It’s not every day that we have a Pulitzer Prize winner visit the bookshop. On Wednesday, April 19, Ed Yong will be here at 6:00 p.m. to sign copies of his books, An Immense Word, and I Contain Multitudes. This visit is just a signing, ahead of Ed’s appearance on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. as part of Show-Me Research Week, in partnership with the Unbound Book Festival.

Ed will be speaking on “The Art of Science” at Middlebush Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. This lecture is free to attend. And while Ed won’t be available to sign books at the event, Skylark will be there with signed copies for purchase!

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Named “the most important and impactful journalist" of 2020 by Poynter, Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong is a science staff writer with The Atlantic. He was awarded journalism’s top honor, the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, for his crucial coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. He anticipated the course of virus, the complex challenges that U.S. faced, and the government’s disastrous failure in its response. An accomplished speaker, Yong brings his vast scientific knowledge and engages his audiences through his insightful conversations about the pandemic, the animal kingdom, the challenges of science journalism, and more.