Authors’ forum: I hear from Duncan MacDonald of Wildsounds (the ‘official’ Bird Fair booksellers), some interesting news on the Authors’ Forum speakers for this year and next year. Duncan has to be thanked for putting a lot of effort in to attempting to redress the gender imbalance in the Authors’ Forum with some success this…
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Bird Fair speakers – what would you like?
This short questionnaire about Bird Fair celebrity speakers is acquiring some fascinating suggestions. There are close to 100 responses after just a few hours. If you would like to hear more female celebrity speakers who would they be? A long list is growing with some favourites emerging. If you would like to hear more female…
Some thoughts on the 2018 Bird Fair – how about some real debate?
I say this every year so, for consistency, I’ll say it again now. The Bird Fair ought to be used as an opportunity to influence the future of wildlife through influencing politicians and not simply through raising money. I reckon that it would have been possible to get around 15,000 signatures over the three days…
Some thoughts on the 2018 Bird Fair – my lists of people
Who did you see at the Bird Fair? Here are five lists of my sightings: People who I saw and spoke to properly (an incomplete list – partly because I can’t remember everyone and partly to preserve others’ career prospects if speaking to me might endanger them): Lord (John) Randall – birder, former MP, former…
Some thoughts on the 2018 Bird Fair – the gender balance issue
This was a clumsily worded post. But I’ll leave it here because I think one has to live with one’s mistakes not hide them. If you have thoughts on which male celebrity speakers could make way for female celebrities in the main events, and if you’d like to suggest who those female celebrities might be,…