The Times runs extracts from the Caught By The River book today – you get essays from Jarvis Cocker, Irvine Welsh and Jon Savage – it’s in the colour supplement, you can read them here too. If you missed it, yesterday The Times ran a feature on the website written by CBTR contributor (and mate) John Niven. That piece is archived here. As if that wasn’t enough, they are also hosting a couple of podcasts of writers reading from the book. The podcasts are produced by Chris Watson and are ace. here Listen to Robert Macfarlane reading an essay by Roger Deakin, here Listen to Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the man behind the Cloud Appreciation Society, reading about canoeing down the river Cary.
Caught By The Times
30th May 2009