Adventures with the King of Fishes
Join us in Taigh Chearsabhagh on Monday 25th May, 7pm, to hear writer, chef, broadcaster and producer, Graeme Rigby, author of Rigby’s Encyclopedia of the Herring, talk about the book and all things Herring related.
There’s no end to the beautiful information caught in the nets of a herring encyclopaedia, so there is no planned completion here. Each entry is accessible alphabetically and by theme: history, science, culture, fishing and/or food. Drawing on many books, articles, online sources and original research most entries respect the fact that as far back as the C16th the herring has been a comic fish. Its stories, intertwined with our own, tend to reveal the folly of mankind, which also has no end.
Graeme, who lives in Gateshead, has written, performed, published and produced poetry, a novel, music theatre, radio comedy and fish-based documentary. Shortlisted for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship, the encyclopaedia grew out of a BBC Radio 4 series on preserved fish, Rigby’s Red Herrings, and the blogs and podcasts website herripedia.com.
Book your tickets below for this deep dive into the extraordinary realm of the Atlantic herring. Pay what you decide!