A Book Talk with Georgann Eubanks

Bookmarks is pleased to be hosting Georgann Eubanks for a conversation on her latest book, The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South! Join us for this free event to hear more about the wonders of the natural world occurring in our own backyards. Georgann will be in conversation with Jessica Mendez Rowe from the Piedmont Environmental Alliance.

Purchase a copy of the book with your registration or pick up a copy next time you're in the bookstore! We'll have books available for purchase at the event, and the author will be doing a signing after the talk.

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Georgann Eubanks offers readers a tour of the seasonal joys of ecosystems in the Southeast. The ordinary destinations and events she explores are scattered across seven states and include such wonders as a half-million purple martins roosting on an island in a South Carolina lake, the bloom of thirty acres of dimpled trout lilies in a remote Georgia forest, gnat larvae that glow like stars on the rock walls of an obscure Alabama canyon, and the overnight accumulation of elaborately patterned moths on the side of a North Carolina mountain cabin.

These phenomena and others reveal how plants, mammals, amphibians, and insects are managing to persevere despite pressures from human invasion, habitat destruction, and climate change. Their stories also shine a light on the efforts of dedicated scientists, volunteers, and aspiring young naturalists who are working to reverse losses and preserve the fabulous ordinary that’s still alive in the fields, forests, rivers, and coastal estuaries of this essential and biodiverse region.

Georgann Eubanks is a writer, Emmy-winning documentarian, and founder of the Table Rock Writers Workshop, held annually in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of several books, including Saving the Wild South: The Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction.

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