Wild City: Living with Urban Wildlife (18 Jan) Literature and Books

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Join writers Florence Wilkinson and Meryl Pugh to consider cohabiting, protecting the animal life


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City-dwellers, it's time to meet your neighbours

Meryl Pugh reimagines the wild as 'feral', recording the fauna and flora of Leytonstone in prose as incisive as it is lyricalHere, on the edge of the city, red kite and parakeets thrive alongside bluebell and yarrow, a muntjac deer is glimpsed in the undergrowth, and an escaped boa constrictor appears on the High Road

In her subtle, captivating book Feral Borough – part herbarium, part bestiary and part memoir – Pugh explores the effects of loss, and lockdown, on human well-being, conjuring the local urban environment as a site for healing and connection

In her book, Wild City, Florence Wilkinson takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban speciesWhat we might see – if we only take the time to look – and how nature is adapting to human-engineered environments in unexpected and ingenious waysWild City proposes a compelling manifesto for city wildlife, suggesting how we might take action to protect the often-overlooked residents who live alongside us

Florence Wilkinson is a writer, filmmaker and co-founder of birdsong recognition app WarblrShe writes mainly about nature, women and politics, and has been featured in the Telegraph Magazine, The Pool, Vice and GraziaFlorence's film projects include a mini documentary about the Dogs of Instagram, a series of three short films with The Urban Birder

Meryl Pugh lives in East London and holds a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of East AngliaShe teaches creative writing, most recently as a lecturer at UEAShe is the author of three pamphlets and one collection of poetryNatural Phenomena (2018) was a Poetry Book Society Guest Choice and longlisted for the Laurel Prize

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Date(s)18 Jan 2023
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VenueConway Hall
Address25 Red Lion Square, London, Greater London,
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Event Details

Date18 Jan 2023
Time(s)6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CostGeneral Admission: GBP 8.00, Livestream: GBP 5.00, Concession: GBP 5.00
VenueConway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
London
Greater London
WC1R4RL
Phone02074051818
CategoryLiterature and Books


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