Authors on Stage Robert MacFarlane

Join us for another Authors on Stage event in partnership with our good friends at BookLore. An evening with Robert MacFarlane, in discussion with moderator Bernadette Hardaker, we discuss his book, Is A River Alive?

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From the publisher:

ROBERT MACFARLANE is the author of prize-winning and bestselling books about nature, place and people, including Underland (named one of The Guardian's Best Books of the 21st century), Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Landmarks and (with Jackie Morris) The Lost Words and The Lost Spells. His work has been translated into thirty languages and adapted for film, television, radio, stage and music. He is a fellow of Emmanuel College and a professor of Literature and Environmental Humanities at the University of Cambridge.

About the book:

A single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings, who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law.

Is A River Alive? features three river journeys:

- The first is to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened with destruction by Canadian gold-mining.

- The second is to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is underway.

- The third is to northeastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river—the Mutehekau or Magpie—is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign led by an extraordinary Innu poet and leader called Rita Mestokosho.

Is A River Alive? is at once a literary work of art, a rallying cry and a catalyst for change. It is a book that will open hearts, spark debates and challenge perspectives.

ROBERT MACFARLANE calls this “the most political, personal and poetic book I’ve written.”

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Tickets to this event are $35/ea and the evening will include a catered reception, as well as an opportunity to get your books signed by the author.

Join us for the moderated discussion, stay for the apres-show reception catered by one of our hospitality sponsors with food & refreshments.

The proceeds from all Authors on Stage events go to support our New Play Development Fund.