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It was great to have my book Discovering the Okapi  chosen for The Nature Conservancy's Cool Green Science holiday picks reading list

We went out to bat for okapi on Friday 5th December at the museum which once made it famous. Greatly enjoyed chatting to museum visitors at the library open day alongside the Natural History Museum, London, Library & Archives crack okapi table team Kathryn, Ben, Grace and Cat. They had done their homework, watching my online talk and some came to the ZSL talk the preceding Tuesday, so everyone was brimming with great okapi information. More than 1,500 visitors passed through

Enjoyable launch for this book at the Zoological Society of London's Huxley Hall last week. As you would expect, there was an interesting, informed and engaged audience. It was so good to talk about okapi in person, after all these years of work and learning. Pausing for reflection in the ZSL Prince Philip Zoological Library next door before giving the talk, I took stock of my long road to recovery from dengue fever and post viral fatigue syndrome, and felt deeply grateful I

Join me in person at the Zoological Society of London's Huxley Hall on December 2nd to launch my book Discovering the Okapi. Full details and (free) booking here: Book launch - Discovering the Okapi Tickets, Tue 2 Dec 2025 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

I'm looking forward to launching my new book Discovering the Okapi at the Huxley hall of the Zoological Society of London on December...