Sophie Pavellein conversation with Marianne Brown - To Have or To Hold

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Award-winning science communicatorSophie Pavellein conversation with Marianne Brown, presents her new bookTo Have or To Hold.

Species living together in symbiosis is no accident these dynamics evolved. Species form and sever alliances everywhere, from deep within temperate rainforests to the open ocean, quiet tidal pools or chalk grasslands, and nature thrives on relationships as glamorous as they are grotesque and as bizarre as they are engrossing.Discover how the future of our planet depends on these delicate, powerful relationships that bind all things together.InTo Have or To Hold, Sophie relishes the interconnectedness between species and celebrates the relationships that underpin natural environments. Low-carbon travelling around the British Isles, she presents nature's frauds, fortune-tellers, misfits and cheaters. The natural world is built on parasitism, a cunning blend of bargaining and exploitation in the name of survival. In our relationship with the natural world, are we the parasites? Will we continue to exploit nature's resources? Or will we vow to love and cherish what remains shaping a more restorative life alongside nature till death us do part?

Sophie Pavelleis a US-born and UK-based science communicator. She worked for Beaver Trust and presented their award-winning documentaryBeavers Without Borders. She is an Ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts and sat on the RSPB England Advisory Committee. Her writing has appeared inThe Guardian,National Geographic Traveller,New Scientist,The Independentand BBC magazines. Her first book,Forget Me Not, was widely praised for encouraging action against climate change and biodiversity loss.

Marianne Brown is a journalist and author. Her debut bookThe Shetland Way combines memoir and reportage to explore a story of loss, exploitation and belonging. She lives in Devon and works for a community energy organisation based in Bristol.

A terrific book; heavyweight and serious without ever losing its lightness of touch. It pulses with energy, perception and passion for the living world and for the lessons and wonder it holds. With symbiosis as its focus, it takes the reader on a vivid journey into the complex, beautiful life-worlds of sunfish, lungwort lichen and the luminous republic of aspen woodlands. Robert Macfarlane, author ofUnderland

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