Date: October 30, 2025Time: 5:30 pmLocation: The Book Lounge, corner of Buitenkant and 71 Roeland Street in Cape TownRSVP hereDon Pinnock and Colin Bell will be in conversation with Nancy Richards. Dr Don Pinnock is a historian, criminologist, environmental journalist and photographer. He has served as editor of the travel magazine Getaway and is the […]
Date: October 25, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Harold Porter Book & Craft Shop, Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, Cnr Clarence Drive & Broadwith Rd, Betty’s BayRSVP hereSouth Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini are home to some of the world’s most remarkable birds, yet many face a perilous future. Drawing from Birds on the Brink, Alan Lee reveals […]
Date: October 18, 2025Time: 10:00 amLocation: Fish Hoek Library, Central Cir, Fish Hoek, Cape Town, 7975RSVP hereJoin the authors of Birds on the Brink and The Last Lions at the Blown Away by Books Festival. Birds on the Brink is the new captivating and informative book focussing on the coastal and terrestrial birds most at […]
Date: October 17, 2025Time: 5:30 pmLocation: Cape Bird Club Nassau Center, Groote Schuur High School, 77 Palmyra Rd, Newlands, Cape TownRSVP hereJoin Alan Lee and Shamiso Banda in conversation with Vernon Head. Alan Lee is an ornithologist and conservation biologist with deep insight into the ecological challenges facing southern African birds. He is the Science […]
Date: October 15, 2025Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Exclusive Books Hyde Park, Hyde Park Corner, Jan Smuts Ave & Winnie Mandela Dr, Craighall, JohannesburgRSVP hereJoin Alan Lee and Shamiso Banda in conversation with John Kinghorn - Introduction by Mark Anderson (BirdLife South Africa CEO). Alan Lee is an ornithologist and conservation biologist with deep insight into the […]
Date: October 1, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Online via ZoomRSVP hereAFRICA’S VANISHING LIONS – HOW REAL IS THE THREAT? Lions are magnificent, beautiful, and under threat. Fifty years ago, they roamed most of Africa’s savannas. In 1970, there were about 92,000 of them; today, there are closer to 23,000. The Last Lions was written out of deep […]
Date: September 3, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Online via ZoomRSVP hereSouth Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini are home to some of the world’s most remarkable birds, yet many face a perilous future. Drawing from Birds on the Brink, Alan Lee reveals the beauty, struggles, and conservation challenges of threatened species, weaving together science, images, and frontline stories […]
Date: August 6, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Online via ZoomRSVP hereRudi Steenkamp is a spider enthusiast with a passion for macrophotography, particularly of tiny arthropods. By profession, he is a language practitioner specialising in academic editing. In his free time, he photographs spiders found around Bloemfontein or brought back from the fieldwork undertaken by arachnologists based […]
Date: July 2, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Online via ZoomRSVP hereSteve Woodhall is an amateur butterfly enthusiast and photographer who has lived in South Africa for 45 years. His interest in butterflies began at the age of five and soon developed into a passion for watching, collecting and photographing them. He is a past president of […]
Date: June 4, 2025Time: 10:30 amLocation: Online via ZoomRSVP hereDominic will take you on a visual journey of top birding hotspots in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. These will include world famous destinations, such as Botswana's Okavango Swamps, as well as lesser-known birding gems, such as the coutadas of central Mozambique. Dominic will help you […]
