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Chapel Hill native birder-author tours Carolinas (fwd)



Hi Carolinabirders,

I finally heard my first Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Baltimore Oriole, and
Black-throated Green Warblers of the year this past weekend! Okay, so I
had to take the train to Massachusetts and back to do it; they go on my
parents' yard list, not mine...

Forwarded below is a message from someone (a publicist of some sort,
apparently) who saw my Carolina birding writeups on FatBirder:
http://www.fatbirder.com/links_geo/
He sends word of Peter Cashwell, a former Chapel Hill resident, English
teacher, and birder who has published a book on birds, birders, birding,
and related topics and is on tour promoting it. The schedule is at the
bottom, including stops in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fearrington,
Elizabeth City, Wilmington, plus several in Hilton Head and a couple in
Virginia.

Good birding,

Josh


Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)

jsr6@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 16:25:54 -0400
From: Will Schofield <wschofield@pauldrybooks.com>
Subject: North Carolina native author and birder tours Carolinas

Dear Joshua Rose:

North Carolina native Peter Cashwell - the newest "great new writer" in the
Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" series - will read from his
just-published book *The Verb 'To Bird'* at various locations in NC, SC, and
VA. I saw that you wrote the intro to birding in NC on Fatbirder.com, so I
thought you would be interested, and perhaps help get the word out.

In *The Verb 'To Bird'*, Cashwell, an English teacher and avid birder,
lovingly and irreverently explores the practice of birding, from choosing a
field guide to luring vultures out of shrubbery, and gives his own eclectic
travelogue of some of the nation's finest bird habitats. Part memoir, part
natural history, part apology, *The Verb 'To Bird'* is a whimsical and
critical book about Peter Cashwell's many obsessions-birds, birders,
language, literature, parenting, pop culture, and the human race.

Peter Cashwell grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated from
the University of North Carolina. He teaches English at Woodberry Forest
School in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. He was a
featured speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book this spring, and
Barnes and Noble has selected him for their "Discover Great New Writers"
series for this summer. You can learn more about *The Verb 'To Bird'* at our
website, www.PaulDryBooks.com.

Please forward this information to your fellow birders. Below is the
author's reading schedule.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Will Schofield
wschofield@PaulDryBooks.com
215-231-9939

Peter Cashwell's reading dates:

Sat May 17: Hilton Head Audubon Society Nature Festival
11:30-11:50 a.m.; Contact: Susan Friedman, 843-342-5852

Sat May 17: Hilton Head Barnes & Noble
5:00-7:00 p.m.; Contact: Jill Hayes, 843-342-6690

Sun May 18: Hilton Head Audubon Society Nature Festival
12:20-12:40 p.m.; Contact: Susan Friedman, 843-342-5852

Mon May 19: Va. Beach Audubon Society meeting
7:00 p.m.; Contact: Jane Beavers, Jane.Beavers@mail.house.gov

Sun May 25: McIntyre's Books, Fearrington, NC
2:00-2:45 p.m. Contact: Sarah Carr, (919) 542-4000

Fri. June 6: Barnes & Noble Charlottesville
Va Museum of Natural History benefit; Charlottesville, NC
Contact: Michelle Alair; 434-984-6598

Wed June 11: Market St. Books & Maps
Chapel Hill, NC  7:00 PM Contact: Barbara Mead; 919-932-7034

Thur. June 12: Barnes & Noble at New Hope Common
Durham, NC  7:00; Contact: Pamela Pease 919-419-8290

Fri. June 13: Quail Ridge Books
Raleigh, NC; Contact: Rene Martin, (919) 828-1588

Fri. July 4: Page After Page
Elizabeth City, NC; Contact: Susan Small, (252) 335-7243

Sun. July 6: Bristol Books
Wilmington, NC Contact: Nicki Leone, Booklady@Readerville.com