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Author Talk: Love, Death, and Penguins in the Galápagos Islands with Midge Raymond

In the 1930s, three small groups of Europeans settled on the Galápagos island of Floreana, each with their own hopes and dreams for a new life.

Less than five years later, two of them had vanished, one perished after a shipwreck, and another died a mysterious death. Meanwhile, nearly one hundred years later, scientists are working hard to help protect the endangered penguin population in the Galápagos. In Midge Raymond’s latest novel, Floreana, a penguin researcher on Floreana in 2020 finds the hidden, secret diary of one of the settlers and learns what really happened on the island all those years ago.

Join us to learn more about the natural and human history of the Galápagos Islands, for a reading from Floreana, and for a chat/Q&A about how this novel was inspired by penguins and an unsolved mystery.

This event is free to the public. Copies of Floreana will be made available to purchase.

Date & Time:

December 3, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cost:

Free

Ashland Public Library

410 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520 United States

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