Double Feature | "Positively Uncivilized" by Rena Priest and "The Door on the Sea" by Caskey Russell

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When
Oct 10, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Where
Village Books, Fairhaven
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A Nature of Writing Speaker Series event, in partnership with Village Books

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About Positively Uncivilized
From an Indigenous perspective, Positively Uncivilized examines the impact of human inhabitants on the planet earth. Alongside personal accounts of the deterioration of salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest and the loss of Indigenous history, the twelve essays in this collection emphasize the necessity of community to overcome the damage done by human socioeconomic and political systems designed to isolate and shame those vulnerable to those unfair systems.

About The Door on the Sea 
The Door on the Sea is an epic quest fantasy steeped in Tlingit tradition.

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When Elān trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from invaders plaguing their shores. In exchange for freedom, raven offers a secret that can save Elān's home...

ABOUT OUR BOOKSELLER PARTNER
Village Books and Paper Dreams is a community-based, independent bookstore and gift shop located in the Historic Fairhaven Village on the southside of Bellingham. Since 1980, we have been "building community one book at a time." Village Books and Paper Dreams is a place to meet your friends, talk books, or just while away an hour or two among our shelves or at The Next Chapter Cafe deliciously perched on the mezzanine of Village Books, overlooking the Village Green. If you're in the neighborhood come on in to explore!