About this Event
Blending historical fiction with urgent environmental themes, The Wildness draws striking parallels between the control of women and the exploitation of nature, asking what it takes to resist, and to rewild, in a world built on control.
As the Enlightenment dawns, Hannah Sentance finds herself increasingly disturbed by her husband Walter's unyielding desire to transform the land around their estate into an elite Gentleman's Park. Local people will be evicted, an old way of life lost and an ancient oak tree felled. A symbol of resistance, wildness and a young woman's love affair with nature, the tree embodies Hannah's struggle for a way of belonging.
But how can she - and it - survive?
Anne Keer lives on a hill in rural Mid Wales where nature and the land have given shape to her ideas about the natural world. Originally from a family of naturalists in Cambridge, she worked first in journalism, then in television documentary and drama for the BBC and Channel Four. Anne has an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing from Aberystwyth University. She runs a small creative writing class and tries to give nature a bit of space on the land she and her partner look after. The Wildness is her first novel.
Advance praise for The Wildness can be found at Anne's website
Refreshments will be served, followed by a book signing and opportunity to chat with Anne.
Doors at 6.30pm, book launch starts at 7.00pm
Event Format:
Book launch with Anne Keer, with refreshments generously sponsored by Honno Press. This will be a 'mingle' rather than a 'sit down' author talk. There will be places to sit while Anne treats us to a reading from The Wildness, and opportunity for a Q&A and book signing.
Tickets:
£7 (Admits One, £5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Wildness) or £12 (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Wildness)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Booka, 26-28 Church Street, Ellesmere, United Kingdom
GBP 8.08 to GBP 13.42
