
Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad
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Author Lucy Lapwing will host a talk discussing her work Love Is A Toad on 11 September 2026 at Wild Fungarium in Edinburgh. Tickets are priced at £5 and further information is available via the website.
We're super excited to have BBC presenter Lucy Lapwing here with us for an evening on the 11th of September. Lucy will be in store to discuss her wonderfully joyous new book, 'Love is a Toad: Exploring our Relationship with Nature' More about the book: 'Nature makes us feel things. It sparks awe, curiosity and a sense of beauty and community. But as wildlife around us declines and disappears, murkier feelings rise up: guilt, detachment and fear for nature’s plight. For many years, Lucy Lapwing wrestled with these tangled emotions. So, in an attempt to make sense of this dance between joy and grief, she decided to go on a journey. In Love Is a Toad, Lucy traverses meadows, bogs and hedgerows with her fellow nature enthusiasts, where she digs down into our relationship with the natural world. Over the course of a year, she meets bucketfuls of wildlife – Blackbird and Oak, slugs and puffballs, waterlilies, Dung Beetles and toads – as she roams across the UK. From a river swim to wanders through woodlands, with every journey, Lucy explores how nature makes us feel, from wild grief and anger through to soaring joy and indefatigable hope. At once a celebration and an invitation to reflect, Love Is a Toad prods and pokes at our connection to the natural world, exploring its complexity in all its muddiness, messiness and wonder.'
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Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad takes place on Friday, 11 September 2026 at 01:00.
Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad is held at Wild Fungarium in Edinburgh (13 Randolph Place, Edinburgh New Town EH3 7TA).
Tickets for Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad are priced at £5. Live prices and availability are shown on wildfungarium.com.
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Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad
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Author Lucy Lapwing will host a talk discussing her work Love Is A Toad on 11 September 2026 at Wild Fungarium in Edinburgh. Tickets are priced at £5 and further information is available via the website.
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We're super excited to have BBC presenter Lucy Lapwing here with us for an evening on the 11th of September. Lucy will be in store to discuss her wonderfully joyous new book, 'Love is a Toad: Exploring our Relationship with Nature' More about the book: 'Nature makes us feel things. It sparks awe, curiosity and a sense of beauty and community. But as wildlife around us declines and disappears, murkier feelings rise up: guilt, detachment and fear for nature’s plight. For many years, Lucy Lapwing wrestled with these tangled emotions. So, in an attempt to make sense of this dance between joy and grief, she decided to go on a journey. In Love Is a Toad, Lucy traverses meadows, bogs and hedgerows with her fellow nature enthusiasts, where she digs down into our relationship with the natural world. Over the course of a year, she meets bucketfuls of wildlife – Blackbird and Oak, slugs and puffballs, waterlilies, Dung Beetles and toads – as she roams across the UK. From a river swim to wanders through woodlands, with every journey, Lucy explores how nature makes us feel, from wild grief and anger through to soaring joy and indefatigable hope. At once a celebration and an invitation to reflect, Love Is a Toad prods and pokes at our connection to the natural world, exploring its complexity in all its muddiness, messiness and wonder.'
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When is Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad?
Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad takes place on Friday, 11 September 2026 at 01:00.
Where is Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad taking place?
Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad is held at Wild Fungarium in Edinburgh (13 Randolph Place, Edinburgh New Town EH3 7TA).
How much are tickets for Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad?
Tickets for Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad are priced at £5. Live prices and availability are shown on wildfungarium.com.
How do I get tickets for Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad?
Tickets for Author Talk: Lucy Lapwing - Love Is A Toad can be booked via wildfungarium.com using the "Check Tickets & Live Prices" button on this page, which opens the official booking site in a new tab.
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