Jasmine Donahaye and Philippa Holloway discuss how birds
and the natural world thread through our lives and imagination and into words and writing.

Interviewed by Niall Griffiths

Jasmine Donahaye's book Birdsplaining was short-listed for the Wales Book of the Year.

Philippa Holloway's The Half-life of Snails was long-listed for the RSL Ondaatje Award. Her first collection of stories Untethered is having its Wales launch at North Books.

Niall Griffiths is an award-winning writer and critic. He has won the Wales Book of the Year twice.

TICKETS

This is a seated event so tickets are very limited. Tickets are £5. Please email Jules on jules@northbooks.co.uk or pop into the shop to reserve your place.

At North Books, 4 Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye on Saturday 30th November, 4-5pm.

THE AUTHORS

Author Philippa Holloway

Philippa Holloway is a writer and academic with a varied career history that includes being a goatherd, a medical technician at a racing circuit, and a library assistant. Her short fiction has been published internationally, and her debut novel, The Half-life of Snails was longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje prize for ‘a distinguished work evoking the spirit of place'.

Jasmine Donahaye is the author of six books, including Birdsplaining: A Natural History (2023), Losing Israel (2015) and The Greatest Need (2015). Her work has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, and on Radio 4. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at Swansea University, and is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

This should be a fun, lively event and we hope you can join us in hearing these three authors discuss their corresponding subject matter.