HOBART: Bob Brown & Paul Thomas on 'Green Nomads Wild Places'
HOBART: Bob Brown & Paul Thomas on 'Green Nomads Wild Places'
Hosted By: The Hobart Book Shop
Dechaineux Theatre, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hunter Street, Hobart | 30 Nov 2018 06:00 PM
The Hobart Book Shop is very excited about Bob Brown and Paul Thomas' forthcoming book, Green Nomads: Wild Places. To celebration of the release, they are pleased to host an evening with Bob and Paul at the Dechaineaux Theatre. The authors will present a slideshow and an informal talk, and will be available for book signings -- and of course the books will be available for sale on the night!
Bob Brown was elected to the Australian Senate in 1996. His resignation as leader of the Australian Greens in 2012 marked his Senate retirement. Bob was involved in establishing the Wilderness Society (1976), Bush Heritage Australia (1990), the Australian Greens (1992) and the Bob Brown Foundation (2012). The foundation (www.bobbrown.org.au) promotes action for Earth’s environment, including Tasmania’s wild and threatened Tarkine wilderness. His books include Lake Pedder, Earth, his bestselling memoir Optimism, and Green Nomads.
Paul Thomas, who is a farmer, has been a jackeroo, local sportsman, community worker, social activist, environmentalist and art curator. He served two terms as a Greens councillor on the Huon Valley Council (1996–2002). Paul and Bob got together in 1996 and Bob describes Paul as ‘the rock’. On their ‘green nomad’ journeys, while Bob is busy with his camera and navigation, Paul is the main driver, campsite supervisor and chef-in-chief. His farm overlooks Randalls Bay in southern Tasmania.