Be More Bird
Life Lessons from a Hawk
$31.87
- Hardcover
198 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2026
Summary
‘Part memoir, part beginner’s guide, part self-help, but wholly wonderful book … It’s a real treat to read these nuggets of winged wisdom’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘A small masterpiece, written with heart, self-belief and wisdom. Wonderful!’ PAUL THEROUX
A true story of Bird and writer Candida Meyrick, set on Anglesey – and a fable for us all to find a way to fly.
The twelve-week-old Harris Hawk, Sophia Houdini Whitewing – aka Bird – is trained …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008761523 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008761523 |
| Author: | Candida Meyrick |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 198 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 159mm x 227mm |
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Critics Review
‘if any past traditions are to be revived, then let it be falconry. That is the feeling one is left with after reading Candida Meyrick’s part memoir, part beginner’s guide, part self-help, but wholly wonderful book … The life lessons Candida draws from Bird are universally applicable, and it’s a real treat to read these nuggets of winged wisdom’
Mail on Sunday
‘Philosophical, questioning, alive with wonder: this is a book that looks inwards and outwards, learning from the wildest creature with which humans have formed a partnership. Even the cover is a delight’
Country Life
‘A small masterpiece, written with heart, self-belief and wisdom. Wonderful!’
Paul Theroux
‘Be More Bird is a beautiful, deeply thought-provoking book filled with lessons about nature, about our relationships with the natural world and with each other. Candida writes with great joy and humility. We learn about hawks in history, language and culture, about their role in society over millennia. This partnership, between woman and hawk, is one of equality, reciprocity and mutual understanding. Candida finds freedom in a wild creature who is feral but accepts friendship. Falconry, she writes, has the power to both tame and release the wild in us. Most enchanting of all, we feel Candida’s joy as she witnesses “the flow state of creation” that is Bird in flight’
Annie Worsley
‘As a long-term admirer of Candida Meyrick’s novels I’m delighted to see her returning to print with this subtle and beguiling memoir’
DJ Taylor
‘Candida Meyrick’s lyrical account of hunting daily with her hawk is a love song to the splendour and wildness, the fragility and interdependence of life’
Geraldine Bedell
Candida Meyrick
Be More Bird is Candida Meyrick’s first work of non-fiction. She has published six previous novels under the pen name Candida Clark and written journalism, short fiction and poetry. She has restored a five-acre historic walled garden and founded the award-winning botanical drinks business, Positive Potions, and the popular wellness destination, The Retreat, New Forest.
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