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Books 4 All Seasons Christmas Book Signing

Posted by on Nov 19, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Books 4 All Seasons Christmas Book Signing

Join Jack and reknowned Pacific Northwest naturalist and writer Robert Pyle at Books 4 All Seasons in Leavenworth December 5 at 5:00 pm for the store’s annual Christmas book signing and festivities.

The Dreamer and the Doctor Library Presentations

Posted by on Nov 19, 2018 in News | Comments Off on The Dreamer and the Doctor Library Presentations

Jack will be appearing at a number of North Central Regional Library locations in December with presentations drawn from his new book, the Dreamer and the Doctor. For more information and exact starting times, visit www.ncrl.org and click on the library in question.

This Land is Your Land Event

Posted by on Nov 19, 2018 in News | Comments Off on This Land is Your Land Event

This Land is Your Land Event

On November 28, Futurewise.org director Chris Wierzbicki will be in conversation with Jack as part of an evening of poetry, reading, and music by Big Red Barn at Nectar in Spokane. The attached poster has all the details.

Read Jack’s essay on the Powell’s Bookstore blog page

Posted by on Nov 19, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Read Jack’s essay on the Powell’s Bookstore blog page

https://www.powells.com/blog/category/original-essays

Podcast Interview – The Dreamer and the Doctor

Posted by on Nov 9, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Podcast Interview – The Dreamer and the Doctor

October 23, 2018 Spokane author Jack Nisbet and his new book, “The Dreamer and the Doctor”

Interview with Jack about The Dreamer and the Doctor from the Spokesman-Review

Posted by on Nov 2, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Interview with Jack about The Dreamer and the Doctor from the Spokesman-Review

Read an interview with Jack about The Dreamer and the Doctor from the Spokesman-Review

 

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/27/spokane-author-jack-nisbet-turns-his-focus-to-john/

Columbia Conversations interview with Felix Banel of the Washington State Historical Society

Posted by on Nov 1, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Columbia Conversations interview with Felix Banel of the Washington State Historical Society

Listen to a Columbia Conversations interview with Felix Banel of the Washington State Historical Society that touches on Jack’s approach to writing about a regional landscape, his recent award of the Robert Gray medal, and his books from Sources of the River to The Dreamer and the Doctor.

 
https://soundcloud.com/user-585115914/columbia-conversations-episode-eight-northwest-author-jack-nisbet

The Washington State Historical Society has awarded the Gray Medal, its highest honor, to Jack Nisbet.

Posted by on Sep 17, 2018 in News | Comments Off on The Washington State Historical Society has awarded the Gray Medal, its highest honor, to Jack Nisbet.

The presentation will take place at the society’s annual luncheon on September 22nd.

 

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David Douglas’s Nine Lives

Posted by on Apr 25, 2018 in News | Comments Off on David Douglas’s Nine Lives

On May 24 at 7 pm at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, author Jack Nisbet will provide a free public presentation titled “David Douglas’s Nine Lives” on how Douglas managed to stay alive while he was in the Northwest, what his collections mean to us today, and what really might have happened at the scene of his death.

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Steptoe Butte Bus Trip

Posted by on Apr 16, 2018 in News | Comments Off on Steptoe Butte Bus Trip

Join Jack Nisbet for a journey back in time to the iconic lookout of Steptoe Butte. We will visit the site of the Coplen Brothers’ 1876 mammoth find, talk about the flora and fauna that lived here during the last Ice Age, and walk the flower-strewn slopes of Steptoe on a spring afternoon.

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