What are the links between feathered descendants of dinosaurs and hairy descendants of monkeys? What are some of the beliefs, proverbs, and predictions associated with birds the world over? Why was the robin thought a bad omen if it entered a house? Why did people decorate their homes with the dried skins of kingfishers?
As the child of two librarians, Marianne Taylor grew up loving books but not as much as she came to love butterflies and birds! She is now the author of more than a dozen books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects.
Editor and writer, Rachel Warren Chadd is fascinated by myth, lore, and legend from the natural world. Subjects of her writing have included covert Caribbean rituals, llamas, and lions!
Central Library Regent Circus SN1 1QG
Tel 01793 466454
7pm • 9 May • £5 (£4)
