THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE EVENT

John Vaillant: Violent Delights and Violent Ends

  • Sun 25 Aug 10:30 - 11:30
  • EFI Courtyard Theatre
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  • EFI Courtyard Theatre
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John Vaillant: Violent Delights and Violent Ends
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‘The wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina’ is how John Vaillant describes the 2016 blaze that ripped through Canada’s Fort McMurray: a fire so hot, concrete vaporised and over 80,000 people fled their homes in one day. Winner of 2023’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World masterfully interweaves disaster narrative with history and climate science. Hear Vaillant talk to Cal Flyn in an event crackling with urgency.

Categories: Environment/Nature

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