

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: An evening with Jamie Lafferty - An Inconvenience of Penguins
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Travel writer Lafferty embarks on a global quest to visit all eighteen species of penguin in this hugely entertaining and informative volume which seeks to get under the feathers of the world's most beloved bird.

'The problem started, as problems often do, with a penguin.'

From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers, penguins are one of the most immediately recognisable animals on Earth. Yet for all that familiarity, what do we really know about them? An Inconvenience of Penguins follows award-winning travel writer Jamie Lafferty as he visits all 18 species in a bid to understand the birds and their extraordinarily varied habitats a little better. On voyages to some of the world's most inaccessible and challenging landscapes, he recounts the history of our unique relationship with the world's most popular bird, telling stories of the penguins, but also the people and places around them.

From getting stranded in the Galapagos to marching through African guano fields, and leading photography groups in the Antarctic to taking psychedelics on the Falklands, this is a birding quest like no other. Along the way Lafferty relives the experiences of early polar explorers, for who penguins were perplexing mysteries, welcome companions and even occasional meals, and meets the modern penguin lovers trying to save their fragile environments.

Featuring cameos from a wide cast of characters including Ernest Shackleton, Charles Darwin, and Sir Francis Drake, as well as beautiful photographs of each penguin species, An Inconvenience of Penguins is part-love letter to and part-biography of these remarkable creatures.

£5 General Admission or £24 with a copy of An Inconvenience of Penguins (HB)

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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Glasgow
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 55.8647
- **long**: -4.25852
- **full address**: 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow, United Kingdom, 155 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow, United Kingdom, 155 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Waterstones Sauchiehall St
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