Gareth Howell-Jones & Jay Griffiths | Our Place in the Living World

Consider the Wondrous opens with festival Director Gareth Howell-Jones explaining how Consider the Wondrous came about, why it’s in Frome, what it is for, and what he hopes the project can begin to achieve. He’ll talk too about the simple but radical way of looking squarely at nature that underpins his books Do Not Call the Tortoise and Your Lowly Hedgehog Knows.

Jay Griffiths has won many awards and written on a variety of subjects with guts, grace and passion. In How Animals Heal Us, she draws on deep research to show how animals not only help our physical and mental health but have influenced our society and carry a deep spiritual charge. The book is teeming with eye-opening stories – about the life-saving justice of dogs and lions; about the ethics of wolves; about fieldfares who demonstrate the power of community in the most unexpected way!

The event takes place in the festival’s venue for the weekend, RISE. So come early, grab a coffee (and perhaps a pastry) from onsite Rye Bakery and let your festival weekend begin in calm and wondrous style…

Please note: there is no parking at the venue itself, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park.  The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users.

This event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature, wonder, books & us festival.