Dougal Dixon in conversation with Ross MacFarlane - Waterstones Gower St

Join us for a fascinating conversation between Dougal Dixon - celebrated palaeontologist, geologist, and author of After Man: A Zoology of the Future - and Ross MacFarlane, freelance researcher, archivist, and writer.The pair will be discussing Dougal's cult favourite illustrated book The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution, which is being lovingly reissued by esteemed independent publishing house Breakdown Press.The book is a work of speculative evolution and paleontology, and imagines what planet Earth - and its inhabitants the New Dinosaurs - might look like in the present day had the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event never taken place.Copies of The New Dinosaurs will be available on the night, as well as a limited supply of After Man: A Zoology of the Future.Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine or a soft drink. Specially priced book and ticket combos are available.