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03 / 31 Lecture by Dr. Helen Caldicott \| In Our Backyard: The Health Risks of Nuclear Power Start: 4:30 pm Moore Hall, Filene Auditorium, Dartmouth College (For more information, please contact the Sierra Club, 802-885-4826.) Dr. Helen Caldicott, author of If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth and Nuclear Power is Not the Answer, has devoted the last thirty eight years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the changes necessary in human behavior to stop environmental destruction. Dr. Caldicott’s visit to Vermont is timely as our state grapples with the health and environmental impacts of tritium leaks at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Dr. Caldicott’s speaking tour of Vermont tour is supported by Green Mountain Global Forum; VNRC; VPIRG; Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice at St. Michael’s College; Sierra Club; and Big Picture Theater. Books will be available for sale at the event by the Norwich Bookstore. more info
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04 / 2 James Sturm \| Market Day Start: 5:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Sponsored by and held at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction. Reception is 5 - 8 pm with a presentation at 6 pm. James Sturm draws a quiet, reflective, and beautiful portrait of eastern Europe in the early 1900s bringing to life the hustle and bustle of an Old World marketplace on the brink of industrialization. Seen through the life of a Jewish rug maker, Market Day is an ageless tale of how economic and social forces can affect a single life. Sturm is founder of the country's premier cartooning school, and author of several award-winning books. The Norwich Bookstore will provide books for signing at the event. more info
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04 / 7 Selected Readings from Bloodroot Literary Magazine Start: 7:00 pm The third edition of the Bloodroot Literary Magazine features the diverse prose and poetry of 50 writers from across the country. Eight contributors - Scott Atkins, Andrea Bates, Danny Dover, Jack Gundy, Susan Kowalsky, Marjorie N. Matthews, Ivy Schweitzer, and Suzie Woods - who live in or have ties to the region will read from their work, including recipients of the first annual Bloodroot Poetry Award. (This event will be held at the Norwich Bookstore, reservations are recommended, 802-649-1114 or info@norwichbookstore.com.) more info
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04 / 10 Ben Hewitt \| The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm A book signing with Ben Hewitt at the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society's annual meeting and Cooperative Connections Expo held at the Richmond School on Route 10 in Hanover, NH. Over the past three years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical farming community of 3,000 residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America. Hewitt tells its important story. more info
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04 / 14 Heidi Durrow \| The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Start: 7:00 pm This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. Growing up in the 1980s, she confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. Jay Parini, author of Promised Land writes "Heidi Durrow is a wonderfully gifted writer who can summon a voice, a memorable character, with bold, swift strokes. [This] is a gem." (This event will be held at the Norwich Bookstore, reservations are recommended, 802-649-1114 or info@norwichbookstore.com.) more info
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