Anna Levin Writing

Come and join myself and my wonderful yoga teacher Lindsey Porter for a day of gently stretching our minds and bodies as we celebrate trees in beautiful woodlands surroundings.

Through gentle exercises in yoga and creative writing, we will stretch our branches and nourish our roots. No experience needed – open to all levels of practice for both yoga movement and writing. Our venue is in West Lothian (about a 20 min drive from Falkirk & Linlithgow).
If you’d like to know more, please feel free to get in touch.
If you’d like to book in for the day, please email Lindsey directly on: yoganuu.mail.

My new book is one of a lovely series of collections of essays published by Saraband. They’re all about being more present in the moment. Mine celebrates the need for night and the importance dark and starry skies…

“The night sky offers something essential – a connection to something bigger than ourselves that can, in turn, help us understand ourselves and each other better. Humans have recognised and tried to make sense of this feeling since ancient times. For so many – from physicists and astronauts to astrologists and artists – the night sky has been a source of inspiration, wonder and exploration…”

https://saraband.net/sb-title/dark-skies/

Dark Sky Stories – a talk and writing workshop

I’ll be at the wonderful Mayo Dark Skies Festival on Saturday 2 November for an Irish launch of my new book ‘Dark Skies’ and a short writing workshop on sharing our dark sky stories.

For further details see:

https://www.mayodarkskyfestival.ie/anna-levin

With ever more evidence of the exponential growth of light pollution and the devastating effects on the natural world, it’s never been more important to talk about light. Delighted to see the Spanish translation of Incandescent in the bookshops in Argentina this month, published by Ediciones Godot
https://www.edicionesgodot.com.ar/libros/incandescente/

TENEMOS QUE HABLAR DE LA LUZ…!

We need to talk about Light…

Light is changing, dramatically. Our world is getting brighter. You can see it from space. But is brighter always better?

When Anna Levin began suffering adverse reactions to new forms of lighting, she found herself stumbling into a labyrinth of unanswered questions about how and why light is changing – for the worse – in the modern world…

Artificial light is voracious and spreading. Vanquishing precious darkness across the planet, when we are supposed to be using less energy. The quality of light has altered as well. Technology and legislation have crushed warm incandescent lighting in favour of harsher, often glaring alternatives. Find out why light is fundamental and understand its real impact on nature, our built environment, health and psychological well-being.

She asks the critical question: just how bright is our future? Anna Levin is a journalist and writer with a special interest in people’s connection with the natural world. She aims to make this complex scientific subject interesting and accessible to all at this appearance at Lichfield Literature Festival 2021.

TICKETS FOR ALL EVENTS WILL GO ON GENERAL SALE FROM August 3rd 2021 with PRIORITY BOOKING for Lichfield Festival Friends from July 20th:
https://lichfieldliteraturefestival.org/event/anna-levin-incandescent/

Delighted to be a part of Mayo’s celebrations of International Dark Sky week.

Here are the details:

Anna Levin Presents; Incandescent – We need to talk about Light

Our world is getting brighter – but is brighter always better? The living world evolved to an eternal rhythm of dawn-day-dusk-night… In her book ‘Incandescent – We Need to Talk about Light,’ journalist Anna Levin explores the consequences of disrupting this rhythm, on human health and the rest of the natural world.

Followed by

Emma Marrington Presents; Night Blight and the countryside

A starry night sky is one of the most magical sights of the countryside – but we want more people to have a chance to experience this amazing sight wherever they live. We will explore CPRE’s campaigning to tackle light pollution and to help protect and enhance dark skies.

Join us at 7pm on Thurs 8th April by Zoom webinar. Each of our events this week are hosted by a Dark Sky Community – this event will be hosted by Ballycroy .