Craig Lancaster | 600 Hours of Edward
In Craig Lancaster’s first novel, Edward Stanton is a middle-aged man with Asperger’s syndrome, an obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes him to live a solitary, but not unhappy, life. Edward is in control of his orderly world until one chaotic October, when over a period of 25 days (600 hours) people and events bring changes to his daily routine that will forever alter his life. Read more
Bob Faulkner | The Buffalo Rock
When young reporter Grant Collins takes the train from St. Louis to Fort Benton in 1923, he expects to make a name for himself as a writer by interviewing the last living Pony Express rider. What he doesn’t anticipate is the larger-than-life story that unfolds, and his own transformation in the still-wild West. Read more
Border to Border: Historic Quilts and Quiltmakers
An art that requires determination, hard work, and an innate sense of beauty is celebrated in the new, coffee-table-size book Border to Border: Historic Quilts and Quiltmakers of Montana. Helena native Annie Hanshew wove together the compelling stories and images. Read more
Mike Roselle | Tree Spiker, From Earth First! to Lowbagging
Two Missoula environmental activists have collaborated on an edgy tale of life on the precipice. Mike Roselle, one of the founders of Earth First!, has been in the business of sabotaging environmental destruction for three decades. He teamed up with Josh Mahan, co-editor of lowbagger.org, to write this fascinating memoir. Read more
Billings artist Ben Steele at center of new book, Tears in the Darkness
In their new book, Tears In The Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath, Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman skillfully report on the ordeals of prisoners of war, who suffered 41 months of captivity during World War II. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy-turned-sketch-artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Read more
Montana Festival of the Book celebrates 10 years
The Montana Festival of the Book celebrates its 10th anniversary Oct. 22-24 in downtown Missoula. More than 75 authors participate in a variety of readings, panels, exhibits and demonstrations. Highlights include readings, panel discussions and a performance by humorist David Sedaris. Read more
Montana Poetry Salon: A virtual and real gathering
The Montana Festival of the Book introduces a new event this year in the fashion of a by-gone era, the Montana Poetry Salon, Oct. 24 at the Florence Hotel. “The salon aims to mix ideas, to showcase projects, and to introduce the people who by wit and grit are bringing poetry to their Montana communities – urban and rural, mountain and prairie,” says poetry advocate Lisa Simon of the inaugural event.
Read more