The highly popular Writers in Conversation series welcomes former Costa Book of the Year winner Helen Macdonald to the University on Monday 5 December.
The author of the bestselling H is for Hawk comes to the main stage of the Nuffield Theatre. The book, a touching memoir of the year Helen spent training a goshawk named Mabel in the wake of her father’s death, won both the Costa award and The Samuel Johnson Prize in 2014.
Helen is a writer, poet, illustrator, historian, naturalist and professional falconer. Throughout her career, Helen has worked as a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge and assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia and bred hunting falcons for Arab royalty.
Carole Burns, Associate Professor and Head of Creative Writing at the University who hosts the series, commented:
Helen’s book is an astonishing mix of science and memoir, fact and emotion, told with a poet’s ear for language, and a storyteller’s sense of drama. H Is for Hawk has become a modern classic, and I can’t wait to hear her read and talk about how this book came to be.
A limited allocation of 75 complimentary tickets for University of Southampton students are available on a first come first served basis. Please call the box office to check availability (student ID required).
Tickets for Helen Macdonald are priced at £12.00 each.
Further information is available by Tel: +44(0)23 8067 1771 or visiting www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk
