BY KAREN BOSSICK

Author Christopher Preston will discuss wildlife and rewilding, technology, conservation and climate change this coming Thursday at The Community Library.

Preston, the January Writer-in-Residence at The Community Library’s Hemingway House, will be in conversation with Martha Williams at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. RSVP to watch it in person at https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/13038409. Or, watch the livestream or recording at https://vimeo.com/event/4813214.

Preston visited the library a year ago to discuss his book “Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries that Change How We Think About Animals.” He is working on new projects in central Idaho during his month at The Hemingway House.

“Christopher’s writing probes some of the greatest questions and challenges of our time with curiosity and an openness to the possibilities of the future,” said Martha Williams, the library’s director of programs and education. “We’ll discuss the Anthropocene, wildlife recovery and ecological restoration, and the ethical dimensions of emerging science and technology, which Christopher beautifully examines in a style that is remarkably accessible and inviting.”

Preston, a philosophy professor who lives in Missoula, Mont., won the 2024 High Plains International Book Award for Non-fiction for his book “Tenacious Beasts,” which investigates a dozen wildlife species that have fought back from the brink of extinction. The book also made the New Yorker’s Best Books list of 2023.

His previous book, “The Synthetic Age: Out-Designing Evolution, Resurrecting Species and Reengineering Our World,” explored technologies threatening to transform the natural world. It won a silver medal from Nautilus in the ecology and environment category.

Preston’s essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, Discover and the Wall Street Journal, and he won an award from the International Society for Environmental Ethics for his work as a public philosopher.