CABOT — Tim Brookes, author of “Endangered Alphabets, Cultural Erosion, the Future of the Written Word,” will speak at the Cabot Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Tim Brookes
What does the age of digital convergence, Facebook, and globalization mean for the future of the written word? Writer, carver and painter Brookes offers a perspective on the age of digital convergences and globalization by looking at a range of forms of writing from all over the world that are in danger of extinction.
He displays a carving of a piece of text in each script, leading a discussion on how technology will help define the nature of communication, and shows how the story of a culture can be seen in its writing. A graduate of Pembroke College Oxford, Brookes has been a writer, editor, guitarist, soccer coach, and woodcarver, and founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project. He was an essayist for NPR for 20 years and is the author of 16 books, including “Guitar: An American Life” and “Endangered Alphabets.”
For more information about this program sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, call the library at (802) 563-2721 or email [email protected]
