OVER THE WATER: ESSAYS ON ISLANDS (PB)

Thirteen writers capture the magic and mirage of islands. Octavia Bright remembers a formative trip to the fish-shaped island of Elba in Tuscany; Megan Nolan sees Manhattan anew after discovering the joys of wandering the city alone; Noreen Masud flies to Tasmania, hoping to catch sight of a duck-billed platypus, and K Patrick takes a two-hour ferry from the Isle of Skye to the Isle of Lewis. Contributors also include: Anthony Anaxagorou, Santanu Bhattacharya, Nicola Dinan, Ella Frears, Sinéad Gleeson, Orlaine McDonald, Cecile Pin, Alexandra Pringle, Ralf Webb.