Bill McKibben in conversation with Tim Weed

Join us on the Campus at Marlboro Music for a series of thoughtful public conversations about the ideas that shape our lives. Authors, poets, historians, and essayists will explore enduring questions through the lens of literature, history, memory, place, ethics, creativity, and civic life. Rather than traditional book talks or readings, each gathering is built around conversation—an opportunity to listen deeply, ask questions, and consider multiple perspectives in the company of others. Whether you are an avid reader, a lifelong learner, an aspiring writer, or simply curious about the world around you, we hope you will join us.

In Conversation: is being offered in conjunction with the culminating performances of Marlboro Music’s Artist Residency program. It is presented in partnership with Word House, led by Vermont writer Robin Marie MacArthur, and supported by a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council. A reception follows each event.

All In Conversation: events take place on the Campus at Marlboro Music (2582 South Rd, Marlboro, VT) in the Whittemore Theater. Registration is required. A suggested donation of $25 helps support the series, but all are welcome regardless of ability to contribute. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, complimentary admission is available for students and members of the community for whom cost would otherwise be a barrier. Reservations open approximately four weeks before each event. Seating is general admission. Books will be for sale before and after the event.

About the Writers

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write 20 books, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament. Foreign Policy named him to its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers.

Tim Weed

Tim Weed is the author of four books of fiction, most recently the novel The Gatepost. His previous novel, The Afterlife Project, was named a best book of 2025 by Library Journal and the Toronto Star. His work has won multiple Writer’s Digest Annual Fiction Awards and has been shortlisted for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, the Prism Prize for Climate Literature, the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award, the New Rivers Many Voices Project, and many others. His nonfiction has appeared in Writers Digest, Literary Hub, The Revelator, The Millions, The Writer’s Chronicle, Talking Points Memo, The Good Men Project, and elsewhere. He lives in Putney, Vermont.