Courtenay resident Paula Wild launches her new book, Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence (Douglas & McIntyre, $32.95), on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Native Sons Hall in Courtenay.
Wild will be signing copies of her book at 1:30 p.m., followed by a fascinating visual presentation In Search of the Real Wolf running from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and children are welcome to attend.
The event is wheelchair accessible via the lower Cliffe Avenue entrance. Coffee and tea will be served and books will be available for purchase courtesy of Laughing Oyster Bookshop.
In Return of the Wolf, Paula Wild examines the evolving relationship between humans and wolves, as our territories increasingly overlap and our interactions with wolves grow ever more frequent. Return of the Wolf weaves together everything from natural history and interviews with conservationists to centuries-old mysteries and legends from around the world, and traces society’s attitudes toward wolves that led to the current threat of extinction.
Wild is the author of The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre, 2013) which received the highest award in the nature category of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
She lives in Courtenay, but her research for Return of the Wolf took her all over the Pacific Northwest, from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to Washington State.
For more information regarding the launch of Return of the Wolf, contact Laughing Oyster Bookshop at 250-334-2511 or visit www.douglas-mcintyre.com.