Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive?
Sat 9 Aug 15:15 - 16:15
Live streaming from Edinburgh International Book Festival
Robert Macfarlane's radiant writing on nature, people, and place is in a class unto itself, and the Guardian has slated Is a River Alive? as the biggest publishing event of 2025. This passionate, perspective-shifting treatise revives the idea that rivers are living beings and should be treated as such. Macfarlane will discuss 'thirsty notebooks', rivers as co-authors, and writing his most personal and political book to date. Chaired by Cal Flyn.
Categories: Art & Culture, Climate & Environment, Non-fiction, Politics & Society
Tickets are pay what you can.
Sat 9 Aug 15:15 - 16:15
Live streaming from Edinburgh International Book Festival
Robert Macfarlane's radiant writing on nature, people, and place is in a class unto itself, and the Guardian has slated Is a River Alive? as the biggest publishing event of 2025. This passionate, perspective-shifting treatise revives the idea that rivers are living beings and should be treated as such. Macfarlane will discuss 'thirsty notebooks', rivers as co-authors, and writing his most personal and political book to date. Chaired by Cal Flyn.
Categories: Art & Culture, Climate & Environment, Non-fiction, Politics & Society
Tickets are pay what you can.
Runtime: 1h 0m
Released: 2025
Released: 2025
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