively in Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk, winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. One of the components of the book is a biographical account of White and also The Goshawk, an account of his own failed attempt to train a hawk. [25] Selective bibliography [ edit ]

In the early 1950s, he published two non-fiction books. The Age of Scandal (1950) is a collection of essays about 18th-century England. The Goshawk (1951) is an account of White's attempt to train a northern goshawk using traditional rather than modern falconry techniques. [11] He wrote it at his cottage in the mid-1930s, but he did not publish it until his agent David Garnett discovered it and insisted that it be published. [11] In 1954, White translated and edited The Book of Beasts, an English translation of a medieval bestiary written in Latin. In February 1939, White moved to Doolistown in County Meath, Ireland, where he lived out the Second World War as a de facto conscientious objector. [9] In Ireland, he wrote most of what became The Once and Future King: The Witch in the Wood (later cut and rewritten as The Queen of Air and Darkness) in 1939, and The Ill-Made Knight in 1940. The version of The Sword in the Stone included in The Once and Future King differs from the earlier version; it is darker, and some critics prefer the earlier version. [10] Later life [ edit ]

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a b c d e "T. H. White Dead; Novelist was 57" (fee required), The New York Times, 18 January 1964. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. a b Townsend Warner, Sylvia (1978). "The Story of the Book". In White T.H. (ed.). The Book of Merlyn. London: Fontana/Collins. ISBN 0-00-615725-4. Since these spells require a wand to perform, it seems unlikely that the book would be translated into the languages of magical being who are forbidden to carry a wand (Gobbledegook is the language of Goblins while Mermish is the language of the Merpeople). Exceptional character moments