A Cornish Bestiary – Author talk and Book Signing with Luke Thompson

Did you hear about the Redruth girl who vomited snails? Or how the saint of Gunwalloe saved his sister’s eye from a goose? Can you cure warts with a slug, or whooping cough with spiders? Join Luke to hear all about his new work A Cornish Bestiary and all the curious creatures of Cornwall that he has uncovered.

Luke Thompson is a writer and publisher from Cornwall whose books include Conversations with Other Animals (Ortac 2024), Treasures of Cornwall (Macmillan 2023) and Singing About Melon (2020). He is the editor of poetry publishers Guillemot Press and a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University.

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