David Farrier teaches English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He was a recipient of the Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn Award. David was an adviser on 'Deep Time,' the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival opening event, which told the 350 million-year-old story of the formation of Edinburgh, and recently held a prestigious Leverhulme Fellowship at the University of New South Wales. His work has appeared in Aeon and The Atlantic.
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