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Right now we are preparing for our Restoring Nature Festival, after which we have a series of fantastic author events happening in the bookshop…
How Not to Save the World: Doing Good Without Annoying Everyone
Do you want to change the world but wonder if there’s any point trying?
Anthea Lawson has worked for human rights groups including Global Witness and Amnesty International, campaigning for controls on the arms trade and an end to the financial secrecy offered by tax havens.
How Not To Save the Worldis a sympathetic exploration of alternatives to righteousness, and other unhelpful habits. It shows that there are ways to work together for what matters, without alienating the people we need to convince.
Join Anthea in conversation with Ruth Ben-Tovim
At: The East Gate Bookshop, Totnes
On: Thursday 4th June. Doors open 7:15pm for a 7:30 Start
Tickets £3.00 each; available online here or at the bookshop
Along the Borders
In search of what divides and unites the British Isles
Join Richard in his search for a sense of national and personal identity in an increasingly fragmented United Kingdom
Along The Borders merges British history with contemporary politics and culture. Collett’s journey takes him to the banks of the River Tamar - a natural boundary dividing Anglo-Saxon Devon from Celtic Cornwall for a thousand years, to the English-Welsh borders, where Offa’s Dyke has separated the two countries since the 8th century.
Born in Scotland to English parents, Richard Collett is an award-winning travel journalist with a love for offbeat destinations and cultural curiosities.
At: The East Gate Bookshop, Totnes
On: Tuesday 9th June. Doors open 7:15pm for a 7:30 Start
Tickets £3.00 each, available online here or at the bookshop
Love is a Toad
Exploring our relationship with nature
Lucy explores how nature makes us feel, from wild grief and anger through to soaring joy and indefatigable hope.
In Love Is a Toad, Lucy traverses meadows, bogs and hedgerows with her fellow nature enthusiasts, where she digs down into our relationship with the natural world. At once a celebration and an invitation to reflect, Love Is a Toad prods and pokes at our connection to the natural world.
An active campaigner for wildlife, Lucy writes about nature on Instagram and works behind the scenes on BBC Springwatch
At: The East Gate Bookshop, Totnes
On: Thursday 18th June. Doors open 7:15pm for a 7:30 Start
Tickets £3.00 each, available online here or at the bookshop
We love hosting events with authors; they are always inspiring and enjoyable. We hope to see you there too.