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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Nest : The Art of Birds
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'As an amateur naturalist and nature lover, Janine Burke, art historian and author, has spent many years observing birds. Nest: The Art of Birds is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging and intimate book - part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and aesthetics, part memoir - that will appeal to all those who love nature, literature and art.

'What are nests if not art created by nature? If a nest is not art, how can we account for those exquisite, painstakingly constructed creations that are decorated, or woven through with feathers, or studded with objects of a particular colour or sheen? Nest reveals both the art and mystery found in nature and celebrates them with lyricism, insight and great affection.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    To Suzanne Heywood,
    who also knew Sister Anthony.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Allen and Unwin.
      Extent: 182p., [12]p. of platesp.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781742378299 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Rick Sullivan , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 April 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
Bird Brains Gay Bilson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 341 2012; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
Hatching Beauty Liza Power , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 May 2012; (p. 27)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
Hatching Beauty Liza Power , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 May 2012; (p. 27)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
Bird Brains Gay Bilson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 341 2012; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
Untitled Rick Sullivan , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 April 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of Nest : The Art of Birds Janine Burke , 2012 single work prose
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