With the Lapps Event Schedule around Puget Sound

Today is the official publication day for With the Lapps in the High Mountains by Emilie Demant Hatt, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. I'm thrilled to see this fantastic book finally available to an English-reading audience.

I'm heading off to San Francisco tomorrow for the Scandinavian Studies conference, where I'll present a paper on her: "My Nomad Year": From Tourist to Participant-Observer--Emilie Demant Hatt Among the Sami 1907-8.

Below is the schedule for readings from the book in the Puget Sound area. I'm especially looking forward to the launch May 21 at the Nordic Heritage Museum. If you live nearby, please join me in celebrating With the Lapps!

Seattle Book Launch

Nordic Heritage Museum

Tuesday, May 21, 7 pm

3014 NW 67th Street

Seattle, WA 98117

206-789-5707

www.nordicmuseum.org

Swedish Cultural Center

Friday, May 31, 7 pm

1920 Dexter Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109

(206) 283-1090

www.swedishculturalcenter.org

Elliott Bay Book Company

Saturday, June 1, 2 pm

1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle WA 98122

(206) 624-6600

www.elliottbaybook.com

Village Books

Thursday, June 13, 7 pm

1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 671-2626

www.villagebooks.com

The Writers’ Workshoppe

Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm

234 Taylor St.

Port Townsend, WA 98368

360-379-2617

www.writersworkshoppe.com

Herdswoman

 This February 6, at 3 p.m. Pacific Lutheran University celebrates Sami National Day with a program that begins with the showing of the film Herdswoman, about three generations of Sami women reindeer herders.

"Aina, Elisabeth and Lisa belong to different generations. Their stories reflect life in Sápmi (Lapland) and the transition from nomadic existence to modern society. The film relates their pleasure in working with the reindeer. They live with and for their herds. When a court case questions their ancient rights to the reindeers’ pasture their life as reindeer keepers is at risk."


I love this photograph.

At 7 p.m. Harald Gaski will lecture on  “Celebrating the Return of the Sun and the Recognition of a People: The Sami National Day in the Context of Myth and Poetics.”

For the full schedule and  more information

Talking about Women and the Sea Oct 18 in Vancouver

I'll be giving a talk about my book The Pirate Queen  in Vancouver next week. It's presented by the Charles H. Scott Gallery and the Vancouver Maritime Museum in conjunction with The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea Part II. Please join me--if you're in Canada.

October 18^th 2011
7:30pm, Theatre Rm 301, South Building
Emily Carr University of Art and Design


For more information