Book launch with Christina Riley

Discover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays.

In 2022, Christina Riley became an ‘underwater artist in residence’ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot – a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland also crucial for the health of the world’s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen – and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.

The resulting essays, collected in this stunning volume, swim through the kaleidoscope of marine life she found there, from starfish to seagrass to the water itself. What shines through all of them is a sense of wonder that is also a call to action. Looking Down at the Stars asks: how can we harness our feelings of awe at the natural world in order to take better care of it?

Christina Riley’s lyrical prose is the perfect guide to this unfamiliar underwater world, brimming with surprises, sunlight and sea stars.

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Just in time for the last day of the Argyll Hope Spot exhibition, Holdfast, at Kilmartin Museum, Christina Riley joins one of the exhibition artsists, Tamsin Cunningham, in celebration of marine artists and her new book.

Note: The event is free but museum entry applies if you want to visit the exhibition.
Any ticket donations will be shared equally (by the Author and The Argyll Hope Spot) and go towards the costs for the event.

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