Wild Neighbours Launch

Meet the plants and animals who’ve left life in the bush and moved into a park, street or front yard near you. If you’ve ever wondered why magpies sing in duets, how cockatoos learned to open bins or why koalas sleep so much, Wild Neighbours will help you understand the habits, personalities, quirks, ingenuity and everyday dramas of the animals and plants that live among us.

Ann Göth is an ecologist, science teacher, public speaker and author who is passionate about bringing natural history and conservation issues closer to everybody. She started her writing career in 2008, by co-authoring Mound-Builders (with Darryl Jones), a book about Australia’s megapode birds. Her career has taken her from Austria to islands in Tonga, to the United Nations in Geneva, and to universities, government agencies and schools in Australia. She now teaches science at Meriden School in Sydney.

Darryl Jones is a Professor of Ecology at Griffith University in Brisbane, where for over 30 years he has been investigating the many ways that people and wildlife interact. He is particularly interested in why some species have been so successful in urban landscapes while many others have not, and how best to deal with the ensuing conflicts. His books include Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood, Feeding the Birds at Your Table, Curlews on Vulture Street and (Be)Wilder.

Drinks and nibblies provided.