ENVIRONMENTALISTS ANONYMOUS W RITING G ROUP

Do you enjoy being in nature and writing about it? Are you concerned about human's impact on the Earth or are you experiencing ecological grief? If so, stop by the Environmentalists Anonymous Writing Group. Meeting the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the Writers Corner on the mezzanine level Village Books in Fairhaven, VB Writes groups are open to newcomers and drop-ins. (See page 27 and villagebooks.com for additional writing groups)

This writing group will offer opportunities for observation and self-reflection and regular prompts that center on regional flora and fauna, climate change, and ecology. Passages and poems from notable environmental writers will also be shared regularly. This group is facilitated by local poet and writer, Jessica Gigot.

Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life

by Helen Scales,

illustrated by Marcel

George

available in June, hardcover, Laurence

King Publishing

This is an inspiring tour of the world’s oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life—whether in our medicine, culture or folklore—in often surprising and unexpected ways.