Festival of New Writing in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland
1–30 September 2012
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Gaia — the Earth as a Living Being
Paul Kieniewicz
Brander Library Garden, Huntly
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Admission free
For over four billion years the Earth's bacteria colonies, plants, marine life,
animals and even the rocks, created and maintained an environment conducive to life.
The Earth behaves like a living being, which alters its environment, an entity called
Gaia. Today, biodiversity loss and a growing human population has stressed Gaia
to her breaking point. Climate change is one of her defence mechanisms. How can
we best co-operate with Gaia in this time of crisis?
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Paul Kieniewicz is an astronomer, geologist and author, speaks several languages,
talks occasionally on astronomy, geology, and the Gaia Theory. He lives near Glass
on three acres, which he is transforming into a diverse garden. He is the author
of Gaia's Children, a story of post-apocalyptic Aberdeenshire, and Immortality
Machine.
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North East Writers and its partner organisations undertake to produce
all events in the New Words festival as advertised, but we can accept no liability
for details that are changed due to circumstances beyond our control.
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Week 1
Saturday 1 September
10am
Huntly Area Cancer Support Centre, Huntly
Margaret Grant and Phyllis Goodall
Saturday 1 September
11.30am
Brander Library, Huntly
Stories for children aged 8 upwards
Saturday 1 September
12 noon
Highlander Bunkhouse, Huntly
Soup served with poetry from two popular books sold in aid of MacMillan Cancer Relief
Saturday 1 September
2pm
Brander Library Garden, Huntly
Paul Kieniewicz
Saturday 1 September
3pm
Brander Library, Huntly
Maggie Craig
Sunday 2 September
10am–4pm
Huntly Auction Mart, Huntly
at the Huntly Auction Mart Cattle Pens
Week 2
Tuesday 4 September
7.30pm
OAP Hall, Huntly
Anne L. Forbes on the Gordons of Huntly in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
Thursday 6 September
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
A selection of witty, heart-stirring and lyrical poems from three North-East poets
Friday 7 September
7.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library, Aberdeen
Burned — Pierced — Scarred
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