Events List

2026 CALENDAR: Feathered Forest Book tour

Tuesday, May 26: Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees: -preview of Marina’s new book, Coast to Cascades Bird Alliance, Eugene, Oregon, at 7 pm. Zoom link here.

July 10-12: Global BirdFair, Lyndon Top, Rutland, UK. Presenter –featuring a preview of Feathered Forest. Presentation on Friday, July 10, 11:30 am. See link.

Wednesday, August 26: Refugia of the Blue Mountains, with artist Robin Coen. Wallowa Lake Lodge, Joseph, Oregon.

Tuesday, September 8: Feathered Forest Official Book Launch! Dudley’s Bookshop & Cafe, Bend, Oregon.

Tuesday, September 8: Nature Revisited Podcast Interview airs.

Wednesday, September 9: The Linnean Society (founded in 1788, oldest learned society devoted to the science of natural history), London. Talk chaired by David George Haskell. Zoom presentation.

Monday, September 14: Powell’s Books, In conversation with Ferris Jabr, 7 p.m. Portland, Oregon.

Wednesday, September 16: Blue Mountain Audubon Society, 7 pm, Walla Walla, Washington.

Monday, September 21: Browsers Bookshop, In conversation with Maria Mudd Ruth, Olympia, Washington.

Tuesday, September 22: Marina Richie in conversation with Maria Mudd Ruth. Town Hall Seattle. (event link on Maria’s page).

Wednesday, September 23, Third Place Books, North Cascades Institute Fall Nature of Writing Series, Lake Forest Park, Washington, 7 pm,

Sunday, September 27: Vermont Family Forests, Lincoln, Vermont.

Monday, September 28: Phoenix Books, In conversation with Trish O’Kane, author of Birding to Change the World, Burlington, Vermont.

Tuesday, September 29: The Norwich Bookstore, 7 pm, Norwich, Vermont. Event link.

Tuesday, October 6: Otherwise. Online conversation, 6-7:30 pm EST.

Friday, October 9: PRAX Center– in partnership with Grass Roots Books, Spring Creek Project, and H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Corvallis, Oregon.

Sunday, October 11: Village Books, in conversation with Lyanda Lynn Haupt, North Cascades Institute Fall Nature of Writing Series, Bellingham, Washington. See event link.

Tuesday, October 13: Nature Night Webinar. Bird Alliance of Oregon.

Thursday, October 15: Pendleton Center for the Arts First Draft Writers Series. Zoom presentation.

Saturday, October 17, 1 pm: Book Passage, Corte Madera, Bay Area, California. Event is posted–as of 5-30-2026!

Monday, October 19, 7 pm, Mrs Dalloway’s Bookstore, Berkeley, California.

Thursday, October 22: Paulina Springs Books, Sisters, Oregon.

Friday, November 6: H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest morning presentation, Corvallis, Oregon.

Thursday, November 12: East Cascades Bird Alliance,Bend, Oregon.

Thursday, November 19: Fact & Fiction, Missoula, Montana.

Saturday/Sunday, December 5-6: Wild Arts Festival Book Fair, Portland, Oregon.

Wednesday, December 9: Roseburg Public Library in partnership with Umpqua Valley Audubon Society, 6 pm., Roseburg, Oregon.

2027 BOOK CALENDAR

Thursday, January 7, 2027: Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.’

Sunday, January 10, 2027: Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, Reston, Virginia.

Past Events 2026

Wednesday, April 8: Spring Creek Project Presents: Earth Words: The Pacific Northwest’s Premier Environmental Writing Showcase, Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx), Corvallis, Oregon. 6 p.m. (Honored to be one of presenters).

Tuesday, March 10: What is Your Wild? Presenting with Sami Godlove and Mathieu Federspiel for Bitterbrush Broadband, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Brokentop Bottleshop, 4 to 5:30 pm, Bend.

Wednesday, March 11: “Searching for Belted Kingfishers” –Zoom presentation for Bergen County Audubon.