Book Walk: Late Light by Michael Malay 🦋
BOOK & MOTH WALK ON LATE LIGHT 🌞🦋
Join us for a magical session where we will be learning about moths from the London Wildlife Trust, followed by a Book Walk on Michael Malay’s Late Light in Walthamstow Wetlands! 🥾📚🦋 early in the morning we will be learning about the wonderful lives of moths and learning how to identify them 🦋
We are so grateful and excited to have Michael Malay joining us in person on 12 April to discuss his debut creative non-fiction work of nature writing, Late Light, which won the Richard Jeffries and Wainwright prizes for nature writing 📚📖 Michael is the first person of colour to win the wainwright prize 🌱🌸🍄
Late Light is the story of Michael Malay's own journey, an Indonesian Australian making a home for himself in England and finding parallels between his life and the lives of the animals he examines. Mixing natural history with memoir, this book explores the mystery of our animal neighbours, in all their richness and variety. It is about the wonder these animals inspired in our ancestors, the hope they inspire in us, and the joy they might still hold for our children.
Late Light is about migration, belonging and extinction. Through the close examination of four particular 'unloved' animals - eels, moths, crickets and mussels - Michael Malay tells the story of the economic, political and cultural events that have shaped the modern landscape of Britain.
This event is free to attend. For those who self-identify as mixed, dual heritage and multicultural people of colour. 🌈
Artwork is by Loulou Elliott
*Please note that there will be photos taken at this event to help support the growth of our community. If you do not consent to being in any photos, please email isabelladmcdonnell@gmail.com. Thank you