Lit Chat Interview with Cynthia Barnett | Saturday, May 10 from 1-2 p.m. | Jacksonville Public Library: Downtown Main Library

Cynthia Barnett is an award-winning author and journalist who has covered water and climate change stories worldwide—reporting from the rainiest place on earth in Cherrapunji, India, on epic drought in Perth, Australia, or on the American folly of building in swamplands with too much water and deserts without enough.

Her latest book, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans, was named one of the best science books of the year by NPR’s Science Friday. “The seashell might seem a decidedly small foundation for a book,” The New York Times wrote, “but Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation.”

Program Description

This Lit Chat Interview is a 60-minute program consisting of a 40-minute conversation between author Cynthia Barnett and your St. Johns Riverkeeper, Lisa Rinaman, followed by 20 minutes of audience Q&A. A book signing will follow, with books available for sale on site by local bookstore The BookMark.

Register

This event is free with a library card. Registration is required to reserve your seat. You can get a free library card, if you don’t already have one, here.

Register with the Jacksonville Public Library.