| Date |
Time |
Venue |
Event |
Description |
Ticket |
| 29th Oct 2006 |
1.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Fred Pearce and Michael Norton |
Fred Pearce studied Geography at Cambridge University and has since reported on environment, science and development issues from 54 countries. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, with interview credits from Today to Richard and Judy to the Open University. Michael Norton is the founder of the Directory of Social Change - the UK's leading agency providing information, training and support to voluntary organisations, the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA) and YouthBank UK. |
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| 5th Nov 2006 |
1.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Jacqueline Moffat and Craig Taylor |
In 1982 Jackie Moffat and her family upped sticks from London and went North, to Cumbria. Their destination was the Eden Valley, and a small stock-rearing and dairy farm called Rowfoot, and there they have spent the past twenty years getting to grips with the practice of running a working farm, keeping sheep, cattle, pigs and horses. The author has written a regular column for the Cumbria and Lake District Life magazine and books including 'The Funny Farm'. Ronald Blythe's 1969 book 'Akenfield' - a moving portrait of English country life told in the voices of the farmers and villagers themselves - is a modern classic. A bestseller upon publication, it has been translated into more than twenty languages around the world. In 2004, writer and reporter Craig Taylor returned to the village in Suffolk on which 'Akenfield' was based. Over the course of several months, he sought out locals who had appeared in the original book to see how their lives has changed, he met newcomers to discuss their own views, and he interviewed Ronald Blythe himself, now in his eighties. |
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| 5th Nov 2006 |
3 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Tom Petherick and Mark Cocker |
Tom Petherick is an acclaimed author and broadcaster and led the gardening team that undertook the stunning restoration of the lost Gardens of Heligan. He was lured back to Heligan to help the horticultural team and is now through his journalism and book writing helping to promote the garden. Mark Cocker is the author of seven works of non-fiction including the universally praised Birds Britannica. He also writes regularly for the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. He will be talking about his new book A Tiger in the Sand, a collection of his wildlife writings over the last twenty years. Tim Birkhead is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Sheffield. |
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| 5th Nov 2006 |
4.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Johnny Kingdom |
Johnny Kingdom lives in Exmoor with his wife, Julie. For the past several years he has made a living running wildlife safaris on the moor and making videos of its flora and fauna. Johnny has become a local celebrity with a nature series on ITV West but is set to become a national treasure with a new BBC2 series. |
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| 10th Nov 2006 |
7.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
John Beatty |
John Beatty has been widely acclaimed as one of the most exciting and stimulating nature, travel and adventure photographers to have emerged in recent years. He edits the John Muir Trust Wild Nature Yearbook |
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