Wed 13th May / Author event & Book launch with Ben Rawlence

Writer and activist Ben Rawlence first began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, expressing his fears at what it would mean to raise children in a rapidly changing world where the very concept of the future was in jeopardy. Twelve years later, dozens of these letters to his two daughters tell the story of one father's attempt to navigate the fundamental contradiction of raising children within an economic system that seems hostile to all life, and not only humans.

Climate change poses a fundamental challenge to parenting. What knowledge should we pass on? What future are we preparing our children for? Generations risk being divided by an elephant in the room that neither side wants to name: the climate.

Join Rawlence (and his daughters) as they remind us that learning to see the world through a child’s eyes might hold the key to how we parent, how we live, and even to the future of our planet.

Tickets are £5 or only £2 if a book is purchased with admission! Get tickets here.