AUTHOR OF LITTLE GREAT ISLAND

NEWS & EVENTS

2025

May 6 – Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA, 7 pm (refreshments 6:30)
In conversation with Whitney Scharer (The Age of Light)
RSVP required: Please see portersquarebooks.com events page for more information 

 May 15 – Politics & Prose, Washington, DC, 7 pm
In conversation with journalist Jim Lardner (ThirdAct DC) and climate activist Mike Tidwell (The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue)
 
May 17 – Barnes & Noble, Dedham, MA, 2 pm
 
May 20 – Wellesley Books, Wellesley, MA, 7 pm
In conversation with Karen Day (I’ll Stay) and Julie Carrick Dalton (Waiting for the Nightsong; The Last Beekeeper
Ticketed event: Please see wellesleybooks.com events page for more information 
 
June 11 – Dedham Public Library, Dedham, MA, 6:30 pm
 
June 20 – The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT, 7 pm
In conversation with Betsy Burton; joined by Franque Bains (Chapter Director, Utah Sierra Club) and Debbie Lyons (Director, Salt Lake City Office of Sustainability)
Ticketed event: Please see kingsenglish.com events page for more information
 
June 21 – Park City Library, Park City, UT 2 pm
“The Generative Power of Creative Writing Communities” with authors Kristen Case, Heather Hirschi, Dawn Marano, Wendy Rawlings, Susan Sample, and Dorothy Solomon
 
July 24 – Brewster Book Store, Brewster, MA, 10 am
With Elspeth Hay (Feed Us With Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food)
 
August 6 – Vinalhaven Library, Vinalhaven, ME, 7 pm
 
August 7 – North Haven, ME, 5 pm (location TBD)
 
August 10 – Anodyne Book Shop, Searsport, ME, 2 pm
In conversation with Linda Greenlaw Wessel (The Hungry Ocean, The Lobster Chronicles) and Shannon Bowring (The Road to Dalton, Where the Forest Meets the River
 
September 3 – Print Bookstore, Portland, ME 7 pm
In conversation with Nick Fuller Googins (The Great Transition, The Frequency of Living Things) and Kate Olson, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College (Living Change: Finding Place in a Warming World – forthcoming)
 
September 9 – Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA, 7 pm
 In conversation with Olivia Aguilar, PhD, Associate Professor Environmental Studies, Mt. Holyoke College (Remembering, Resisting, and ReimaginingA Latinx Outdoor Experience – forthcoming) and with Kathleen Davis of Growing Wild South Hadley
 
October 2 – Buttonwood Books, Cohasset, MA,  6:30 pm
 
October 9 – Arlington Author Salon, Arlington, MA 7:30 pm
In conversation with Cate Mingoya-LaFortune (Climate Action for Busy People) and Julie Carrick Dalton (Waiting for the Night Song; The Last Beekeeper

2025

Tuesday May 6, 7-8:30 pm – Cambridge, MA
(Refreshments at 6:30pm, event begins at 7)
LAUNCH EVENT! (Please RSVP)

Porter Square Books, 1815 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA.
In conversation with Whitney Scharer (The Age of Light).
To pre-order a signed book, please visit the Porter Square Books website.

Thurs, May 15, 7pm – Washington, DC
Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
In conversation with journalist Jim Lardner, co-author of NYPD: A City and Its Police and contributor and co-editor of Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences; and with Mike Tidwell, writer, climate activist, and author of The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street (March 2025) among other titles.

Tuesday, May 20, 7 pm – Wellesley, MA
Wellesley Bookstore, 82 Central Street, Wellesley
In conversation with Karen Day, author of I’ll Stay, and with Julie Carrick Dalton, author of Waiting for the Night Song and The Last Beekeeper

Wednesday, June 11, 6:30-7:30 pm – Dedham, MA 
Dedham Public Library, 43 Church Street, Dedham, MA

Friday, June 20, 7-8:30 pm – Salt Lake City, UT
(Refreshments at 6:30pm, event begins at 7)
The Kings English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT. 
In conversation with Betsy Burton, co-founder and previous co-owner of The Kings English Bookstore; with Franque Bains, Sierra Club Utah Chapter Director; and with Debbie Lyons, Director of Sustainability for Salt Lake City. To pre-order a signed book, please visit the Kings English Bookshop website.

Wednesday, August 6, 7-8:30 pm – Vinalhaven, ME
Vinalhaven Public Library, 6 Carver Street, Vinalhaven, ME.

Thursday, August 7, 5-6 pm – North Haven, ME
North Haven Library

Sunday, August 10, 2pm – Searsport, ME
Anodyne Book shop, 175 West Main Street, Searsport, ME, “The Magic of Maine” in conversation with Shannon Bowring (The Road to Dalton; Where the Forest Meets the Trees) and Linda Greenlaw (The Hungry Ocean; The Lobster Chronicles; All Fishermen are Liars)

Wednesday, September 3, 7 pm – Portland, ME.
Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress Street, Portland, ME. In conversation with Nick Fuller Googins, author of The Great Transition and The Frequency of Living Things; and climate sociologist and writer Kate Olson, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College and author of the forthcoming Living Change: Finding Place in a Warming World.

Tuesday, September 9, 7 pm – South Hadley, MA
The Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St., South Hadley, MA, in conversation with Olivia Aguilar, PhD, Leslie and Sarah Miller Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and author of the forthcoming Remember, Resisting and Reimaging: A Latinx Outdoor Experience; and with Kathleen Davis of Growing Wild South Hadley, an initiative of the Conservation Commission to promote biodiversity through planting native and pollinator species.

Please check back regularly. More events will be added. 

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