Dara McAnulty is the author Diary of a Young Naturalist. He is the recipient of the Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Dara lives with his mum, dad, brother Lorcan, sister Bláthnaid and rescue greyhound Rosie in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Heartland Fall Forum, the premiere conference for independent booksellers in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, hosts a conversation between Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass) and Helen Macdonald (Vesper Flights). This event will be presented virtually on Crowdcast at 7:00pm CST.
Join Old Firehouse Books for the virtual launch of Dan Beachy-Quick’s Stone-Garland! Dan will be joined by poet H. L. Hix. This event will be presented virtually at 6:00pm MT. Register here.
Parnassus Books hosts Michael Taylor in conversation with Margaret Renkl to discuss Taylor’s new book Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves. This event will be presented virtually at 3:00pm CT.
Brazos Bookstore hosts Benjamin Garcia in conversation with Kazim Ali and Dana Levin to celebrate the launch of Thrown in the Throat. This event will be presented virtually at 7:00pm CT.
As part of Kundiman’s Summer Sessions, Kundiman will be hosting Aimee Nezhukumatathil to teach a hybrid generative class for writers called “The Edge of the Sea is a Strange & Beautiful Place: Hybrid Poetry & Prose Experiments.” The class will interrogate and investigate the “strange and beautiful place” of genre-blurring work. The class will meet over Zoom on Saturday, August 1st, from 2:00 PM–5:00 PM ET, and is open to all writers who are BIPOC. Scholarships are available. Visit the website for more information on the class and how to register.
Elliott Bay Book Company will host Aimee Nezhukumatathil in conversation with John Freeman to celebrate the publication of World of Wonders. This event will be presented virtually at 6:00pm PT. Register here.
Milkweed Editions joins Politics and Prose for their “Indie Press Night” series. P&P will host Yanna Demkiewicz, Milkweed’s Marketing Director, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders, and Makenna Goodman, author of The Shame. This event will be presented virtually at 8:00pm ET.
Union Ave Books and Ijams Nature Center hosts Michael Taylor in conversation with Margaret Renkl to discuss Taylor’s new book Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves. This event will be presented virtually at 2:00pm ET on Zoom, please send an RSVP to RSVP@unionavebooks.com to attend.
Writing By Writers hosts Aimee Nezhukumatathil for a reading from World of Wonders. This webinar will be hosted via Zoom at 5:00pm PDT. Please RSVP for password.
