Jonathan C Slaght
@jonathanslaght.com
Author. Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
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Jonathan C Slaght
@jonathanslaght.com
· Aug 22
"a captivating account....vivid detail and suspense."
Nice review of "Tigers Between Empires" (November 4 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social) at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610982 📚💙🐅
Nice review of "Tigers Between Empires" (November 4 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social) at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610982 📚💙🐅
a little disconcerting to have so much in common with one of the psychopaths on Peacemaker
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
a little disconcerting to have so much in common with one of the psychopaths on Peacemaker
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my interview with @orionmagazine.bsky.social on tigers, writing, and sniffing tiger pee: orionmagazine.org/article/tige... 🌍🧪 #booksky
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright - Orion Magazine
A conversation about the return of big cats to the forests of China and Russia
orionmagazine.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
my interview with @orionmagazine.bsky.social on tigers, writing, and sniffing tiger pee: orionmagazine.org/article/tige... 🌍🧪 #booksky
my interview with @orionmagazine.bsky.social on tigers, writing, and sniffing tiger pee: orionmagazine.org/article/tige... 🌍🧪 #booksky
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright - Orion Magazine
A conversation about the return of big cats to the forests of China and Russia
orionmagazine.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
my interview with @orionmagazine.bsky.social on tigers, writing, and sniffing tiger pee: orionmagazine.org/article/tige... 🌍🧪 #booksky
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another regrettable headline, but overall a nice review of my tiger book in The Telegraph (UK), which named Tigers Between Empires one of the best books of 2025, in part because "Unusually for a conservationist, [Slaght] is also particularly skilled at writing about people." z8oszl.short.gy/bSOHr1 🌍
The mission to save Putin’s favourite big cat
A conservationist charts the remarkable story of the efforts to protect the endangered Siberian tiger
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
another regrettable headline, but overall a nice review of my tiger book in The Telegraph (UK), which named Tigers Between Empires one of the best books of 2025, in part because "Unusually for a conservationist, [Slaght] is also particularly skilled at writing about people." z8oszl.short.gy/bSOHr1 🌍
another regrettable headline, but overall a nice review of my tiger book in The Telegraph (UK), which named Tigers Between Empires one of the best books of 2025, in part because "Unusually for a conservationist, [Slaght] is also particularly skilled at writing about people." z8oszl.short.gy/bSOHr1 🌍
The mission to save Putin’s favourite big cat
A conservationist charts the remarkable story of the efforts to protect the endangered Siberian tiger
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
another regrettable headline, but overall a nice review of my tiger book in The Telegraph (UK), which named Tigers Between Empires one of the best books of 2025, in part because "Unusually for a conservationist, [Slaght] is also particularly skilled at writing about people." z8oszl.short.gy/bSOHr1 🌍
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@jonathanslaght.com After a round trip of approx 250 miles I now have this awesome, signed book, it's far better than winning the lottery. After having plastic surgery tomorrow and a recovery period I'm going to love reading it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@jonathanslaght.com After a round trip of approx 250 miles I now have this awesome, signed book, it's far better than winning the lottery. After having plastic surgery tomorrow and a recovery period I'm going to love reading it.
chuffed to find TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES as one of @telegraph.co.uk's best books of 2025, along with @adamweymouth.bsky.social's LONE WOLF and Patrick Galbraith's UNCOMMON GROUND in the nature category! www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
The greatest books of 2025
Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
chuffed to find TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES as one of @telegraph.co.uk's best books of 2025, along with @adamweymouth.bsky.social's LONE WOLF and Patrick Galbraith's UNCOMMON GROUND in the nature category! www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
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I just started TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES and I'm looking forward to a whole book of interesting stuff like this.
If Slaght is new to you, start with OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, a fascinating, page-turning book about, obviously, owls.
If Slaght is new to you, start with OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, a fascinating, page-turning book about, obviously, owls.
A short 🧵: one astounding thing I learned while researching TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES was the existence of the Willow Palisade, a 700-km wall made of interlocking trees, an extension of the Great Wall planted in NE China in the 17th century. This map shows approx. Amur tiger range in 1850. 1/9
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I just started TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES and I'm looking forward to a whole book of interesting stuff like this.
If Slaght is new to you, start with OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, a fascinating, page-turning book about, obviously, owls.
If Slaght is new to you, start with OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, a fascinating, page-turning book about, obviously, owls.
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So often you can feel the character of a place through its corvids.
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So often you can feel the character of a place through its corvids.
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"Prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship & advising a foreign graduate student or postdoc. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding."
Dictators despise science.
Dictators despise science.
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship & advising a foreign graduate student or postdoc. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding."
Dictators despise science.
Dictators despise science.
My brother just sent this photo of his house (which he built) in Fairbanks, Alaska last night
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My brother just sent this photo of his house (which he built) in Fairbanks, Alaska last night
A short 🧵: one astounding thing I learned while researching TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES was the existence of the Willow Palisade, a 700-km wall made of interlocking trees, an extension of the Great Wall planted in NE China in the 17th century. This map shows approx. Amur tiger range in 1850. 1/9
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A short 🧵: one astounding thing I learned while researching TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES was the existence of the Willow Palisade, a 700-km wall made of interlocking trees, an extension of the Great Wall planted in NE China in the 17th century. This map shows approx. Amur tiger range in 1850. 1/9
I was invited by @barnesandnoble.com to write about why tigers were the logical follow up to my book Owls of the Eastern Ice: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/jonatha... 🌍🐅
Writing About Tigers Was Inevitable: A Guest Post by Jonathan C. Slaght - B&N Reads
Blending facts with vivid storytelling, this is a fascinating read about the remarkable conservation efforts to save the iconic Siberian Tiger from vanishing forever. Read on for an exclusive essay fr...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I was invited by @barnesandnoble.com to write about why tigers were the logical follow up to my book Owls of the Eastern Ice: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/jonatha... 🌍🐅
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Feeling rather chuffed with my American version of #TigersBetweenEmpires brought all the way to London by @jonathanslaght.com. Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Feeling rather chuffed with my American version of #TigersBetweenEmpires brought all the way to London by @jonathanslaght.com. Thank you!
signed some tiger and owl books across London today, including @waterstones.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
signed some tiger and owl books across London today, including @waterstones.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social!
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Jonathan C. Slaght’s beautifully wrought TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES chronicles how American and Russian scientists shared their talents and ignored their differences to protect the magnificent Amur tiger.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jonathan C. Slaght’s beautifully wrought TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES chronicles how American and Russian scientists shared their talents and ignored their differences to protect the magnificent Amur tiger.
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It’s finally here in Madrid! Can’t wait to start reading this new book tonight.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s finally here in Madrid! Can’t wait to start reading this new book tonight.
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@jonathanslaght.com
Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
With co-guests @drjuliashaw.bsky.social and Juhea Kim this morning after speaking with @adamrutherford.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week in London.We talked tigers, environmental crime, and the power of art to change minds
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With co-guests @drjuliashaw.bsky.social and Juhea Kim this morning after speaking with @adamrutherford.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week in London.We talked tigers, environmental crime, and the power of art to change minds
I didn't have to put @johnvaillant.bsky.social's FIRE WEATHER facing out at Waterstones Victoria bookshop in London...it was already like that!
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I didn't have to put @johnvaillant.bsky.social's FIRE WEATHER facing out at Waterstones Victoria bookshop in London...it was already like that!
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An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
This was a great conversation!
Loving Start the Week today (10 Nov 25). Excellent panel of diverse but convergent views on the biodiversity crisis.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This was a great conversation!
coming up in one hour: I'm live on BBC4 Start of the Week in London! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Saving Tigers, Green Crime and Cli-fi
Jonathan Slaght, Juhea Kim and Julia Shaw in conversation with Adam Rutherford.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
coming up in one hour: I'm live on BBC4 Start of the Week in London! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
had a pint in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub today, rebuilt in 1667, after the London Fire. Dickins drank here
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
had a pint in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub today, rebuilt in 1667, after the London Fire. Dickins drank here
in London....going live on Times Radio in about twenty minutes!
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
in London....going live on Times Radio in about twenty minutes!