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Whitney was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Please click here to read more about the foundation’s work.
PAST
2019
I taught a dry-stone walling course focused on gapping and field walling for Black Mountains College from 27-28 of August 2019. We also discussed writing and landscape, and will be joined by the writer Owen Sheers. Please see the BMC website for details: https://blackmountainscollege.uk/project/dry-stone-walling-and-writing/
Thursday, August 8, 2019, 6:30pm
Elementum Gallery, South Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3LU
This is a special spot for me, as I wrote for Elementum, Ed. 4, not long after the publication of Between Stone and Sky. Catherine Hyde’s original art from my piece on the Elan Valley is currently hanging in the gallery space, and Jay Armstrong, the journal’s publisher and editor, has been a wonderful ally as I have begun to make my way through the world as a writer.
Drinks from 6:30, with reading and discussion beginning at 7:00. Tickets are £9.99 and include a signed copy of Between Stone and Sky (or £6 and redeemable against a copy of the book, if you so choose). Tickets and additional information here: https://www.elementumjournal.com/products/whitney-brown-between-stone-and-sky?utm_sq=g4w0mezzlx
Elementum Gallery
South Street
Sherborne
Dorset DT9 3LU
tel: 01935 813775
Friday, August 9, 2019, 7:00pm
An evening with The Edge of the World Bookshop, The Exchange, Penzance
Hosted by The Edge of the World Bookshop, we’ll be gathering at a local gallery for the talk. Delighted to make my first visit to Cornwall and have a look ‘round for its renowned Cornish hedges! Please visit https://edgeoftheworldbookshop.co.uk/index.php/forthcoming-events-2/ for more information, or contact the shop on +44 (01736) 365 607 or enquiries@edgeoftheworldbookshop.co.uk.
THE EXCHANGE
Princes Street
Penzance, TR18 2NL
Saturday, August 17, 2019, 7:30pm
An evening with The Stripey Badger Book Shop, Grassington Town Hall
I’ll be appearing at Grassington Town Hall. Bar opens at 7:00, half an hour before the talk will begin. Tickets are £5, with £2.50 redeemable against a copy of the book. Please stop by the Stripey Badger or ring +44 (01756) 753583 for tickets.
Octagon Theatre
Town Hall, Grassington
Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 5AA
Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 7:30pm
An evening with Cogito Books, Hexham, Northumberland
Excited to make my first visit to Northumberland! We’ll be chatting in the bookshop itself. Please contact shop@cogitobooks.com or +44 (01434) 602555 for more information.
The UK paperback version of Between Stone and Sky was released on July 4, 2019.
2018
I took some time away from building in the summer and autumn of 2017 to write a book about my journey into dry-stone walling and all the places that has taken me since I began learning the craft in 2009. The result is Between Stone and Sky: Memoirs of a Waller, published in hardback on May 17, 2018 by Constable, UK. The UK paperback is due out in the summer of 2019, with a specific date to be announced soon. US publication information to follow as it becomes available.
For press and event inquiries, please contact Beth Wright, Press Officer, Little Brown Book Group:
+44 (0)203 122 6597 or Beth.Wright@littlebrown.co.uk
For rights and translation requests, please contact Tim Bates, Senior Agent, Peters Fraser & Dunlop:
+44 (0)207 344 1033 or tbates@pfd.co.uk
Thursday, September 27, 2018, 7:30pm
An evening with Griffin Books at Waterloo Tea. Tickets are £10, available here.
Includes a glass of wine (or alternative) on arrival and a chance to purchase the book at a discounted price.
Waterloo Tea Room
1-3 Washington Buildings
Stanwell Road
Penarth
CF64 2AD
Sunday, September 30, 2018, Crickhowell Literary Festival, 5:00-6:30pm
The Parish Hall
Church Lane
Crickhowell, POWYS NP8 1BB
Saturday, October 6, 2018, An evening with Sam Read Books, Grasmere
Emma’s Dell. Doors 7pm.
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - official London launch, The Approach Tavern, Bethnal Green, 6:30-9:00pm. Free!
47 Approach Rd
London E2 9LY
Sunday, May 20, 2018 - official Welsh launch at Farmers's Welsh Lavender, 11am.
I'll be in conversation with my friend, the writer, teacher, and sailor Emma Beynon. Free! But please RSVP so we can plan for seating and drinks: farmers@welshlavender.com or +44 (0)1982 552467
Cefnperfedd Uchaf
Maesmynis
Builth Wells, Powys
Wales LD2 3HU
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - Booka Bookshop in Oswestry, 7:30pm.
Tickets £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Between Stone and Sky). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
26-28 Church Street
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 2SP
01691 662244
Thursday, May 31, 2018 - Hay Festival, in conversation with Francine Stock, Llwyfan Cymru - Wales Stage, 1pm.
You can listen to this event on Hay Player, which, with a £10 annual subscription, gives you access to Hay Festival's entire online archive! (That's a steal, y'all--seriously.)
There was also some really nice blog coverage of the event. Access it here.
2016
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, DC
In June I will be building a small dry-stone wall as part of the fence line for the Basque: Innovation by Culture program as part of the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It will be on display from approximately June 25-July 15. Look for the wall on the north side of the mall, not far from the main entrance to the National Gallery of Art. I'm excited about this project since this brings me full-circle, right back to the place where I first learned what dry-stone walling is.
2015
Spring Retaining Wall Workshops @ SEEDS, Durham, NC
March 14 & 15, and March 21 & 22 from 10 am – 3pm each day I'll be teaching dry-stone retaining wall workshops at SEEDS in Durham, NC. I'd love to see you there. Please click here for more information.