Coyote's Wild Home: Lily Kingsolver in conversation with Anja Murray

Lily Kingsolver has co-written the acclaimed children’s book called Coyote’s Wild Home, with her mother, the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver (The Posionwood Bible, Demon Copperhead). Published by the renowned Gryphon Press, who specialise in children’s books on the vanguard of animal rights and environmental activism, and with beautiful illustrations by Paul Mirocha, Coyote’s Wild Home is a rich and sensitively crafted story about two very different youngsters and their first outing in the woods.

In this event, a partnership between Listowel Writer’s Week and Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Lily Kinsgolver will be in conversation with the renowned ecologist, writer, and broadcaster Anja Murray (Wild Embrace, Eco Eye, Nature File). Expect a special meeting of minds and an insightful exploration of the links between creativity, story-telling, biodiversity and conservation.

More about Lily Kingsolver

Lily Kingsolver is a co-author, together with Barbara Kingsolver, of the acclaimed children's book Coyote's Wild Home (Gryphon Press). She grew up in southwest Virginia in the US, where the Appalachian Mountains ignited her passion for wild creatures and the places they live. She has shared her love of the wild as a naturalist and educator in state parks and zoos in southwest Virginia and the Space Coast of Florida, where she is working on a graduate degree in environmental education. She lives in Florida with her husband, dog, frog, and several reptiles.

More About Anja Murray

Anja Murray is an ecologist, policy analyst, broadcaster and author, familiar to many from Eco Eye on RTÉ1 and her radio documentaries, including Nature File & Root & Branch for RTÉ Lyric fm. Anja’s work explores the wonders of Ireland’s natural worlds, the challenges of the current crisis, and the solutions, as well as creative approaches to helping people to re-engage in an age of environmental anxiety and digital saturation. Her bestselling book Wild Embrace was published in 2023 by Hachette Ireland. With

Brían MacGloinn, she has made two nature themed radio series for RTE: Root and Branch, about Ireland's native trees, and Feather and Flock, about Irish birds, the latter first broadcast in Spring 2024.

Listowel Writer's Week: where readers celebrate, and writers find their flow

Listowel Writer's Week is Ireland's oldest literary festival, and one of its most prestigious. Famously hospitable, the beautiful North Kerry town of Listowel is internationally renowned as a wellspring of literary inspiration and heritage. The 2024 Listowel Writer's Week Festival programme, exploring the theme Mother Nature, has been curated by the poet Martin Dyar.

See writersweek.ie for more details and the full 2024 festival programme

Disclaimer. Please be aware that many events at Listowel Writer's Week will be recorded and photographed for promotional and archival purposes. Your presence constitutes consent to be filmed and photographed. Thank you.