Of interest: important person, great location.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- SECOND ANNUAL WRITERS' CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP HONORING RACHEL CARSON Nature and Environmental Writers - College and University Educators (NEW-CUE) will sponsor the Second Annual Writers' Conference and Workshop Honoring Rachel Carson in Boothbay Harbor, ME, from June 11th - 14th, 2001. The Conference/Workshop will take place at The Spruce Point Inn, one of New England's finest country inns and one of the North Atlantic coastline's most secure and serene locations. The program will include a Keynote Address by Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, and presentations by such notable authors as Linda Lear, Carson's biographer, and environmental journalist, Tom Horton. Other featured speakers will include Joseph Bruchac, native American author/storyteller, and Andrea Cohen, poet and communications director of MIT's Sea Grant Program. In addition, Will Richard, licensed Maine guide and nature photographer, and Stephen Kress, director of Audubon's Seabird Program, will offer special workshops at the event. There will also be guided hikes with representatives of the Boothbay Region Land Trust and tide pool explorations led by a biologist from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The Conference/Workshop will be a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, and participants will have an opportunity to hear the featured speakers discuss the ways Rachel Carson may have influenced their own work, to listen to readings submitted for presentation at the event, and to participate in a variety of workshops and outdoor activities in an area that is often referred to as the boating capital of New England. The program will also include daily sessions during which selected participants will read from their work, followed by informal discussions and writing exercises. There will also be a round-table discussion during one of the sessions, and interested participants will be able to meet with publishers to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with publishing their work. New and established writers are encouraged to submit examples of their work for possible presentation. For registration information and to see photos from the 2001 Conference/Workshop, please visit the organization's web site http://www.new-cue.org Please note that presenters will need to register for the event, and registration will be limited to 100 participants. Contact Person: Barbara Ward Klein, President (845) 398-4247 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife!
