An Evening with Keggie Carew

Keggie Carew will be in conversation with Mark McCrum discussing her Costa Award winning book Dadland and Wainwright Award shortlisted Beastly , her other writing and interests such as conservation and rewilding.
This will be a light-hearted, anecdote-filled in-conversation with Mark McCrum where they will discuss the hows, whats and whys, the joys and heartache of a writing life!Keggie Carew is the author of Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animal and Us shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation, and a Book of the Year for the Financial Times, Waterstones and BBC History Magazine. In 2016 she won the Costa Biography Award for her unconventional, shape-shifting memoir, Dadland . Her collection of true stories of terrible moments, Quicksand Tales , was a Daily Mail book of the year in 2019.
Keggie lives in Wiltshire with her husband, Jonathan, on their small nature reserve which they manage for fauna, flora and the education of young people. Before writing, her career was in contemporary art.www.keggiecarew.co.uk [http://www.keggiecarew.co.uk]
Instagram:keggiec [https://www.instagram.com/keggiec/]This is an in-person event at Tintern Village Hall where you will be able to ask your own questions in the Q&A.There is disabled access, loos and limited free parking at Tintern Village Hall. Parking along the Tintern's main road (A466) is permitted and unrestricted after 6pm. The closest car-park is at Tintern Abbey after which you can cut through the playing fields or walk along the river footpath to quickly reach the Village Hall.This talk is run by the Lower Wye Valley Building Preservation Trust, a volunteer charity which is currently purchasingSt Marys, Chapel Hill, a seriously at risk, but picturesque Grade II listed landmark ruin that is in an ecclesiastical grouping with Tintern Abbey. LWVBPT also intends to restore the Fryer's Wharf slipway to public use.
Annual membership costs 10 a year per person, and other than the satisfaction of directly helping to conserve our heritage, gives a discount to our events as well as other offers.
Email info@lwvbpt.org if you would like more details of upcoming events, volunteering sessions and free activities not listed on our Ticketsource profile or if you would like to discuss how you can assist. Joining and donation options are available with the event booking options, but whilst we are building our website you can see further details, a short history, and images of St Mary's on ourJustGiving [https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/savestmarystintern] profile (please note that if you then chose to donate then you can also chose to amend JustGiving's suggested tip down to 0%).We are deeply grateful to Keggie Carew for volunteering her services in aid of our campaign.