Chuckanut Radio Hour: Brian Doyle

Dave is fourteen years old, living with his family in a cabin on Mount Hood (or as Dave prefers to call it, like the Native Americans once did, Wy’east). He is entering high school, adulthood on the horizon not far off in distance, and contemplating a future away from his mother, father, and his precocious younger sister. And Dave is not the only one approaching adulthood and its freedoms on Wy’east that summer. Martin, a pine marten (a small animal of the deep woods, of the otter/mink family), is leaving his own mother and siblings and setting off on his own as well. As Martin and Dave’s paths cross on forest trails and rocky mountaintops, they — and we — witness the full, unknowable breadth and vast sweep of life, and the awe-inspiring interconnectedness of the world and its many inhabitants. Join us as we welcome Brian Doyle (author of “Mink River” and “The Plover”) back to the Chuckanut Radio Hour!

Tickets are available at Village Books and BrownPaperTickets.com. Receive one free ticket with each pre-event, in-store purchase of “Martin Marten.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and you must be seated by 6:45 p.m. as the show begins promptly at 7:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Whatcom Community College Foundation, 12th Street Shoes, and Westside Pizza.