Jonathan C Slaght
@jonathanslaght.com
Author. Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
signed some tiger and owl books across London today, including @waterstones.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
signed some tiger and owl books across London today, including @waterstones.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social!
cheers from London!
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
cheers from London!
Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
With co-guests @drjuliashaw.bsky.social and Juhea Kim this morning after speaking with @adamrutherford.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week in London.We talked tigers, environmental crime, and the power of art to change minds
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With co-guests @drjuliashaw.bsky.social and Juhea Kim this morning after speaking with @adamrutherford.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week in London.We talked tigers, environmental crime, and the power of art to change minds
I didn't have to put @johnvaillant.bsky.social's FIRE WEATHER facing out at Waterstones Victoria bookshop in London...it was already like that!
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I didn't have to put @johnvaillant.bsky.social's FIRE WEATHER facing out at Waterstones Victoria bookshop in London...it was already like that!
had a pint in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub today, rebuilt in 1667, after the London Fire. Dickins drank here
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
had a pint in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub today, rebuilt in 1667, after the London Fire. Dickins drank here
in London....going live on Times Radio in about twenty minutes!
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
in London....going live on Times Radio in about twenty minutes!
wonderful time talking "Tigers Between Empires" at The Museum of Russian Art in #Minneapolis last night! A packed house with a sold out crowd of 144. The book is now on sale and you should buy it
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
wonderful time talking "Tigers Between Empires" at The Museum of Russian Art in #Minneapolis last night! A packed house with a sold out crowd of 144. The book is now on sale and you should buy it
Not even the Minnesota deer opener can get in the way of Tigers Between Empires
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not even the Minnesota deer opener can get in the way of Tigers Between Empires
Tigers Between Empires is a Pick of the Season at @powells.bsky.social in Portland, Oregon!
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Tigers Between Empires is a Pick of the Season at @powells.bsky.social in Portland, Oregon!
if you're in town this weekend for the Twin Cities Book Festival & are seeking a book event Friday night, come see me talk about magnificent tigers, dirty biologists, & a 700-km wall made of planted trees. All at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. 7pm start, 6pm tea. Book signing to follow!
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
if you're in town this weekend for the Twin Cities Book Festival & are seeking a book event Friday night, come see me talk about magnificent tigers, dirty biologists, & a 700-km wall made of planted trees. All at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. 7pm start, 6pm tea. Book signing to follow!
some photos from the launch of Tigers Between Empires earlier this week at The Explorers Club in New York!
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
some photos from the launch of Tigers Between Empires earlier this week at The Explorers Club in New York!
this is tomorrow! If you will be in the Twin Cities would love to see you there. tmora.org/event/an-eve...
#minneapolis #booksky #tiger
#minneapolis #booksky #tiger
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
this is tomorrow! If you will be in the Twin Cities would love to see you there. tmora.org/event/an-eve...
#minneapolis #booksky #tiger
#minneapolis #booksky #tiger
my book launch tonight for TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES at @theexplorersclub.bsky.social in New York City is sold out! Hope to see some of you there! The book is in stores tomorrow!!
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
my book launch tonight for TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES at @theexplorersclub.bsky.social in New York City is sold out! Hope to see some of you there! The book is in stores tomorrow!!
consistently my favorite house in the neighborhood 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
consistently my favorite house in the neighborhood 🎃
Our kids traditionally trick or treat with friends in another neighborhood, so we are not home and leave out a bowl. Less scrupulous children tend to take fistfuls, or all of it in one go. Hoping this year my threat of a curse will work 💀💀💀
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Our kids traditionally trick or treat with friends in another neighborhood, so we are not home and leave out a bowl. Less scrupulous children tend to take fistfuls, or all of it in one go. Hoping this year my threat of a curse will work 💀💀💀
just signed 96 copies of Tigers Between Empires at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in Minneapolis! If you're looking for a signed copy online, this is the place to preorder. Link may not yet say these are signed but trust me: they are, because I was just there www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/f10yIDk...
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
just signed 96 copies of Tigers Between Empires at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in Minneapolis! If you're looking for a signed copy online, this is the place to preorder. Link may not yet say these are signed but trust me: they are, because I was just there www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/f10yIDk...
my book Owls of the Eastern Ice was recently translated into Polish, which apparently prompted National Geographic Magazine Poland to run an interview-style excerpt: shorturl.at/LyC2h 🌍🦉
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
my book Owls of the Eastern Ice was recently translated into Polish, which apparently prompted National Geographic Magazine Poland to run an interview-style excerpt: shorturl.at/LyC2h 🌍🦉
this must be so infuriating for the beaver
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
this must be so infuriating for the beaver
the cool part is the original art, by friend Meadow Kouffeld (also an alum of the Gutierrez lab), who inked the tiger. It is also embossed on the hardcover's cover, and I am making t-shirts!
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
the cool part is the original art, by friend Meadow Kouffeld (also an alum of the Gutierrez lab), who inked the tiger. It is also embossed on the hardcover's cover, and I am making t-shirts!
hair & hoodoos: me circa 2003
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
hair & hoodoos: me circa 2003
stoked that the audiobook version of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES is the #1 new release in the highly-competitive "General Russia Travel Guides" category 😐
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
stoked that the audiobook version of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES is the #1 new release in the highly-competitive "General Russia Travel Guides" category 😐
did you get to Russia's Grizzly Coast? There is a photo of me there (in the leopard hut) that suggests I am a poacher. I am in reality not a poacher
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
did you get to Russia's Grizzly Coast? There is a photo of me there (in the leopard hut) that suggests I am a poacher. I am in reality not a poacher
Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky