Remote video URL

Thank You!

We are grateful to Greystone Books and Penguin Random House Canada for helping us connect you with these deeply original voices.

Bonus!

Watch these bonus extended interviews with Lyndsie Bourgon, Cal Flyn, and David George Haskell.

Closed-Captioning

Closed captioning will be added to the on-demand recording once the live broadcast ends. This may take up to 24 hours. Please contact boxoffice@wordfest.com if you would like us to send you a reminder and link when the closed captions are ready.

Get the Books!

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction by David George Haskell

Owl's Nest Books (Calgary) | Shelf Life Books (Calgary) | Audreys Books (Edmonton) | Glass Bookshop (Edmonton) | Flying Books (Ontario) | Massy Books (B.C.) | Indigo Calgary Public Library

Buy the Books

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

Sign Up For Our E-Mails

We'd love to be able to connect directly with you. Sign up here to receive exclusive weekly updates on new shows coming to Imagine On Air.

Need Help?

Please contact boxoffice@wordfest.com for assistance. If you experience buffering or freezing issues, we recommend refreshing your browser and troubleshooting your connection with these tips.

Help Us Make These Shows Accessible

Thanks to our generous supporters, we are able to present the majority of our online shows free of charge (while still paying the authors and hosts). If you enjoy tonight’s experience and want to help connect audiences of all ages to the world’s best authors, please consider donating to our Legacy Fund. The ticket price would have been $15, and the Wordfester team cheers whenever a donation is made.

DONATE NOW

Buy the Books

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

Borrow the Books

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction
Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction