Marine biologist Helen Scales discusses her new book What the Wild Sea Can Be, a bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the world's ocean, with photographer and filmmaker Rebecca Douglas

5:00pm-7:00pm Fort Road Bar

A Women's Prize-shortlisted book that warns, informs and inspires, What the Wild Sea Can Be is both a deep sea history and a passionate call to protect the oceans of today, in order to conserve those of tomorrow. Author Helen Scales dives down into the realms of animals that are increasingly under threat, balancing the bad news with a cautious optimism founded in all the regenerative efforts being made to repair the damage done.

Helen writes about the ocean’s living wonders for readers of all ages, and has published books including Spirals in Time, What a Shell Can Tell, Antarctica and The Brilliant Abyss. She contributes regularly to the Guardian, teaches at Cambridge University and is a storytelling ambassador for the Save Our Seas Foundation. She'll be discussing What the Wild Sea Can Be with ocean advocate, photographer and filmmaker Rebecca Douglas.