Events

Seth Kantner and A Thousand Trails Home

Award-winning Alaskan author Seth Kantner will stop through Livingston on Wednesday, June 29, to read from and discuss his new book, A Thousand Trails Home. Called “[a] stunningly lyrical firsthand account of a life spent hunting, studying, and living alongside...

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Elise Atchison’s Crazy Mountain

Award-winning Livingston author Elise Atchison will officially launch her debut novel, Crazy Mountain, with a reading at Livingston’s Elk River Books, on Thursday, June 23. According to the publisher, “Crazy Mountain chronicles a rapidly changing place and community...

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May Book Signings

Elk River Books will host two authors for book signings on two Saturdays in May. Ron Franscell, author of ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling, will visit the store on May 7, from 2 – 4 p.m., and James McVey, author of Loon Rangers, will...

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Megan Kate Nelson & Shane Doyle

Elk River Arts & Lectures teams up with Park County Environmental Council to present a celebration of Yellowstone National Park’s 150th anniversary, featuring Megan Kate Nelson, author of Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, and...

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Deirdre McNamer’s Aviary

Acclaimed Missoula author Deirdre McNamer will discuss her new novel, Aviary, at Livingston’s Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St., on Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30, and a book signing and reception will follow. Aviary, McNamer’s fifth novel, was named...

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An Evening with Richard Powers

Widely acclaimed novelist Richard Powers kicks off Elk River Arts & Lectures’ Spring 2022 Lecture Series with a discussion of his 2021 novel, Bewilderment at Livingston’s Elk Lodge, 130 S. 2nd St., on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the...

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Doug Peacock’s “Was It Worth It?”

Author, grizzly bear expert and wildlands advocate Doug Peacock will discuss his latest book, Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior’s Long Trail Home, at Livingston’s Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St., on Thursday, Apr. 7, at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30, and a book...

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Rick McIntyre on Yellowstone Wolves

Renowned wolf expert and author Rick McIntyre will discuss the fascinating sagas of some of Yellowstone’s most iconic wolves at Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St. in downtown Livingston, on Thursday, March. 24, at 7 p.m. A book signing and reception will follow. McIntyre...

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Ulysses Centenary Exhibit

James Joyce's great modernist novel Ulysses was published 100 years ago, on February 2, 1922. To celebrate, Elk River Books will present an exhibit of collectible editions and related materials drawn from co-owner Marc Beaudin's extensive James Joyce collection of...

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Douglas Chadwick on our interconnectedness to nature

Famed wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick will read from and discuss his newest book, Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature that Just Might Save Us All, at Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St., Livingston, on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. According to the...

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Rick Ridgeway

Famed mountaineer and environmentalist Rick Ridgeway will read from and discuss his new book, Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, on Friday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. at Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St. in downtown Livingston. A book signing will follow. Life...

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Dorothy Bradley and Friends

A trio of luminaries from Montana’s progressive political past, Dorothy Bradley, Thomas Towe and Bob Raney, will discuss the new anthology, To Make a Better Place For This and Future Generations, at Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St., Livingston, on Thursday, Dec. 9, at...

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John Phillips

Former magazine editor John Phillips will read from and discuss his comic memoir, Four Miles West of Nowhere: A City Boy’s First Year in the Montana Wilderness, at the new home of Elk River Books, 122 S. 2nd St. in downtown Livingston, on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m....

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An Evening with Joy Williams

Award-winning novelist Joy Williams will give a rare public reading and discuss her storied career at Elk River Books on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7 pm. Dubbed a “misanthropic genius” by The New York Times, essayist, novelist and short story writer Williams has received...

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