Events
Kentucky Book Festival
Saturday, November 2 | 1 p.m.
161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY 40503
Brooks will be signing books and speaking on a panel at the Kentucky Book Festival. Held annually in Lexington, the festival is a program of Kentucky Humanities that seeks to connect book-lovers and authors, spark engaging conversations, and empower readers by providing access to new books as well as opportunities to learn more about writing. You can learn more at the Kentucky Book Festival Website.
Farm-To-Table Speaker Series - Food as a verb and Little Coyote
Thursday, November 14 | 4:30 p.m.*
*This is a ticketed event
3950 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409
"Brooks is the celebrated author of Love for the Land, a powerful examination of Tennessee farmers and farmland. He advocates for "those who persist in place." Part love story, part academic study, his book weaves together first-person narratives from Tennessee farmers alongside a sensitive look at the virtues and ethics that keep them farming: like a love for the land. Brooks's book has been praised for its depth and tenderness. If you want to better understand 21st century farmers and - key word - their devotion to agriculture and the land, then his book is a gift."
Brooks will share brief remarks, take questions from the audience, and make time for one-on-one conversations. It promises to be a great evening with wonderful food and drinks. To learn more and get your ticket, visit Food as a Verb's website, linked here.
Sampling of Past Events
- “What does ‘rural’ have to teach us? A conversation with Brooks Lamb and Grace Olmstead” for the Center on Modernity in Transition
- “Love for the Land” at Patagonia in Nashville, TN
- Agrarian Voices Lecture at The Berry Center in New Castle, KY
- Remarks, reading, and panel discussion with local farmers and small farm advocates at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, VA
- Lecture and signing sponsored by Philander Chase Conservancy and the Rural Life Initiative at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH
- Virtual “Author Talk” with the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale in New Haven, CT
- Lecture, signing, and panel discussion at University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS
- Panel discussion and signing at Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN
- Lecture and signing at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN
- Talk and signing at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, TN
- Signing at The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA
- Signing at The Book & Cover in Chattanooga, TN
- Keynote address at the “Plan Rutherford” town hall in Murfreesboro, TN
- Signing at Novel in Memphis, TN