PORT TOWNSEND — Seattle writer David B. Williams will give a talk on Thursday about his book, “Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound.”

Writing the book left him with more hope for the future of the waters than he had when he started the project, he said.

The free talk will begin at 6 p.m. at the Port Townsend Library, 1220 Lawrence St.

“As a writer, what I’m always trying to do is connect people to the landscape around them,” Williams said.

Over the years leading up to the 2021-published “Homewaters,” Williams wrote a book on the engineered reshaping of Seattle’s landscape, the history of Seattle’s locks and ship canals and a walking guide to Seattle, focused on history and nature in the city.

“I hadn’t really stopped to consider the waterway that was here,” Williams

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