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America’s Other Audubon
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www.AmericasOtherAudubon.com |
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2014 Events
Please contact my publicist Diane Levinson for book talk requests:
March 11 Book Talk and Signing: Joy Kiser, America’s Other Audubon: Bellevue Public Library 224 E. Main St., Bellevue, Ohio 44811
Amateur naturalist and artist Genevieve Jones, of the Akron area, began drawing bird eggs and nests to help identify them and soothe her own broken heart. After she died unexpectedly, her family finished and published the drawings in 1886. Kiser’s book brings these lithographs back into public view and tells the story of the Jones family and their unique contribution to American art. *Books for sale at The Golden Acorn. Bring your own copy of the book for her to sign! In partnership for this event, Art@106 is “Taking Flight.” The studio will be open on Tuesday, March 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to feature its collection of artwork on birds, including paintings, carvings, stained glass, pastels and cards by Bellevue artists. Information, http://www.bellevuearts.net/... March 21 The Virginia Festival of the Book 2:00 PM
The Virginia Festival of the Book is a 5-day festival of mostly free literary events that are open to the public as we honor book culture and promote reading and literacy. Virginia Festival of the Book is a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 | Phone 434.924.3296 | Fax: 434.296.4714 | vabook@virginia.edu
April 10 The Aldus Society of Columbus -- Joy Kiser will present her new book, America's Other Audubon, which tells of the making of The Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio by Genevieve Jones and her family. Joy’s book features the original 68 color plates of nests and eggs. Only 90 copies of the original Genevieve Jones book were printed and fewer than 25 copies exist today in both public institutions and private hands. Thurber Center, Parking is available behind the Thurber Center
Past Events:
January 7, 2014 Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society Rocky River, Ohio
May 16, 2013 Washington Rare Book Group Fort McNair Officers’ Club Washington, DC September 29, 2012 Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center and the Canton Public Library
The Book Launch! May 9, 2012
The Ohioana Book Festival May 12, 2012 Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center Columbus, Ohio
Beinecke Rare Book &Manuscript Library June 4, 2012 Yale University Library’s Standing Committee on Professional Awareness New Haven, Connecticut
Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Forum July 19, 2012 Loganberry Books Shaker Heights, Ohio
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“America’s Other Audubon is an uncommon delight. This new volume is an opportunity to discover an essential ‘lost’ treasure of American natural history, as well as an invitation to deepen our own connection with a wilder, natural world.”
—Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Crow Planet |
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