Robert Macfarlane: In Conversation with author Ben Goldfarb

Join us for a special evening as the Habitat Library partners with Denver Botanic Gardens and the One World One Water Center for the Colorado launch of Robert Macfarlane's latest book, "Is a River Alive?", a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers—and life itself. Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage and natural history. “Is a River Alive?” is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

Ben Goldfarb leads the on-stage conversation with Macfarlane in Denver Botanic Gardens’ Sturm Family Auditorium.

Robert Macfarlane is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, peoples and places. His best-selling books include “Underland,” “Landmarks,” “The Old Ways,” “The Wild Places” and “Mountains of the Mind.” They have been translated into more than 30 languages, won many prizes around the world and been adapted for film, music, theatre, radio and dance. He has also written operas, plays and films including “River” and “Mountain,” both narrated by Willem Dafoe. Additionally, Macfarlane has collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood, and worked with artist Jackie Morris to co-create “The Lost Words and the Lost Spells,” the internationally best-selling books of nature poetry and art. He is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature and the Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence. Macfarlane lives in Cambridge, England, where he is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Ben Goldfarb is the author of one of the Habitat Library's most highly recommended books, “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” along with his most recent book, “Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.”