AN evening of readings and music will be staged at The Folly, Settle,on Saturday.
Literary agent and author John Macdonald Lockhart will read extracts from his debut book, Raptor: A Journey Through Birds.
The book explores all 15 breeding birds of prey on these shores – from the hen harrier swimming over the land in the dregs of a May gale on Orkney, to the ghostly sparrowhawk displaying in the fields around his home in Warwickshire.
It has been described as "a perfect synthesis of travel writing and natural history," by the Financial Times and as "a hymn in praise of living, soaring, terrifying grandeur … quite simply, a tour de force," by Daily Mail.
There will also be music from Ben Avison and The Moonbeams, who draw their inspiration from the Dales.
The event starts at 7pm and tickets, priced at £4, are available from The Folly, the Yorkshire Dales Society or from 01729 840382.
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