Iain Valentine will be hosting a slideshow on Thursday 24th November at Edinburgh's Blackwell Bookshop (53-62 South Bridge, EH1 1YS) to launch the new book Panda: Back from the Brink, which features the incredible photography of panda expert Zhou Mengqi. Henry Nicholl, author of t;a href="http://thewayofthepanda.blogspot.com/" title="Way of the Panda" target="_blank">The Way of the Panda, finds the book "exquisite". See for yourself with a sneak preview of some of the photos below.

The book is now on limited prepublication release and can be bought from Blackwells, from Edinburgh Zoo, from the zoo's online shop, and on the NHBS website for wildlife and environment books.

Some tickets are still available for the launch: it's FREE, but you should reserve a place: contact Ann Landmann on 0131 622 8222 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Learning to climb - it's not easy being a cub :)

Wheeeeeeeee!!!