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Helen Macdonald on crowds, community and the experience of witnessing an eclipse.

Helen Macdonald reads from her hotly anticipated new essay collection.  Today, she considers crowds, community and the overwhelming experience of witnessing an eclipse.

Helen Macdonald reads from her new essay collection which explores the wonders to be found in the natural world..  Today, she considers crowds, community and the overwhelming experience of witnessing an eclipse.

Vesper Flights is Helen Macdonald's first book since the publication of the award-winning and best-selling H is for Hawk. Each essay in this collection by the acclaimed nature writer explores humanity’s connection with the natural world, our curiosity about it and our love for it, as well as its increasingly urgent fragility. 

Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. H is for Hawk won several prestigious prizes, including the Samuel Johnson and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France.

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Acclaimed nature writer Helen Macdonald reads from her hotly anticipated essay collection, exploring humanity's connection with the increasingly fragile natural world.

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