ClimateChange

Author Talk with JoeAnn Hart: “Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival”

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Sawyer Free Library is pleased to welcome local author, JoeAnn Hart on Thursday, October 12, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 21 Main Street as she discusses her new collection of short fiction, Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival.

The 2022 Winner of the Hudson Prize, this collection of short fiction has characters that struggle with COVID, ecological destruction, and grief as they attempt to find solace and restoration from a nature that is not always in a position to give back. In the profound stories from Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival, the climate crisis arrives not just as strange and violent weather, but as upheavals in our political and emotional climates as well. As characters struggle for survival with COVID, ecological destruction, grief, or mental illness, they attempt to find solace and restoration from a nature that is increasingly no longer in a position to give back. And with science unable to keep up, fake suicides, fairy tales, and delusion are the thorny tools humans are left with to carry on, yet carry on they do. 

All are welcome for this special night with JoeAnn Hart at SFL at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester.

To learn more or if you have questions about the event, call 978-325-5500 or email moneill@sawyerfreelibrary.org. The event is free, open to the public. Registration is not necessary.

To learn about all the events happening at SFL@21 Main Street visit: sawyerfreelibrary.org

A Cape Ann Conversation with Bill McKibben on Climate Change on Tuesday at 7pm on Facebook Live

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An important conversation not be missed

Presented by the Sawyer Free Library, Bridge Cape Ann and The Boston Globe in partnership with Backyard Growers, Gloucester Education Fund, Manship Artist Residency + Studios, Maritime Gloucester, Ocean Alliance and TownGreen 2025

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For more information visit www. sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5500

Sawyer Free Library launches GLOUCESTER READS: Many Readers, One Conversation Addressing Our Climate Crisis with the Hope of Building a Better Future

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The Sawyer Free Library is inviting readers of all ages to be a part of something big this summer as it officially launches the first annual Gloucester Reads: Many Readers, One Conversation. This citywide collaborative reading program aims to unite and energize the community around the important issue of climate change through reading, discussion, and action.  

From Monday, June 22 through Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Gloucester Reads will explore the topic of Addressing Our Climate Crisis with the Hope of Building a Better Future. The inaugural reading program will feature two award-winning books, Falter by Bill McKibben and The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.

Presented by the Sawyer Free Library as a part of The Civic Hub, and in partnership with Backyard Growers, Gloucester Education Fund, Manship Artist Residency + Studios, Maritime Gloucester, Ocean Alliance and TownGreen 2025, Gloucester Reads offers residents the opportunity to read about and discuss this important issue with local experts and learn more about what they can do to help combat climate change. Discussion groups will be held online during the month of July.

Gloucester Reads will culminate on Tuesday, September 15 with a live stream public presentation and Q&A with Bill McKibben, the award-winning author, and founder of 350.org, a global grassroots climate change movement. This event will be open to the public, with details forthcoming.

From June through September, copies of the books will be available at the Sawyer Free Library in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. For a complete list of Gloucester Reads programs, and for more information on climate change, visit SawyerFreeLibrary.org.