In conversation with Martin Clunes - Meetings with Remarkable Animals

Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers are delighted to present an evening with much loved actor and TV presenter Martin Clunes as he talks 'in conversation' about his new book Meetings with Remarkable Animals.

Martin Clunes'combines personal memories of remarkable creatures with inspiring stories from history, in his heartwarming and uplifting new book paying tribute to the courage and kindness of the animal kingdom.

Guide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what would happen to her much loved guide and companion when she retired, Martin Clunes picked up the phone. He’d always been a soft touch when it came to animals. One more couldn’t hurt.

Adopting Laura opened his eyes to the extraordinary care provided by assistance dogs, but also piqued his curiosity. Throughout history, our meetings with remarkable animals have eased, enriched, and sometimes saved our lives in countless and surprising ways.

Our canine friends have guided us, rescued us, led us, protected us and even given early warning of illness, but dogs are only part of the story. From the horses that went to war with the Light Brigade, to the mine-clearing Gambian Pouched Rat called Courage that helped make the peace, and from the pigeons carrying life-saving messages to the wild dolphin called Jock who befriended a traumatised young woman in Australia, in peace and war animals have always been there for us.

Together with his own life-changing encounters with animals around the world, Martin has celebrated the intelligence, loyalty, and companionship of some truly extraordinary creatures whose lives have been entwined with our own. By turns heart-warming, inspiring and always fascinating, Meetings With Remarkable Animals gives us a chance to meet them too.

Don't miss this chance to see Martin Clunes 'live' in Chester!

Event Format:

Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing

Tickets:

£30 Admits One and includes a signed copy of Meetings with Remarkable Animals or £40 Admits Two and includes One signed copy of Meetings with Remarkable Animals

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