Ellen Hutchins, Moss and Lichen: a 21st Century Conversation

Ellen Hutchins and Moss and Lichen: A 21st Century Conversation

We are delighted to welcome American academic and author, Elizabeth Lawson, to the Festival. In a Literary Festival style session, hosted by Lil Stevens (senior curator, bryophytes collections, Natural History Museum, London) Elizabeth will explore Ellen’s contributions to the study of moss and lichen, and what Ellen might appreciate from a reading of her book, Moss and Lichen, published by Reaktion Books last year. https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/moss-and-lichen. 

Friday 23rd August 6pm Bantry Library, Bridge Street, Bantry. Free


After the talk and a Q&A, Paul Bolger of the UCC Sustainability Institute, who oversaw the naming of its headquarters building as the Ellen Hutchins Building in 2022, and Madeline Hutchins researcher on Ellen and her great, great grand niece, will join the conversation.

To end the evening, Festival organisers Clare Heardman and Madeline Hutchins, will say a few words about the ten years of the Festival - since its inception in 2015.

Elizabeth Lawson received her BA in English Literature from Bryn Mawr College, an MA in Botany from the University of Texas at Austin, a PhD in Plant Biology from Cornell University, and an MFA in Nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University. She has worked at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and completed a decade of work each for the Botanical Society of America and the Ecological Society of America, and completed her career with another decade of work in the Writing Department at Ithaca College, where she taught Professional Writing, Academic Writing, Writing in the Workplace, Personal Essay, Science Writing, Technical Writing, and Writing as a Naturalist. She now writes as a naturalist at  www.elizabethwinpennylawson.com.

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