AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity

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09/12/2011 - Books:
Melanie Challenger (CECD Creative Fellow)'s new book 'On Extinction'

Melanie Challenger, Creative Fellow at the AHRC CECD, has just published her book On Extinction (Granta Books, 2011).

Melanie recounts her journeys through changing landscapes, and reflects on extinctions and the loss of diversity in the natural and cultural worlds. The book has been very well-reviewed in the national press see:

Associated Links:
http://grantabooks.com/page/3012/On-Extinction/2204

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/28/on-extinction-melanie-challenger-review

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/on-extinction-how-we-became-estranged-from-nature-by-melanie-challenger-6257709.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/02/on-extinction-melanie-challenger-review

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/10/what-is-your-place-in-nature.html

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