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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Robert Macfarlane
LOCATION:Central\n<p><strong>Port Nelson United Church</strong></p>\n<p>31
 32 South Drive</p>\n<p>Burlington\, ON</p>\n<p>L7N 1H7</p>\n<p><a href="ht
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DESCRIPTION:British nature writer\, essayist\, lyricist\, and author of Is
  a River Alive?\n.\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/13443760
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Jason Allen\, broadcaster\, publisher\, an
 d environmental advocate in conversation with celebrated writer\, observer
 \, and naturalist Robert Macfarlane about Macfarlane's perspective-shiftin
 g new book&nbsp\;<em>Is a River Alive?&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<p>At the heart of
  <em>Is a River Alive?&nbsp\;</em>is 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. Macfarlane takes the re
 ader on a mind-expanding global journey into the history\, futures\, peopl
 e and places of the ancient\, urgent concept. &nbsp\;A clarion call to re-
 centre rivers in our stories\, law and politics\, <em>Is a River Alive?</e
 m> invites us to radically re-imagine not only rivers but life itself. At 
 the heart of this vital\, beautiful book is the recognition that our fate 
 flows with that of rivers&mdash\;and always has.</p>\n<p>A Different Drumm
 er Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.</
 p>\n<p>Presented in partnership with&nbsp\;Random House Canada and A Diffe
 rent Drummer Books</p>\n<p>Please note: The event location is <strong>Port
  Nelson United Church</strong>\, 3132 South Drive\, Burlington.</p>\n<h5>A
 bout the Author</h5>\n<p>Robert Macfarlane is internationally renowned for
  his writing on nature\, people and place. His best-selling books include 
 <em>Underland\, Landmarks\, The Old Ways\, The Wild Places</em> and <em>Mo
 untains of the Mind</em>\; they have been translated into more than thirty
  languages\, won many prizes around the world and been widely adapted for 
 film\, music\, theatre\, radio and dance. He has also written operas\, pla
 ys\, and films including <em>River</em> and <em>Mountain</em>\, both narra
 ted by Willem Dafoe. In 2017\, he was awarded the E.M. Forster Prize for L
 iterature\, and in 2022 he was the inaugural winner of the Weston Internat
 ional Award for a body of work in the field of non-fiction.</p>\n<p>Explor
 e <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Macfarlane
 %2C%20Robert&amp\;searchType=author">Robert MacFarlane</a> in our collecti
 on</p>\n<p>Jason Allen is a city builder\, community leader and environmen
 talists with a long history of changing organizations and communities for 
 the better.&nbsp\; He is believer in the potential in humans to change and
  the&nbsp\;power of nature to entrance and transform us.</p>\n<h5>Accessib
 ility</h5>\n<p>If you need an <a href="https://www.bpl.on.ca/services/acce
 ssibility/support#attend">accessibility accommodation</a> during this prog
 ram\, please register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days befo
 re your visit.</p>\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/13443760
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