Charlotte Humphery
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06-02-2012 22:35:27
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An amazing event at Edinburgh International Book Festival! John Vaillant in conversation with Cal Flyn about FIRE WEATHER. (Paperback out 29 Aug) Fire as companion, villain and protagonist. Petro colonialism. Reckoning with change and finding hope ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Marisa and I were lucky enough to be in the audience for this too. Incredible, lyrical, terrifying, beautiful and oh, SO hot! Huge thanks to John Vaillant (what a writer, and what a performer!), Cal Flyn, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Charlotte Humphery #FireWeather #naturewriting
๐ What a happy sight to see after a great weekend at Edinburgh International Book Festival! @sceptrebooks Baillie Gifford Prize The Wainwright Prize The Times and The Sunday Times
๐ฅ An International Bestseller ๐ฅ Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize ๐ฅ Shortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Prize ๐ฅ A Guardian Book of the Year ๐ฅ A Pulitzer Prize Finalist โ Out now in paperback! Get #FireWeather by John Vaillant here: lnk.to/FireWeather-PB
Today is the day! FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant is out in paperback now ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Globally acclaimed and truly brilliant, this is your time to start reading. lnk.to/FireWeather-PB
Doing the double! Honoured to be publishing TWO books by John Vaillant today. THE JAGUAR'S CHILDREN โ a bold and defiant novel of bravery on the Mexico/US border โ is out in the UK for the first time. As relevant as when it was written, read it now hachette.co.uk/titles/john-vaโฆ
FIRE WEATHER PODCAST ๐ค Recording this podcast with John Vaillant was compelling and at times terrifying. Shortlisted for the The Wainwright Prize itโs a book to wake up the world. Podcast series: londonmountainfestival.com/podcast #fireweather #wildfire #uwi #ClimateEmergency
#ALEXANDRIA ๐ Sunday Times book of the year ๐ TLS book of the year ๐ Booklist book of the year ๐ Waterstones book of the year ๐ Winner of the Runciman Award โญ๏ธ London Hellenic Prize shortlist ๐๏ธ โMonumentalโ (Telegraph) โ OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/alexanโฆ
The sun might not be shining but the ALEXANDRIA paperback certainly is! Millennia of fascinating history (and religion and philosophy and science) that you can now hold in one hand. Out today! Congratulations Islam Issa on an epic achievement ๐ฅ hachette.co.uk/titles/islam-iโฆ
The just published and very shiny paperbacks at Waterstones Birmingham are now all signed! ๐๐ #ALEXANDRIA