Author talk: Frank Ashwood

Wed, 25 Nov, 6pm - 7pm NZDT

Tūranga

Christchurch, New Zealand

Christchurch City Libraries

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Join the author of The World Beneath Our Feet Frank Ashwood in conversation with Rob Cruickshank. Hear about the hidden life of soil and why it matters to us all.

Author talk: Frank Ashwood
Wednesday 25 November6–7pm
Doors open 5.30pm
Tautoru / TSB Space
Hapori | Community, Level 1, Tūranga

Dr Frank Ashwood is a soil ecologist and macrophotographer, specialising in soil invertebrates. He is a Lecturer of Ecology and Entomology at Lincoln University in New Zealand and received his PhD from University of Lancashire in 2016. Frank has previously worked as a scientist for Forest Research, part of the British Government’s Forestry Commission. He is Associate Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology and member of the Royal Society of Biology. Frank has appeared on the BBC Earth Podcast, BBC Breakfast, ABC Landline, and his soil animal photography has been featured in the Guardian and the New York Times and has been exhibited internationally.

Rob Cruickshank is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury where he is Director of Environmental Science, teaches a large first-year course on science and society, and does research on insects that live in cities.

Author talk: Frank Ashwood | Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi | BiblioCommons

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Wed, 25 Nov, 6pm - 7pm NZDT

Tūranga

Christchurch, New Zealand

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