Author Katherine Rundell donates royalties to climate charities in Trump protest | Books | The Guardian

British author Katherine Rundell will give all the royalties from one of her books to climate charities in response to the re-election of Donald Trump.

The author of bestsellers for children and adults has said she will donate 100% of author royalties earned from sales of The Golden Mole, her 2022 book on endangered species, "in perpetuity". The book was published in the US on Tuesday under the title Vanishing Treasures. So far she said she has donated more than £10,000, and hopes it could eventually be much more.
The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell.
The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell. Photograph: Faber

"The election of a climate-change denier to the US presidency is a catastrophe for all of us," said Rundell. "It comes at a time when the planet has never more urgently needed our protection.

"It has rarely been so tempting for anyone who cares about the fate of the living world - of the Earth itself, of the parliament of the non-human, of the terrible human suffering that climate chaos will bring - to despair. But it's much too urgent and important for despair."