Events List

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CURRENT (Prior readings/presentations/interviews at bottom of page)

Wednesday, October 21, 6 pm, Oregon Wild Wednesday Webinar.

Thursday, October 22, 6:30 pm, Paulina Springs Books, 6:30 p.m., Sisters, Oregon. Part of “Under Western Skies” Sisters Book Festival, October 19-26.

Thursday, October 29, 6:30 pm, Roundabout Books, Bend, Oregon.

Thursday, November 12, 6 pm. East Cascades Bird Alliance, Bend, Oregon.

Thursday, November 19, 7 pm. Fact & Fiction, Missoula, Montana.

Sunday, November 22, 4 pm: Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, Montana.

Friday, December 4, 9 am: Presentation at Oregon State University, monthly LTER meeting of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest.

Sunday, December 6, 11-3: Wild Arts Festival Book Fair, Portland, Oregon, Authors Schedule.

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

Saturday, January 9, 2027, 6:30 pm: People’s Bookstore, Takoma Park, Maryland.

2027 BOOK CALENDAR

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

Thursday, January 21, 2027: Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

Sunday, January 31, 1 pm: Book Passage, Corte Madera, Bay Area, California. (Rescheduled from October 17, 2026)

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7 pm, Mrs Dalloway’s Bookstore, Berkeley, California. (Rescheduled from October 19, 2026). Eventbrite link.

Monday, February 8, 2027: Annie Bloom’s Bookstore, Portland. In conversation with Peg Herring, author of Born of Fire and Rain: Journey into a Pacific Coastal Rainforest.

Tuesday, February 9, 2027: Salem Audubon (Scottish Rite Center).

Wednesday, April 7, 2027: Rediscovered Books, in partnership with Golden Eagle Audubon Society, Boise, Idaho.

Thursday, April 8, 2027: Featured speaker at Harney County Migratory Bird Festival, Burns, Oregon (by Malheur National Wildlife Refuge).

past events

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

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. RECORDING HERE

Saturday, September 12: Voices of Central Oregon- Sisters, Oregon, A reading & signing hosted by Paulina Springs Books. See event link.

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

Wednesday, September 16: Blue Mountain Audubon Society, 7 pm, Walla Walla, Washington, with book signing on Thursday, September 17 from 11 am to 1 pm at Book & Game.

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.

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.

Saturday, October 2: Keynote speaker for Greater Hells Canyon Council’s Gala in La Grande, 5 pm.

Monday, October 5: Otherwise. Online conversation, 6-7:30 pm EST.

Thursday, October 8: Speaker at the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center annual celebration and fundraiser in Portland.

Friday, October 9: Spring Creek Presents Feathered Forest in partnership with Grass Roots Books, and H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Prax Center, OSU Press, Corvallis, Oregon,

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

Tuesday, October 13: Nature Night Webinar. Bird Alliance of Oregon, 7 pm.

Wednesday, October 14, 11 am PST or 19:00 UK. Zoom Live Interview with David Lindo, the Urban Birder.

Thursday, October 15, 7 pm Pendleton Center for the Arts First Draft Writers Series. Zoom presentation.

EARLIER EVENTS BEFORE THE BOOK LAUNCH

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

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.

Tuesday, May 26: Feahered 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.

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).