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Thor Hanson

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Home
About
Books
  • Close to Home
  • Hurricane Lizards
  • Buzz
  • The Triumph of Seeds
  • Feathers
  • The Impenetrable Forest
Children's Books
  • The Escape Artist
  • Star and the Maestro
  • Bartholomew Quill
TV & Film
  • The UnBelievable
  • WIRED Biology Support
  • WIRED Currents
  • PBS NATURE Shorts
  • PBS American Spring Live
  • A Day Without Seeds
Events
Research
Contact
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  • About
  • Books
    • Close to Home
    • Hurricane Lizards
    • Buzz
    • The Triumph of Seeds
    • Feathers
    • The Impenetrable Forest
  • Children's Books
    • The Escape Artist
    • Star and the Maestro
    • Bartholomew Quill
  • TV & Film
    • The UnBelievable
    • WIRED Biology Support
    • WIRED Currents
    • PBS NATURE Shorts
    • PBS American Spring Live
    • A Day Without Seeds
  • Events
  • Research
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    • Close to Home
    • Hurricane Lizards
    • Buzz
    • The Triumph of Seeds
    • Feathers
    • The Impenetrable Forest
  • Children's Books
    • The Escape Artist
    • Star and the Maestro
    • Bartholomew Quill
  • TV & Film
    • The UnBelievable
    • WIRED Biology Support
    • WIRED Currents
    • PBS NATURE Shorts
    • PBS American Spring Live
    • A Day Without Seeds
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Events

Thor is a sought-after public speaker and a veteran of hundreds of  presentations to audiences ranging from grade school assemblies to university classes, writing conferences, museums, and book clubs. Examples include Town Hall Seattle, Longwood Gardens, The Global Seed Symposium, Portland Audubon, The Native Plant Society of New Mexico, The Milwaukee Public Museum, The Palo Alto Garden Club, The Tacoma Art Museum, The High Desert Museum, The Minnesota Raptor Center, The San Francisco Beekeepers Association, The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, The Chuckanut Writers Conference, The International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Sonoma Land Trust.


​To book Thor for community reads or other speaking engagements, contact: 


Ashley Himes

Hachette Speakers Bureau
Ashley.Himes@hbgusa.com

Thor Hanson delivers a presentation at an event at the American Museum of Natural History

                      American Museum of Natural History

UPCOMING EVENTS


2025


Literary Lions Gala

King County Library System Foundation
March 15

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Bellevue Library

1111 110th Ave NE

Bellevue, WA


Chuckanut Radio Hour
Close to Home

Interview & Book Signing
March 18

7:00 p.m.

Lairmont Manor

405 Fieldstone Rd

Bellingham, WA


Town Hall Seattle
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
March 19

6:00 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

1119 8th Ave

Seattle, WA


Sienna Heights University
Issa Sustainability Lecture Series

Reading & Book Signing
March 20

7:00 p.m.

Sienna Heights University

Adrian, MI


2 Dandelions Bookshop

Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
March 21

6:00 p.m.

428 W. Main Street

Brighton, MI


San Juan Island Library
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
March 26

7:00 p.m.

San Juan Island Library

1010 Guard St.

Friday Harbor, WA


Bees Abroad (U.K.)
The Biology of Climate Change

Presentation & Discussion
April 22

6:00 p.m. (GMT)

Online Event


Eagle Harbor Book Company
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
April 22

6:30 p.m.

157 Winslow Way E

Bainbridge Island, WA


Methow Conservancy
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
May 6

Twisp River Tap House

201 Methow Valley Highway

Twisp, WA


Methow Valley Elementary School
Star & the Maestro

Readings
May 7

18 Twin Lakes Road

Winthrop, WA


Lopez Island Library
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
May 8

6:00 p.m.

Lopez Center for Community & the Arts

204 Village Road

Lopez Island, WA


Darvill's Bookstore
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
May 21

6:30 p.m.

296 Main St.

Eastsound, WA


Imprint Bookshop
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
May 28

5:30 p.m.

820 Water Street

Port Townsend, WA


Shaw Island Community Center
Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
June 21

1:00 p.m.

Shaw Island Community Building

Shaw Island, WA


Chuckanut Writers Conference

Lectures & Book Signing
June 27-28

Sehome High School

2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy

Bellingham, WA


Aspen Ideas Festival

Innovation of Animals Panel
June 29-30

TBD

Aspen Institute

Aspen, CO


Third Place Books 

NCI Nature of Writing Series

Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
October 1

7:00 p.m.

Third Place Books

17171 Bothell Way

Lake Forest Park, WA


Hoffman Center for the Arts

Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
October 2

TBD

594 Laneda Ave.

Manzanita, OR


Paulina Springs Books

Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
October 3

6:30 p.m.

252 West Hood Ave.

Sisters, OR


Story Time With Sloth 

@ Paulina Springs Books

The Escape Artist

Reading & Book Signing
October 4

10:00 a.m.

252 West Hood Ave.

Sisters, OR


Sunriver Books & Music

Close to Home

Reading & Book Signing
October 4

TBD

57100 Beaver D

Sunriver Village Building 25C

Sunriver, OR


SJC Master Gardeners Workshop
Close to Home

Keynote Address
October 14

12:00 p.m.

Virtual Event



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