About the Author: Linda Lear

• Fifth Environmental Writer's Conference
  in Honor of Rachel Carson
  Boothbay Harbor, Maine
  June 10 - 13, 2008
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  This interdisciplinary event will be a blend of scholarly presentations, readings, informal discussions and writing workshops. In addition, there will be a wide variety of guided outdoor activities in one of the north Atlantic coastline's most breathtakingly beautiful locations.

  NEW-CUE, Inc. is a non-profit, environmental education organization founded primarily to assist writers and educators who are dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of environmental issues.

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  March 21, 2008 - The Fifth Environmental Writers' Conference in honor of Rachel Carson will be held at The Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, from June 10 - 13, 2008. The event will be held at one of New England's finest waterfront resorts in an area that is well-known for tidal pools, coves and salt marshes. Writers, artists, educators and the interested public are invited to attend.

  Among the featured speakers will be Linda Lear, author of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, recipient of the Lakeland Book of the Year Prize for 2007, the first ever awarded to an American author. Lear’s address will be offered following dinner on Tuesday, June 10th, and will be entitled "From Imagination to Preservation: Beatrix Potter's Countryside."

  Beatrix Potter, the twentieth century's most beloved children's writer and illustrator, created books that will forever conjure nature for millions. Yet as a household name around the world, her personal life and her other significant achievements remain largely unknown. Lear’s remarkable new biography is an exploration of the life and times of an extraordinary woman who was inspired and enriched by nature.

  The conference program will also include presentations by featured speakers; hands-on workshops; a variety of guided outdoor activities; an exhibit of pen and ink sketches of Howard Frech by Rachel Carson scholar, John Juriga; presentations and guided activities including hikes led by guides from the Boothbay Region Land Trust; a guided tour of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; tide pool explorations with a marine biologist from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; and a trip to the Burnt Island Lighthouse. Registration for the conference will also include all meals –with the exception of one dinner – at the Spruce Point Inn, overlooking Boothbay Harbor.

  For further details, registration information and photos from earlier Conferences, please visit our website at http://www.new-cue.org.

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