Helen Macdonald (2014 Event)

In her powerful, emotive memoir, H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald
recounts her obsessive pursuit to become a falconer. Following
the shock of her father’s death and inspired by T H White’s The
Goshawk, she embarked on a journey to train her own goshawk and H
is for Hawk is a celebratory, elegiac account of her story as
well as a beautiful reminder of our deep-rooted connections to
the natural world. In this event, recorded live at the 2014
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Macdonald spoke to
Charlotte Higgins from the Guardian about her experience.