THE RIVER RUNS FREE
Exploring and Defending Tasmania’s Wilderness
Geoff Law
Viking… rrp $32.95
Publication/Embargo Date: 30 June 2008
GEOFF LAW IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW
‘Law is one of Australia’s great outdoor adventurers, authors and advocates.’ Bob Brown
Geoff Law first rafted the dangerously beautiful Franklin River on a whim. He was inexperienced and in a leaky raft, but it was this eventful trip that drew him into the historic battle to save the Franklin from being dammed. It was a struggle that brought down a federal government, and one whose ecological reverberations, twenty-five years on, are more commanding than ever.
In The River Runs Free Geoff Law gives a lively and witty account of that flagship campaign, weaving it around stories of his wilderness travels.
He writes powerfully about the connection between humans and landscape, the source of inspiration for his life’s work. Travel with him and you never know what’s coming next – but you’ll arrive exhilarated.
Geoff Law has been working on campaigns to save Tasmania’s wilderness and forests for over 25 years. He has worked for the Australian Conservation Foundation, Wilderness Society and Senator Bob Brown. In 2002 he was named Wild magazine’s Environmentalist of the Year and in 2004 became one of the ‘Gunns 20’.
For more information please contact:
Shelley McCuaig, Publicist - Penguin Group (Australia)
Ph: (03) 9811 2312 or email: shelley.mccuaig@au.penguingroup.com