Leopold Kanzler lives in Austria and has taken some of my very favorite beaver photos. In addition to being hugely talented, he is wildly patient and animals just seem to get comfortable around him. Check out his newest offering.
Time is ticking down. The other day I was browsing for information about Ben Goldfarb’s book coming out and was surprised to find an event already logged at the San Francisco Book Passage. It’s so wild to think about his message of beaver benefits making its way across the country.
I think his head must be spinning a little too because he posted this on facebook yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO on June 26 PORTLAND on July 2 BOSTON on July 31
=June 25: Healdsburg SHED, Healdsburg CA, 7:30 pm
-June 26: Book Passage, San Francisco CA, 6 pm
-June 27: Science Buzz Cafe, Sebastopol CA, 7 pm
-June 28: Screening of Sarah Koenigsberg‘s wonderful documentary “The Beaver Believers,” Empress Theatre, Vallejo CA (I’ll be on a panel after the film).
-June 29: Copperfield’s Books, San Rafael CA, 7 pm
-June 30: Martinez Beaver Festival, Martinez CA, 1:30 pm
-July 2: Powell’s on Hawthorne, Portland OR, 7:30 pm
-July 3: West Linn Public Library, West Linn OR, 6 pm
-July 18: Yale-Myers Forest Seminar, Eastford CT, 7 pm
-July 20: Northshire Books, Manchester Center VT, 6 pm
-July 26: RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison CT, 7 pm
-July 31: Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge MA, 7 pm
-August 1: Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Conway NH, 7 pm
-August 2: Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield CT, 7 pm
-August 3: Litchfield County Summer Book Fair, Sharon CT, 5 pm
-August 4: David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village CT, 1 pm
That’s the kind of schedule that has you living out of a suitcase and eating cereal. It’s so wonderful that Ben is young and strong and up to the task! Can you imagine how many new beaver friends there will be in 6 months? I was especially startled to see the book is even available for pre-order at Target!
All I can say is that if folks don’t get the idea THIS SUMMER that beavers matter – what with Ben’s book and Sarah’s film and our festival – there is literally no hope for them.
Now we just need a huge donor to buy copies for every member of CDFW – and force them to read it.
