Posts by jnisbet
Interview with Pacific Northwest Booksellers
From the April edition of FOOTNOTES, the newsletter of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association: Collecting Some Thoughts Sitting Down with Jack Nisbet Spokane teacher and naturalist, and winner of a 2010 Pacific Northwest Book Award, Jack Nisbet celebrated his honor with a visit to Leavenworth, Washington in February. He spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at an event hosted by A Book For All Seasons at the town’s library. While in Leavenworth, Nisbet found time to speak with Jacqueline Haskins, A Book For All Seasons staffer and a graduate student in the Whidbey Writers Workshop low-residency MFA. JH: You’ve just won the PNBA Book Award, honoring your...
Read MoreDouglas presentation posted on KRFP (Radio Free Moscow) website
If you missed Jack Nisbet’s Moscow presentation on January 28 of “A Most Remarkable Spring: David Douglas in Idaho and Beyond” or would like to listen again, a recording of his entire 100-minute talk as well as an abbreviated, half-hour compilation of selected excerpts, will be posted on the audio page of KRFP, Radio Free Moscow’s website. For more information, please contact station manager Leigh Robartes at leigh@radiofreemoscow.com or 208-892-9300. Co-sponsored by the White Pine Idaho Native Plant Society and others, Nisbet gave this lecture on January 28 at the 1912 Center in Moscow, in support of his latest book, The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural...
Read MoreOregon Public Broadcasting Interview, December 25, 2009
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/discovering-david-douglas/ Discovering David Douglas AIR DATE: Friday, December 25th 2009 POSTED BY: DAVID MILLER Photo credit: Clonny / Creative Commons LATEST COMMENTS Sorry for the delay! The file will be ready by … – David Miller This was a great listening way to started a relaxed … – RonRussFunke Thanks! for this fascinating show. Was late for Christmas plans … – sharonha His name graces an Oregon school district, an iconic tree, a Vancouver park, and the scientific nomenclature of more than 80 local plants and animals, but most Northwesterners have only a cursory knowledge of the Scottish...
Read MoreNovember 9, 2009 Radio Interview with Steve Scher, KUOW
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18754 Jack Nisbet and the Natural History of the Northwest Steve Scher 11/09/2009 at 9:00 a.m. The Douglas fir is one of the most recognizable and common trees in the Pacific Northwest, but do you know who it’s named after? Writer, historian and naturalist Jack Nisbet does! He joins us in the studio to discuss his newest book: “The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest.” It follows the young David Douglas, an influential member of the second wave of Westward explorers. The Collector is an in–depth look at Douglas’ purposeful mission “to capture some of the New World’s...
Read MoreRecent News
One of the 2010 PNBA Book Award winners. Photo Credit: J. Nisbet From the Portland Examiner, by Karen Gilb The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association recently announced the winners of its annual PNBA Book Awards. This year, Awards Committee members considered more than 200 titles nominated for work published in 2009 by a variety of Pacific NW authors. The 2010 winners include Jack Nisbet for his book entitled The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest. The Collector tells the story of Scots-born botanist David Douglas who became the “premiere botanical explorer in the Pacific NW and other areas of western North America.” ...
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