Read & Listen
Watch Sustainability, an excerpt from What Water Holds, shared at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria, Oregon, FisherPoets Gathering 2023
Working Boats Coloring Book
This richly illustrated coloring book, inspired by Tom Crestodina’s bestselling Working Boats picture book, is perfect for coloring enthusiasts of all ages who are curious about boats and the maritime world.
Step into the fascinating world of working boats with this fun and gorgeous coloring book filled with Tom Crestodina’s illustrations of intriguing boats and lively maritime scenes. Coloring enthusiasts of all ages will love bringing this world to life in full color. This coloring book features 31 full-page illustrations for coloring. On facing pages, the book also includes information about each of the drawings, with text by FisherPoet and essayist Tele Aadsen, paired with smaller illustrations, which also welcome coloring.
Available November 2023
I Sing the Salmon Home
For this unique collection celebrating salmon, Washington State Poet Laureate and Lummi tribal member Rena Priest gathered poems from more than 150 Washington poets ranging from first graders to tribal elders, all inspired by the Northwest’s beloved, iconic salmon. A diverse chorus of voices, they join together in poems that praise salmon’s heroic journey, beauty, courage, and generosity and witness the threats salmon face from pollution, dams and warming ocean
Listen
Hearing Voices, Coming Home, & The Sisterhood, excerpts from What Water Holds
Read: Hooked
How I Went to Sea: Father’s Day in October
Many Hooked readers responded to the Mother’s Day post, available here. In true Libra commitment to balance and equity, this one’s for my dad, Ken Aadsen. People often ask how I became a fisherman. It wasn’t an obvious path. I was born in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna…
How to End the Salmon Season (aka Selective Memory, the Fisherman’s Friend)
A close friend was raised on a troller, fishing with his dad. One of my favorite end-of-season stories is from him: It was a beautiful day at the Cape, flat calm, sunny, in early September. My dad looked over at me and said, “Let’s quit.” A teenager at the time, my…
Walking Home: An Alaska Book Week Review
Alaska Book Week is almost here! October 8 – 15; more info here. Join Hooked in celebrating ABW from wherever you are, by cozying up with one of Alaska’s many talented authors. This is a review of one of my favorites. Packing for halibut fishing last May was pretty…