New book from award winning Longford author will give you insight on how to live a better life

Award winning Longford author John Connell and Atlantic books are launching John’s latest book ‘The Wisdom of Farmers’ in Longford’s Backstage Theatre on Wednesday, April 8 at 8pm.

John will be in conversation with celebrated former news anchor Bryan Dobson of RTE.

‘The Wisdom of Farmers’  is John’s latest book and the product of ten years of thinking and research wherein he travelled around Ireland and the world to research the book.

‘The Wisdom of Farmers’  is a guide on how to live a modern life by learning from the knowledge of the most ancient job in the world; farming. 

This life guide is grounded in John’s land philosophy, a unique way of looking at the world through the 10,000 years of farming knowledge that we can impart into our everyday lives.

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It's a book for everyone. You don’t need to be a farmer to gain an insight and knowledge on how to live a better life.

John is the number one bestselling and award winning author of ‘The Cow Book’ and the instant number one bestseller and An Post Irish book awards shortlisted ‘12 Sheep’. He is also a farmer and former investigative journalist.

There are a small number of tickets available for the launch on April 8 and people can contact the Backstage Theatre to book a free ticket. https://backstage.ie/

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