Obi Kaufmann is a guest speaker at the Coast Film & Music Festival in Laguna Beach, presenting his new book published by Heyday, The State of Fire: Why California Burns.

In-person event. Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center, 235 Forest Ave, Laguna Beach, CA. Tickets required.

Obi Kaufmann is the author of The California Field Atlas (2017, #1 San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller), The State of Water (2019), The Forests of California (2020), The Coasts of California (2022), and The Deserts of California (2023), all published by Heyday. When he is not backpacking, you can find the painter-poet at home in the East Bay, posting trail paintings at his handle @coyotethunder on Instagram. His speaking tour dates are available at californiafieldatlas.com, and his essays are posted at coyoteandthunder.com. He lives in Oakland, CA.