# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga is an eclectic and transdisciplinary anthology, highlighting the sexual and gender diversity in nature.About this EventAll Book Fringe events are FREE in person + online | no tickets required (but you can reserve them here to get a book/reminder of the event & help us have enough seats for everyone)How does acknowledging the queerness of nature inspire us to compose the world otherwise? How can we rewrite history to make a place for ourselves in the story? And what is the role of an individual in a symbiotic community? is an eclectic and transdisciplinary anthology, highlighting the sexual and gender diversity in nature. The arts, poetry, scientific and speculative writing in the collection spark the imagination, and give readers tools to shape the world differently.Join the editor of Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga, Frances Cannon, at the Book Fringe and be inspired to see the world through the lens of queer ecology!This event will be 30 mins followed by audience questions and signing. Please feel free to attend any or all of these depending on your capacity!Our speaker:Franky (Frances) Cannon is the Reviews Editor for Poetry Wales, an editorial reader for The Kenyon Review, and an affiliated scholar at Kenyon College. She is the author and illustrator of several books: Walter Benjamin Reimagined (MIT Press, 2019), Fling Diction (Green Writers Press, 2024), Vernal Thaw: A Novel of Love at a Slant (Set Margins’ Press, 2026), and Queer Flora, Fauna, Funga (Valiz Press, 2026). Her work can also be found in journals and magazines, including The New York Times. Franky curates the digital publicationqueerflora.org. Read more at: frankyfrancescannon.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/frances-cannon-explores-queer-flora-fauna-and-funga/100001995466221184
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 45 minutes
  - Location: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 1.79, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Edinburgh
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
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- **full address**: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga being held?
  - **A:** Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga takes place on Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:45 pm at Lighthouse - Edinburgh s Radical Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga?
  - **A:** Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga is organized by Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edinburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Frances Cannon explores Queer Flora, Fauna and Funga sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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