Friday October 22, 3:30-4:30 MT

Join Kati and herbalist Dara Saville for a short reading and discussion about their different approaches to health writing at the Southwest Word Fiesta. This regional festival headquartered in Silver City, New Mexico, aims to celebrate the power and beauty of the written word, bringing together those who create with those appreciate. Southwest Word Fiesta spotlights authors who live and work in the Southwest. See the whole festival schedule here.

Dara Saville is an author, herbalist, geographer, mother, and native plant advocate in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the founder of Albuquerque Herbalism, a bioregional herbal studies program, and the Executive Director of the Yerba Mansa Project, a non-profit organization focused on native plant restoration along the Middle Rio Grande. Dara is a contributing author to numerous herbal compendium books and a blogger at AlbuquerqueHerbalism.com. She is also the author of the University of New Mexico Press book, The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest. darasaville.com