Porritt to write for S&S on climate emergency

Simon & Schuster UK is to publish Hope in Hell: Confronting the Climate Emergency by environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-13 15:46:07 UTC ]
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