Past Events

Join us at for a Discussion, Signing at Island Bound Bookstore of A Thirsty Land: The Making of An American Water Crisis by enviro jourmp and author Seamus McGraw .As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk.

Join us at for a Discussion, Signing at Island Bound Bookstore of A Thirsty Land: The Making of An American Water Crisis by enviro jourmp and author Seamus McGraw .As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk.

Join us at for a Discussion, Signing at Page McIntyre's Books of A Thirsty Land: The Making of An American Water Crisis, on June 3 at 2 p.m. As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux?

Winston-Salem is a place that boasts great natural beauty and is a perfect setting for a discussion signing by enviro journo Seamus McGraw who traversed the state of Texas on his motorcycle as research for A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis, published by University of Texas Press.

Flyleaf Books Chapel Hill is a small town in a big area, named one of America's Foodiest Small Towns, Bon Appétit, home to a thriving music scene, and to UNC - a natural fit for discussion signing Flyleaf Books by enviro journo Seamus McGraw who traversed Texas on his motorcycle for A Thirsty Land.

In our current anti-regulatory climate, the water may get dirtier in the coming years. It’s a wait-and-see thing, in other words, but in the meantime, McGraw’s fine book serves as a useful guide. --Kirkus Reviews

McGraw traveled the length and breadth of the Lone Star State talking with people whose livelihoods are directly contingent on the flow of water, a problem that will soon confront Americans everywhere given the trends of climate change. In that sense, as so often, Texas is a bellwether.

Join us at Head House Books in Philadelphia on May 17 as the ever-engaging author Seamus McGraw discusses his highly reviewed new book, A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis, as a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the…

Join us for a reading and book signing at The Vermont Book Shop with Seamus McGraw, the ever-entertaining author of A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis on May 15 at 6:30 p.m. Seamus McGraw is the author of several books, including The End of Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone, and Betting the Farm on a Drought: Stories from the Front Line of Climate Change. His latest book, A Thirsty Land: The Making of An American…