Dudley’s is thrilled to host the book launch for local author Marina Richie’s latest book, ‘Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees’ on September 8th. Marina Richie is an award-winning nature writer with a passion for birds and wild places. Her first book, ‘Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher’ received multiple awards, and bridges the divide separating people from nature through prose and poetry. In ‘Feathered Forest’, Richie entwines the lives of birds with a hidden vertical world of wild trees. A narrative of perception change, memoir, and kinship, ‘Feathered Forest’ is a soaring ode to birds and wild trees. Birds are guides to intricate and imperiled communities thriving at every level, from understory to midstory to overstory. They steer us to cool havens within multilayered, centuries-old groves that are critical refugia in a time of climate crisis. Their songs and flights show us what we must protect for the future of threatened birds, forests, and humankind. Join us for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch, pick up a copy of the book, and stroll with her down to see the southward migration of Vaux’s Swifts roosting each night in the brick chimney at the Boys and Girls Club – just a few blocks away. The event is free and open to the public! We hope to see you there.