Philip Hoare’s books include biographies of Stephen Tennant and Noël Coward, the historical studies, Wilde’s Last Stand, Spike Island, and England’s Lost Eden. His book Leviathan or, The Whale won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. His last book, The Sea Inside, was published in 2013. His new book, RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR, is published by Fourth Estate (summer 2017), the University of Chicago Press (spring 2018), and Atico de los Libros (autumn 2018).
Out of a tempestuous sea, fantastical stories of drowned poets, eccentric artists and magical animals, slipping between species and gender, all bound by the profound ocean.
‘Rich and strange from the tip of its title to its deep-sunk bones’, Robert Macfarlane.
An experienced broadcaster, curator and filmmaker, he wrote and presented the BBC Arena film The Hunt for Moby-Dick. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton, and curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read, www.mobydickbigread.com
Download the source notes for RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR here
@MarkCocker2 an astonishing, protean place, Mark. I wrote about it a little here... t.co/vTUDLoPyDI… t.co/8uadVZC9J3
“Pet Shop Boys have always been mirror ball magicians. Their songs are euphoric and bruised.” @leebrackstone t.co/DzDdd8Auci
“This curious world which we inhabit is more wonderful than it is convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it… t.co/yNqxWCTDSg
When morning fog cleared like smoke, a beauty appeared. Brand new book by @JHansardGallery in Southampton, born out… t.co/GCdPc6W5rP
3.30 am: starry and still, the sky and the sea, same as they ever were, completely different.
