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Essaying forth: The subjects explored in Hedley Twidle’s latest collection of nine pieces of shorter nonfiction, titled Show Me the Place, are varied and esoteric, gentle yet devastating.

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

Hedley Twidle’s essays: Not lightly to the blank page

Powerful, evocative and thought-provoking essays transport us to unexpected places

Rodney Ghobril

Context: Writer Amitav Ghosh sees the ecological disaster the world is facing as being rooted in the past. Photo: Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images

Amitav Ghosh: Writing the planetary crisis

Indian author Amitav Ghosh speaks about his work and its relationship with climate change

Alf Gunvald Nilsen