Feb
09
The Field Guide: A Panel at the Tucson Festival of Books
ByI hope you’ll all join Elizabeth Rosenthal, Jon Dunn, and me at this year’s Tucson Festival of Books for a panel discussion on the history, significance, and future of the field guide.
Liz is the author of an important biography of Roger Tory Peterson, Jon one of the best and best-known birders and authors on the North American scene.
Our discussion starts at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 13. And here’s a secret: Jon will be leading a free walk for Tucson Audubon that weekend, too, a great chance to sample the WINGS experience.
See you there!
6 Comments
February 9th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Rick –
Jen Brumfield, Akron, Ohio here. Sincerely wish I could attend this event. Particularly since I have 5+ ideas for various field guides (gulls, waterfowl, shorebirds, (etc) of particular regions) that I’d like to be reviewed. Will the “results” of the discussion be presented online anywhere, in “scribe” form?
jb
February 9th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Wish I could be there. I’ll second Jen’s request for a transcript. Or better yet, audio recording.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Far too many regrets and far too few acceptances drifting in! I’ll talk to Jon and Liz and see what they think about somehow memorializing our conversation; meanwhile, I’m always more than happy to e-talk about such matters, so drop me a line if you want and I’ll try to get back to you quickly. I’m at birdaz@gmail.com.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Dear Jen, dear Grant,
You both out there? I’ve got Jon and Liz’s consent to somehow fix the results of our discussion. Let me ponder how to do it best,
r
February 24th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
That’s great! I’m looking forward to hearing/reading it.
February 24th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
[...] First, Rick Wright announced that there will be a panel discussion on field guides at the Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 13. Wright will be joined by well-known birder and author Jon Dunn, along with Elizabeth Rosenthal, the author of the Roger Tory Peterson biography Birdwatcher. More details are here. [...]