I can pretty much guarantee you Cynthia Barnett will be one of the brightest gems at the festival. Word of South has a great lineup this year, with writers such as Pulitzer Prize-winner Gilbert King, US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, and Dawnie Walton, author of the much-admired rock ‘n’ roll novel "The Final Revival of Opal and Nev." There’s also music from folk to gospel to alt-punk to a bouquet of jazz geniuses including Scotty Barnhart and members of the Adderley family. She will be in conversation with me at this year’s Word of South Festival at 12:30 p.m. I know a lot more now that I’ve read Cynthia Barnett’s splendid new book "The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans." Barnett, a renowned environmental journalist, artfully weaves oceanography, history and climate science to give us the natural history and culture of shells, and their place in the oceans.
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