Littoral at The East Neuk Festival takes place from 6th July and they're offering you the chance of tickets at a special price. This year, Littoral brings some of the finest nature writers from across the UK to join highly distinguished local authors to reflect on how we observe and interact with our environment.  

SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013

11.30am - 12.30pm | Sir John Lister-Kaye

Cambo House | £5 when you quote: ENFDBF5

One of Scotland and the UK’s most eminent naturalists and environmentalists, John Lister-Kaye writes exquisitely of the nature he observes through the seasons. From his acclaimed Song of The Rolling Earthto At The Water’s Edge he opens our eyes to the riches around us.

1pm - 2pm | Esther Woolfson & Conor Mark Jameson

Cambo House | £5 when you quote: ENFDBF5

Birds all around us… Esther Woolfson wrote brilliantly about living with birds in Corvus, and now closely observes the urban wildlife and birdlife of Aberdeen where she lives. Leading RSPB naturalist, Conor Mark Jameson, asks whether we are becoming a land without birdsong, while his new book is about the mysteriously elusive goshawk.

4pm - 5pm | Patrick Barkham and Miriam Darlington

Cambo House | £5 when you quote: ENFDBF5

Otters and badgers: elusive and emblematic creatures of our countryside. Guardian journalist, Patrick Barkham, goes in search of badgers, having previously embarked on tracking down all 59 species of the UK’s butterflies. Miriam Darlington is also on a quest and describes, in luminous prose, her travels in search of otters and otter stories.

2:30pm - 5pm | Creative Writing Workshop with Linda Cracknell

Cambo House and Estate | £10 when you quote: ENFDBF10

Join experienced author and tutor, Linda Cracknell, in a workshop including forays outdoors into the beautiful Cambo Estate. This workshop is aimed at both new and experienced writers and will inspire you to explore your own associations with landscape through writing.

SUNDAY 7 JULY 2013

11.30am | A Silent Summer?

Crail Church Hall | £5 when you quote: ENFDBF5

To round off our series on the natural world, come and join in a highly topical discussion with some of our leading authors and thinkers. 50 years after Rachel Carson’s seminal Silent Spring warned of the threats to our environment, what now are the dangers, and the signs of hope and success? Speakers include TC Smout, Sir John Lister-Kaye and Esther Woolfson.

Booking:

Hub Tickets: +44 (0)131 473 2000 / www.hubtickets.co.uk. These offers apply to telephone and online bookings and in person at Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. To take advantage of these special ticket offers, you must quote the reference numbers. 

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