Marine biologist and diver, Frauke Bagusche, talks to Torontonians about her fascinating and beautiful deep-sea dive into the ocean that she portrays in her new book, The Blue Wonder: Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other Astonishing Insights from the Ocean. Drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, she uses photographs and playful prose to reveal deep-sea reefs that glitter like glass, fish that converse with each other by singing––loudly, an octopus that imitates more than fifteen other animals, the secret behind why the sea glows at night and much more. With the heart of a poet and the mind of a scientist, Frauke Bagusche re-awakens our love for the sea and ignites a desire to protect this vital habitat.

Frauke Bagushce talks with Parul Pandya about The Blue Wonder and her intimate account of the beauty, mystery, and amazing science of the ocean.

About this event’s guests:
Frauke Bagusche
Parul Pandya


This event is part of TPL's On Civil Society: Climate series, a year-long programming initiative that explores the effects that climate change is having on the only habitat we have.  We are faced with radical and unknown effects on the world’s oceans, rivers, wildlife and diminishing biodiversity.  These new realities of a future world paint a sobering picture that disrupts the very idea of humankind and its interventions on the planet.

Each month we focus on a different facet of the topic, featuring some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, scientists, activists, journalists and artists. Critical and long-neglected voices offer new perspectives on where we went wrong and, perhaps, some solutions for a healthy, sustainable and equitable future for our planet.

We will offer tools to help you weigh in with your opinions and experience, but more than this, we aim to inspire in at least some of you the desire to get involved in any way that works for you: through panels, lectures, field trips and workshops, key organizations will help you see some of those working for our planet that we didn’t even know about.

October 2021 - Oceans, Waters, Wetlands
November 2021 - Urbanism in a Warming Planet
February 2021 - Inequalities
March 2022 - Going, Arriving, Leaving: Borders and Trade
April 2022 - Transportation and Movement
May 2022 - Indigenous Perspectives

On Civil Society: Climate is a collaborative project sponsored by Toronto Public Library, the Consulat Général de France à Toronto et Institut Français.

TPL’s On Civil Society series is generously supported in part by Chris M. Reid.

Toronto Public Library is committed to accessibility. Please call or email us if you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation to participate in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. At least three weeks’ notice is preferred. Phone 416-393-7099 or email accessibleservices@tpl.ca

Climate - Frauke Bagusche: Blue, Blue Wonder