The blood, guts, and beauty of farming | A Drink with James Rebanks
Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson chats to writer and farmer James Rebanks about his latest book English Pastoral: An Inheritance.
James Rebanks is a farmer based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. His No.1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd’s Life, won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, which was also a Top Ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. Heralded as a ‘masterpiece’ by the New Statesman, it was shortlisted for the Ondaatje prize, and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
James's latest book English Pastoral is available to buy here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/english-pastoral-an-inheritance-the-sunday-times-bestseller-from-the-author-of-the-shepherd-s-life/9780141982571
This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: https://www.idler.co.uk/
Thank you to The Folio Society, our sponsors for this event.
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James Rebanks is a farmer based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. His No.1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd’s Life, won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, which was also a Top Ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. Heralded as a ‘masterpiece’ by the New Statesman, it was shortlisted for the Ondaatje prize, and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
James's latest book English Pastoral is available to buy here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/english-pastoral-an-inheritance-the-sunday-times-bestseller-from-the-author-of-the-shepherd-s-life/9780141982571
This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's weekly online event, A Drink with the Idler. The full recording is available to magazine and Academy subscribers. Visit the website to join: https://www.idler.co.uk/
Thank you to The Folio Society, our sponsors for this event.
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