Cal Flyn, acclaimed author of Islands of Abandonment, takes us into the wild – deep into dark forests, to the top of mountains and into the heart of deserts. Her latest book – The Savage Landscape – addresses our deep yearnings to be awed and inspired by landscapes that remain beyond our reach and examines what nature gets up to in the absence of humans.
Whilst encountering some of the world’s wildest and most invigorating landscapes, Flyn asks provocative questions about the nature of wilderness and how wild places might best be appreciated or preserved. In this search for wilderness, Flyn meets ascetics in search of theophany in the desert; lonely shepherds seeing off wolves under the stars; missionaries preaching from shacks deep in the jungle; wise lamas meditating under lofty mountain peaks.
Chaired by Chris Power, a Booker Prize judge and author of Mothers and A Lonely Man
