BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30@riverhope.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260210T005627Z URL:https://www.riverhope.org.uk/events/is-a-river-alive-book-talk-on-6-ma rch/ SUMMARY:"Is a River Alive?" book talk DESCRIPTION:In a special event organised by the Stratford Literary Festival \, in partnership with River Hope\, the celebrated writer\, academic and p erformer Robert Macfarlane comes to Stratford-Upon-Avon on March 6th 2026. \n\nTickets are now available online here.\n\nRobert will explain the tran sformative idea that rivers are not mere matter for human use\, but precio us living things that should be recognised as such in both imagination and law. He’ll take us on a mind-expanding global journey into the history\ , futures\, people and places of this ancient\, urgent concept. While high lighting how\, around the world\, rivers are dying from pollution\, drough t and damming\, he will also share his thoughts on the powerful movement n ow underway to recognise the lives and rights of rivers and to reanimate o ur relationships with these vast\, mysterious presences and landscapes we share. This movement is also beginning to ripple and flow locally for the water bodies and river catchments of South Warwickshire and Stratford-on-A von District.\n\nRiver Hope is proud to be a partner for this event. Throu gh creativity\, ceremony and practical action\, River Hope is an emerging grassroots movement weaving love\, memory and stewardship to better protec t and restore local water bodies and all their biodiversity.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.riverhope.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/12/is-a-river-alive.jpg CATEGORIES:The Gathering LOCATION:Rother Street Arts House\, 14 Rother Street\, Stratford-Upon-Avon\ , Warwickshire\, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=14 Rother Street\, Stratfor d-Upon-Avon\, Warwickshire\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rother Street Art s House:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR