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PFD Authors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
The annual Edinburgh International Book Festival is upon us, and this August there’s a whole host of PFD authors speaking or being celebrated at the festival. Click “read more” below to find out which authors are going to be heading up north and how to book your tickets!
World Lion Day 2015: Exhibition opens at Christian the Lion’s former London home
An exhibition featuring previously unseen photographs of Christian the Lion taken by Derek Cattani was opened today by one of his original owners, John Rendall, now a trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust, to mark World Lion Day 2015.
The pine furniture store Sophistocat, now situated on the Wandsworth Bridge Road in London, hosted Christian for one year in 1969 after John purchased him from Harrods department store with fellow Australian ‘Ace’ Bourke. In 1970 Christian was successfully rehabilitated in Kenya.
Despite his new life in the wild, Christian did not forget his owners and the footage of their reunion has now been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube.
John, who bought Christian as a 3-month old cub, said:
“Conservationists all across the globe are today celebrating the glory of lions and their fascination for people worldwide. The celebration has been attracting increasing support as people realise that lions are increasingly in danger of extinction.
When we took Christian to George Adamson in Kenya, there were an estimated 400,000 lions in Africa, over 30,000 of them in Kenya. Today there are possibly only 20,000 on the whole African continent, and less than 1,500 in Kenya… fewer than the combined Rhino population in Africa!”
Read moreBurnt Paper Sky is Amazon’s Debut of the Month
We are delighted that Amazon has chosen debut novel BURNT PAPER SKY by Gilly Macmillan, as its debut of the month for August 2015. See for yourselves here.
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PFD Authors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
The annual Edinburgh International Book Festival is upon us, and this August there’s a whole host of PFD authors speaking or being celebrated at the festival. Click “read more” below to find out which authors are going to be heading up north and how to book your tickets!
World Lion Day 2015: Exhibition opens at Christian the Lion’s former London home
An exhibition featuring previously unseen photographs of Christian the Lion taken by Derek Cattani was opened today by one of his original owners, John Rendall, now a trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust, to mark World Lion Day 2015.
The pine furniture store Sophistocat, now situated on the Wandsworth Bridge Road in London, hosted Christian for one year in 1969 after John purchased him from Harrods department store with fellow Australian ‘Ace’ Bourke. In 1970 Christian was successfully rehabilitated in Kenya.
Despite his new life in the wild, Christian did not forget his owners and the footage of their reunion has now been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube.
John, who bought Christian as a 3-month old cub, said:
“Conservationists all across the globe are today celebrating the glory of lions and their fascination for people worldwide. The celebration has been attracting increasing support as people realise that lions are increasingly in danger of extinction.
When we took Christian to George Adamson in Kenya, there were an estimated 400,000 lions in Africa, over 30,000 of them in Kenya. Today there are possibly only 20,000 on the whole African continent, and less than 1,500 in Kenya… fewer than the combined Rhino population in Africa!”
Read moreBurnt Paper Sky is Amazon’s Debut of the Month
We are delighted that Amazon has chosen debut novel BURNT PAPER SKY by Gilly Macmillan, as its debut of the month for August 2015. See for yourselves here.
Read more