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 . The book, a touching memoir of the year Helen spent training a goshawk named Mabel in the wake of her father鈥檚 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.
, Associate Professor and Head of Creative Writing at the University who hosts the series, commented:
Helen鈥檚 book is an astonishing mix of science and memoir, fact and emotion, told with a poet鈥檚 ear for language, and a storyteller鈥檚 sense of drama. H Is for Hawk has become a modern classic, and I can鈥檛 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聽are available on a first come first served basis. Please call the box office to check availability聽(student ID required).
Tickets for Helen Macdonald are priced at 拢12.00 each.
Further information is available by Tel: +44(0)23 8067 1771 or visiting
