GRAEME GIBSON is the author of The Bedside Book of Birds, Five Legs, Perpetual Motion, and Gentleman Death. He is a past president of PEN Canada and the recipient of both the Harbourfront Festival Award and the Toronto Arts Award. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with the writer Margaret Atwood.
Praise for Graeme Gibson's The Bedside Book of Birds
“[Gibson]'s book is a stunner. The wealth of imagery and the range
of intelligence are grand, the kinds of relationships with birds he
sets out nearly bewildering…. It's what I'll take to bed tonight to
incite my dreams.” —Barry Lopez
"Gibson's own graceful and erudite essays tell of the pleasure,
fear, confusion, or hope that birds inspire, and their imperiled
place in nature." —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Intriguing, beautifully illustrated.” —Publishers Weekly
“This is a book to dip into during those spare minutes, and the
reader will be well rewarded by these glimpses into avian-human
relations.” —Booklist
"The most compulsively readable of a clutch of bird-themed books
out this autumn. Taking in everything from classic nature-writing
to poetry via folklore and Mayan creation myths, The Bedside Book
Of Birds is by no means for 'twitchers' only." —Daily Mail
"The perfect book for armchair ornithologists with an eye for words
as well as feathers." —The Daily Telegraph
"A wonderful collection of poetry and prose, folk tales and myths,
which pay tribute to our feathered friend. . . . A perfect
Christmas present, even for non-anoraks." —Mail on Sunday
"The beauty of the writing and the illustrations contained in The
Bedside Book of Birds is matched by the beauty of the physical book
itself. Great pains have been taken by the author and the publisher
to make this book a work of art, and they have succeeded
marvelously." —The Globe and Mail
"An astoundingly beautiful book . . . featur[ing] some of the most
sublime writings to be found on the subject." —The Globe and
Mail
“A superb gift, a compulsive must-have, for the bird-lover, the
storyteller, and the anthropologist in the family. As a collection
it is exemplary of how fascination can re-order the world. Readers
will be thinking feathered thoughts for days and they will be
happier.” —The Calgary Herald
“A beautiful volume, sumptiously illustrated.” —The Vancouver
Sun
"Gibson's preambles are as satisfying as the texts and accompanying
illustrations." —Library Journal
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