Please join us for a very special event on Friday, September 27 at Scuppernong Books from 6:00PM – 7:30PM as we sit down and talk with Leigh Ann Henion about her book Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark. After our conversation, Leigh Ann will be answering your questions and signing copies of her book. Note that the book will be released on September 24th, but is available for preorder now.
After the event anyone who would like to participate is welcome to gather and socialize with us at Hidden Gate Brewing in downtown Greensboro.
“Nature’s magic still exists, often in the places we least expect it.”
About The Book: Inspired by her quest to find a special Appalachian firefly species, Leigh Ann Henion, a celebrated New York Times bestselling nature writer and North Carolina native, realized that she needed to forge a new relationship with darkness. That led to an extraordinary nighttime adventure, which she recounts in NIGHT MAGIC: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark, one of the first narrative nonfiction books to ever address the importance of nocturnal biodiversity. Henion’s joyous journey—through forests of bioluminescent fungi, mountains sheltering migratory salamanders, and gardens blooming as darkness descends—is proof that we don’t have to travel far to find hidden marvels.
Every page of this lyrical book feels like an opportunity to ask: How did I not know about this before? For example, we learn that it can take hours, not minutes, for human eyes to reach full night vision capacity. And that there are thousands of firefly species on earth, many with flash patterns as unique as fingerprints. In the age of increasing artificial light, Night Magic is an invitation to focus on the biodiversity around us. We do not need to stargaze into the distant cosmos or dive into the depths of oceans to find awe in the dark – we can reclaim night and discover dazzling wonders in our own backyards
Doug Tallamy, New York Times bestselling author of Nature’s Best Hope and Bringing Nature Home, says, “Moths, fireflies, owls, and much more are brought to attention in these pages with the hope that we can put aside our fear of the dark and experience what happens during a full half of our stay on earth. Night Magic is a beautiful journey.”
About the Author: Leigh Ann Henion is the New York Times bestselling author of Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, and a variety of other publications. Henion’s articles have been cited as notable in The Best American Essays, The Best American Travel Writing, The Best American Sports Writing, and The Best American Science & Nature Writing. She has received four Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, and her work has been supported by the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Henion lives in the mountains of North Carolina.