sisters festival of books

My new book comes to Sisters, Oregon, as part of the Sisters Festival of Books: Voices of Central Oregon I’m delighted to be a featured reader and will sign my books at the event, hosted by Paulina Springs Books. Some of my first person narrative takes place among the ancient trees and birds of the Metolius River, a half hour from Sisters. See the festival schedule for details and registration.

SATURDAY, 6:30PM @ PAULINA SPRINGS BOOKS

Marina Richie presents Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees

Sunday, september 13th, 6 pm author’s reception

In Feathered Forest, award-winning nature writer Marina Richie entwines the lives of birds with a hidden vertical world of wild trees. A narrative of perception change, memoir, and kinship, Feathered Forest is a soaring ode to birds and wild trees.

Beginning with an ascent of a 200-foot-tall Douglas-fir with a bird biologist, author Marina Richie leads us from her home in Central Oregon into the ancient forests of Cascadia, a bioregion which rivals the Amazonian rainforest in significance for climate and biodiversity. Birds are guides to intricate and imperiled communities thriving at every level, from understory to midstory to overstory. They steer us to cool havens within multilayered, centuries-old groves that are critical refugia in a time of climate crisis. Their songs and flights show us what we must protect for the future of threatened birds, forests, and humankind.

Marina’s reading will weave in relevant sections for the Sisters audience, from ancient forests lining the Metolius River to the oldest western juniper. She will highlight individuals from Central Oregon making a difference for birds and forests, and offer tangible conservation actions.