The distinctive calling of increasingly large skeins of geese flying over her home in Ryedale, North Yorkshire inspired former barrister and book festival director Sarah Tyson to contemplate the commission of an exciting collaborative event that would bring together a music, travel and literature, and end in a debate about the value that they add to our lives.
For literature she looked no further than William Fiennes’ book that was first published to high acclaim in 2002. The Snow Geese is “an inspired work of natural history and travel” that has already become a classic work of contemporary travel writing. In his book the award-winning writer takes the reader on an epic journey across North America, accompanying a million-strong flocks of migrating snow geese as they fly from Texas to their breeding grounds in the Arctic...
