Creature Future In brief Date - 21 August 2023 Speakers - David Farrier and Katherine Rundell Venue - Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event David Farrier, author of 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils', captures what nature can teach us about life on a human planet in his forthcoming book 'Curious Earth'. Writer Katherine Rundell has catalogued nature’s brilliant and endangered creatures in 'The Golden Mole', a litany of what makes this world worth fighting for. Join Farrier and Rundell as they reckon with what we risk losing to rapid change. They will be in conversation with Dan Richards. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 21 2023 15.15 - 16.15 Creature Future A conversation between David Farrier (University of Edinburgh), Katherine Rundell and Dan Richards about life on a human planet and what we risk losing to rapid climate change as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Creature Future In brief Date - 21 August 2023 Speakers - David Farrier and Katherine Rundell Venue - Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event David Farrier, author of 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils', captures what nature can teach us about life on a human planet in his forthcoming book 'Curious Earth'. Writer Katherine Rundell has catalogued nature’s brilliant and endangered creatures in 'The Golden Mole', a litany of what makes this world worth fighting for. Join Farrier and Rundell as they reckon with what we risk losing to rapid change. They will be in conversation with Dan Richards. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 21 2023 15.15 - 16.15 Creature Future A conversation between David Farrier (University of Edinburgh), Katherine Rundell and Dan Richards about life on a human planet and what we risk losing to rapid climate change as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Aug 21 2023 15.15 - 16.15 Creature Future A conversation between David Farrier (University of Edinburgh), Katherine Rundell and Dan Richards about life on a human planet and what we risk losing to rapid climate change as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
