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Montana Book Festival 2019

1:00pm MDT

The Landscape of Family Missoula Art MuseumSophia Shalmiyev • Dean Kuipers • David Axelrod

2:45pm MDT

Facing Change in a Harsh Land: Tales of the American West Montgomery DistilleryDave Barrett • Kipp Wessel • Ryatt Eddie Cash

3:30pm MDT

Celebrate Montana Book Festival Kick-off Poetry Reading Fact and Fiction BooksGeffrey Davis • Sarah Aronson • Nishi Chawla

4:30pm MDT

Memoir on a Mission Fact and Fiction BooksHeather Hansman • Susan Purvis

5:00pm MDT

Editing for Authors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesDanica Winters

5:30pm MDT

Missoula Writing Collaborative: Goldfish and Gummi Bears Reading Fact and Fiction BooksNick Littman • Missoula Writing Collaborative

7:00pm MDT

Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement The VFWCaroline Keys • Sharma Shields • Melissa Stephenson • Shelly Oria • Tamara Love

9:30am MDT

Wake Up With Poetry: Friday The Public HouseAlexandra Teague • KMA Sullivan • Hastings Hensel Aboutness: A Workshop for Novelists and Memoirists Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtown: Workshop SpaceSandra Scofield

10:00am MDT

Freelance Writing with Purpose: Having Something to Say Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownChelsea Agro

10:30am MDT

Poets with Finishing Line Press The Public HouseJessica Jones • Susan Kay Anderson • Virginia Barrett

11:00am MDT

Unlocking Montana's Indigenous History The Dana GalleryLauri Travis • Carl Davis Tiffany Midge presents Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownTiffany Midge

11:15am MDT

Where the Magic Happens: Revision and the Creative Process Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtown: Workshop SpaceCMarie Fuhrman

11:30am MDT

Tributary: A Willow Springs Reading The Public HouseMelissa Kwasny • Erin Pringle • Alexandra Teague • Kim Barnes • Laura Read

12:00pm MDT

Comics, Zines and Graphic Novels: Bringing Art and Writing Together Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtownladypajama • Josh Quick • Jonathan Fetter-Vorm Freestone Boulder Happy Hour Freestone Climbing GymBrian Laidlaw

1:00pm MDT

The Book Review: Where Writers, Critics, and Readers Unite Fact and Fiction BooksMelissa Kwasny • Tami Haaland • Rick Newby • Austin Grant Bennett From the Author's Pen: A 16-year Correspondence with A. B. Guthrie Jr. Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownAlex Sakariassen • Amy Sakariassen Telling the Story of Immigration Missoula Art MuseumNina Murray • Sophia Shalmiyev • Raki Kopernik Natural Perspectives: Four Writers, Four Different Approaches to Writing the Natural World Montgomery DistilleryChris La Tray • Heather Durham • Heather Hansman • Antonia Malchik A Conversation with James Lee Burke The Public HouseJames Lee Burke • Gwen Florio

1:30pm MDT

Kings of Conservation: Public Lands and the Men Who Started It All The Dana GalleryKeith Edward Aune • John Clayton • John Taliaferro Finessing the Memoir Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtown: Workshop SpaceClare Wood • Melanie Calahan

2:00pm MDT

Curating the New Voices of the West Fact and Fiction BooksKMA Sullivan • Jackie Bussjaeger • Bill Carty • Jodi Varon • Bryn Agnew • David Axelrod • Keetje Kuipers Corner of Space and Time: The Evolution of the Collaborative Process in Bringing the Eddies Club Portraits to Publication Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownJean Belangie-Nye • Ben Ferencz Celebrate Queer Voices Missoula Public LibraryHeidi Harrison • Erin Pringle • Wendy Oleson • Gary Eldon Peter

3:00pm MDT

Poet's Panel: Is This Surreal or For Real? Fact and Fiction BooksJeff Alessandrelli • Adrian Kien • Michael Earl Craig • Hajara Quinn Recipe Writing as Storytelling: Braiding Instruction and Narrative While Serving Your Audience The Public HouseSara Bir • Greg Patent • Seabring Davis • Leslie Budewitz Johanna Stoberock presents Pigs: A Novel Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownJohanna Stoberock Celebrate the Best in Short Stories Missoula Public LibraryJacob Appel • Maxim Loskutoff • Terese Svoboda

3:15pm MDT

A Poet, a Clown, and a Comic Walk into a Bar: A Crash Course in Writing Funny Poems Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtown: Workshop SpaceTiffany Midge

3:30pm MDT

Overcoming or Not: Facing Life's Challenges Head On Montgomery DistilleryRebecca Clarren • Carrie Laben • Kathryn Trueblood

4:00pm MDT

Montana the Muse Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownChris Warren • Gwen Florio • Rosella Mosteller Writing for the Young Adult Missoula Public LibraryDanielle Carriere • Gwendolyn Nix

5:00pm MDT

Montana Book Festival and Norman Maclean Festival Author Cocktail Party The Dana Gallery

7:00pm MDT

We Leave the Flowers Where They Are: Book Launch Party Downtown Dance Collective

9:00am MDT

Wake Up With Poetry: Saturday The Public HouseKMA Sullivan • Charles Kell • Geri Doran • Bill Carty

10:00am MDT

Friends of Library Collectibles Sale Missoula Public Library Exhibitor Fair Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula Downtown

10:30am MDT

Writing for the Ages Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesDorothy Patent • Beverly Chin • Douglas Emlen Wise Men, Wise Words The Public HouseRobert Pack • Roger Dunsmore

11:30am MDT

The Fractured American Dream in Fiction Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesErin Pringle • James Charlesworth • Susan Bernhard • Rebecca Clarren • Emily Strelow Floating Bridge Press 25th Year Showcase The Public HouseLaura Read • Kate Peterson • Rena Priest • Maya Jewell Zeller • Michael Schmeltzer

12:00pm MDT

Great Montana Read Celebrates Nonfiction Downtown Dance CollectiveRobert Stubblefield • Judy Blunt • Sarah Aronson • Kim Anderson Mixed: Navigating the Kaleidoscope of Identity Fact and Fiction BooksDanielle Cooney • Shonda Buchanan • Nicole Zelniker

12:15pm MDT

Shann Ray Reading and Performance Montgomery Distillery

12:30pm MDT

Lives Revealed through Music and Poetry Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesGregory Spatz • Amy Ratto Parks • Heidi Harrison

1:00pm MDT

Empowering Women Through Storytelling and Memoir Downtown Dance CollectiveVictoria Emmons • Sara Stout Publishing in Montana Fact and Fiction BooksDaniel Rice • Chris La Tray • Mara Panich • Mark Gibbons

1:30pm MDT

Beyond Fly Fishing and Bear Wrestling: New Versions and Visions of the West Montgomery DistilleryJeremy N. Smith • Melissa Stephenson • Heather Cahoon Glowing Up: Coming of Age in Modern Fiction Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesSusan Bernhard • Simeon Mills • Justin Olson

2:00pm MDT

Making Poetry, Making Friends The Public HouseCasey Charles • Kate Kingston • Robin Scofield • Jamie Ross • Lisken Van Pelt Dus Magic, Myth and Secrets in Fiction Fact and Fiction BooksAM Scott • Cody T Luff • Gregory Spatz • C.C. Alick A Lynx House Press Reading The Dana GalleryMelissa Kwasny • Rick Robbins • John Keeble • Christopher Howell

2:30pm MDT

Writing on the New Genre Frontier Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesRaki Kopernik • Carol Buchanan Poetry of Parenthood in a Changing World Montgomery DistilleryMaya Jewell Zeller • Rob Schlegel • Heather Cahoon • Laura Read • Geffrey Davis • Keetje Kuipers

3:00pm MDT

Montana Center for the Book Prize Downtown Dance CollectiveSamantha Dwyer Walking, Writing, and Wellness: How Movement Inspires Creativity and Emotional Stability The Public HouseChris La Tray • Antonia Malchik • Anne Helen Petersen • Kathleen McLaughlin • Sara Bir

3:30pm MDT

History Informs the Story Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesL.J. Martin • Sharma Shields • Eric Scott Fischl • Sherry Jones What's Love Got To Do With It? The Dana GalleryVirginia Reeves • Danica Winters • Kat Martin • Christy Stillwell Writing Montana History Missoula Public LibraryBrenda Wahler • Ken Robison • Ednor Therriault • Brian D'Ambrosio Songwriting Workshop Missoula Public Library BoardroomBrian Laidlaw

4:00pm MDT

Gather Round Downtown Dance CollectiveSamantha Dwyer • Kim Anderson

5:00pm MDT

Butte, Montana in the 20th Century Missoula Public LibraryMarc C Johnson • Janelle M. Olberding

6:00pm MDT

Stephanie Land presents Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive Residence Inn by Marriott Missoula DowntownDebra Magpie Earling • Stephanie Land

7:00pm MDT

"A Very Special Episode Of:" Erotic Fan Fiction The VFWJeremy N. Smith • Sheri Boggs • Sarah Aswell • Charley Macorn • Tiffany Midge • Mara Panich

11:00am MDT

Two New Books, Two Very Different Creatures Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesDorothy Patent Confronting Past Selves in Memoir The Dana GalleryShonda Buchanan • Loring Walawander • Dorothy Rice • Judith Sara Gelt

12:00pm MDT

Sustainable Farming in Rural Montana Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Montana PropertiesBob Quinn Bear in the Bathtub Fact and Fiction BooksKathleen Dent, Alli DePuy, Mike Sawaya

12:30pm MDT

Women in Montana Fiction The Dana GalleryBettie Lennett Denny • Lise McClendon • Megan McNamer

1:00pm MDT

Drag Queen Story Hour Fact and Fiction BooksMiss Gay Big Sky 2019 Vanilla Waiffer Valhallan

2:00pm MDT

Crime in the Hinterlands The Dana GalleryLise McClendon • Allen Morris Jones

2:30pm MDT

Brian Laidlaw Poetry Reading and Performance Montgomery DistilleryBrian Laidlaw

3:00pm MDT

How the West Was Woman The Dana GalleryAdrian Jawort • Melissa Stephenson • Emily Withnall • CMarie Fuhrman

3:30pm MDT

Missoula Writers Who Work on Mainstreet Montgomery DistillerySarah Aronson • Jolene Brink • Chris La Tray • Jenny Montgomery • Karin Schalm • Phil Schaefer

6:00pm MDT

CutBank Reading Series Montgomery Distillery