Sunday 29 August 2010


«Para mí, un libro imprescindible.» Fernando Savater, EL PAÍS
«Philip Hoare ha aprendido de Chatwin y de Sebald la libertad suprema de la escritura.» Antonio Muñoz Molina
To be published on 20 September

Monday 23 August 2010

Thursday 26 August at 9 pm: The British Whales, BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tgwlw

Monday 16 August 2010

Saturday 21 August: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales: Episode Two: Toothed Whales, BBC 4 at 8.50 pm
See Episode One: Baleen Whales: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dqtvj/episodes/player

Sunday 15 August 2010

Tiaki, Kaikoura, spring 2010

Philip Hoare - Autumn Events

Tuesday 5 October, all day: Provenance symposium, with Angela Cockayne, Gavin Turk, Viktor Wynd etc, Bath Spa University, Bath

Saturday 11 September at 11.30 am: Leviathan or, The Whale - talk with music from Richard Hawley, End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset

http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/stages-and-areas/the-woodland-library-art-installations/

Saturday 18 September at 11 am: Netley Hospital - illustrated talk, Southampton City Art Gallery
http://www.fosmag.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Autumn-2010.pdf

Thursday 23 September at 9.30 am: The Whale and other Tales - Southampton Literary Festival, Southampton University campus

Friday 3 December, 7.30 pm: John Waters in conversation with Philip Hoare, Royal Festival Hall, London

Thursday 1 July 2010

Philip Hoare The Whale July 2010 – New England Events.


Following the critically acclaimed publication of his award-winning book, The Whale, British author Philip Hoare is touring Cape Cod, New Bedford and Nantucket this July, with a special series of talks and film screenings, including the feature-length adventure BBC documentary, The Hunt for Moby-Dick, written and presented by Philip Hoare, directed by Adam Low, and filmed in Britain, New England, and the Azores. www.thehuntformobydick.com

The Hunt for Moby-Dick, feature-length BBC documentary with talk by Philip Hoare, Falmouth Public Library, 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540, Wednesday 7 July at 7 pm. www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org

The Whale, talk and films by Philip Hoare, Harwich Brooks Free Library, 739 Main Street, Harwich, MA 02645, Saturday 10 July at 1 pm. www.brooksfreelibrary.org

The Whale, talk and films by Philip Hoare, New Bedford Whaling Museum, MA, Tuesday 13 July at 7 pm. www.whalingmuseum.org

The Whale, talk and films by Philip Hoare, Highland House Museum, Highland Light Rd, North Truro, Wednesday 14 July at 7.30 pm. www.trurohistorical.org

The Hunt for Moby-Dick, in aid of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, introduced by Philip Hoare, Art House Cinema, Provincetown, MA, Thursday 15 July at 5 pm. www.coastalstudies.org

The Whale talk and films by Philip Hoare, 3 pm, screening of The Hunt for Moby-Dick, introduced by Philip Hoare, 7 pm at the Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket, MA, Saturday 17 July at 3 pm & 7 pm. www.nha.org

Friday 25 June 2010

Philip Hoare: A victory for the whalers, a defeat for humanity ...
Quite the reverse. Friday, 25 June 2010. Share. The Independent Close .... Philip Hoare's book, 'Leviathan or, The Whale', won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson ...www.independent.co.uk/.../philip-hoare-a-victory-for-the-whalers-a-defeat-for-humanity-2009971.html - 7 hours ago

Sunday 13 June 2010

Thursday 10 June 2010

New York Public Radio

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/jun/10/underreported-whaling-moratorium/

Wednesday 2 June 2010





- New England Tour Dates July 2010 -


7 July – Falmouth Public Library, Cape Cod, @ 7 pm

10 July - Brooks Free Public Library in Harwich, Cape Cod, @ 1 pm

13 July – New Bedford Whaling Museum, Mass, @ 7 pm

14 July – Highland Light Museum, North Truro, Cape Cod, @ 7.30 pm

15 July – 'The Hunt for Moby-Dick', Art House Cinema, Provincetown, Cape Cod, @ 5 pm

17 July – Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket, @ 3pm & 7 pm