01/04/2014
Speaking engagements are coming in thick and fast since publication of Farmageddon, giving us plenty of opportunities to get the word out about the need to go beyond industrial farming. Here is a listing of dates so far – hope to see you out on the road…
- 4th February – London, Daunts Bookshop, Marylebone – launch hosted by Joanna Lumley
- 18th February - Brussels, conference: ‘Averting Farmageddon’, hosted by EU Presidency
- 20th February – Bloomsbury Salon, London, 6.30pm
- 27th March - Oxford Literary Festival, 4pm
- 2nd April - Brussels: European Parliament Sustainable Food Conference, 9am
- 5th April - ‘The Future of Meat’, TOAST Events, London: Hawksmoor Guildhall, 10 Basinghall St, 12noon
- 12th April - Glasgow, Aye Write! Festival, Julian Baggini and Philip Lymbery: The Politics of Food, 1.30pm
- 15th April - Cape Town, South Africa: Kalk Bay Books, 6pm
- 17th April - Johannesburg, South Africa: Constitutional Court Auditorium, 5.30pm
- 1st May - Penguin Canada launches Farmageddon, OISE Nexus Lounge, Toronto, 6.oopm
- 6th May - Swindon Festival of Literature, 6.30pm
- 16th May - Bristol Festival of Ideas, 6.15pm
- 22nd May - Hay Literary Festival
- 23rd May - Hay Literary Festival, 3.45pm
- 5th June - New Writing South event, Brighton, Philip Lymbery in conversation with Caroline Lucas MP, Studio Theatre, 7pm
- 7th June - Vegetarian Society Talk & Book Signing, London, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ, 2.30pm
- 14th June - York Festival of Ideas
- 19th June – Eurogroup for Animals conference ‘Putting animal welfare at the heart of the EU’, Brussels, 0930hrs
- 27th June - Washington DC, USA: Taking Action for Animals Conference
- 11th July – Totnes, Devon: Way with Words, Dartington Hall, 1.30pm
- 12th July - London, Royal Geographical Society, 1.30pm
- 29th-31stAugust - Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Decatur Festival of Literature
- 12th September - Jaipur, India: India for Animals Conference
- 26th-28thSeptember - Kinsale Art Festival, Republic of Ireland (tbc)
- 5th November - London, Quakers & Business Annual Meeting
- 19th November - Chelmsford, Essex: Writtle Agricultural College Conference
- 7th January 2015 - Oxford Farming Conference, Oxford Union