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…

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