Friday, November 7 | 6 – 7 pm | Free (books $30 each)
RSVP Requested | RSVP and pre-order books here

Co-hosted with Bear Pond Books

Join us at NBNC for a book launch and signing for Robin Crofut-Brittingham’s new book, The Illuminated Book of Birds. Robin will give an artist/author talk and then sign books. Pre-order when you RSVP to reserve your copy, or drop in and purchase a book at the event.

About the book:
A one-of-a-kind celebration of the natural world, The Illuminated Book of Birds by award winning painter Robin Crofut-Brittingham reveals hidden stories and fun facts about these beautiful creatures and brings them to life with a riot of glorious color, exacting precision, and meticulous attention to every avian detail.

The birds in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Europe, flightless birds, unusual birds, and extinct birds—Crofut-Brittingham superbly showcases nearly 400 hand-painted species from around the globe. Looking at birds together, grouped by geography and families, this stunning new guide uncovers information on bird habitats, cultural impact, and mythological significance that will delight new and seasoned birders alike. Crofut-Brittingham’s intricate illustrations featuring birds and botanicals that will ignite a love of birding in the hearts of naturalists everywhere, as her watercolor illustrations add an incomparable sense of wonder. The Illuminated Book of Birds is truly a bird lover’s dream.

Robin Crofut-Brittingham is an artist, illustrator, and author with a BA from Bard College with a focus in writing and art history, as well as an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was a recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose, and on Booooooom, among others. She lives in Montreal.