Diane Smith’s Yellowstone and the Smithsonian
Author and historian Diane Smith turns to nonfiction for a reading from her latest work, Yellowstone and the Smithsonian: Centers of Wildlife Conservation, at Elk River Books on Tuesday, August 22, at 7 p.m. Exploring the intertwined histories of two iconic American institutions, Yellowstone National Park and the Smithsonian Institution, Smith’s book details the development […]
Art Walk Book Signing: Adrian Jawort’s Off the Path, vol. 2
Billings-based author and publisher Adrian Jawort will be available to sign copies of the second volume of his anthology of contemporary Native writing, Off the Path, during the downtown Livingston art walk on Friday, June 17, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The first volume of Off the Path focused on Montana Native American writers including […]
Gwen Florio Returns with her Latest Lola Wicks Mystery
Journalist-turned-novelist Gwen Florio makes her third visit to Livingston’s Elk River Books to read from and discuss Disgraced, the latest in her series of mysteries featuring the intrepid Lola Wicks, on Tuesday, June 28. Disgraced, which follows Florio’s earlier books Montana and Dakota, finds former war correspondent Lola Wicks in Yellowstone National Park, following a […]
January E-List: Escapist Literature
There are two kinds of people in Montana in January: those who live to ski, and those looking desperately for a cheap plane ticket somewhere (anywhere) else. Here’s a short list of some of the best escapist reading that’s come in the store recently. If you’re interested in making a purchase, you may click on […]
Esteemed Writers Gather in Livingston for Gala Reading
Tickets go on sale October 1 for the inaugural Elk River Writers Workshop Gala Faculty Reading, featuring six nationally renowned writers. Novelists William Kittredge and Rick Bass, poets William Pitt Root and Pamela Uschuk, naturalist Doug Peacock, and non-fiction writer Maryanne Vollers will read from their recent work during a party at the Shane Center […]
Art Walk Book Signing: Jon Axline’s “Taming Big Sky Country”
Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline will sign copies of his new book, Taming Big Sky Country: A History of Montana Transportation from Trails to Interstates, at Elk River Books during the Livingston Art Walk on Friday, August 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Axline’s book charts the evolution of Montana’s roads from ancient […]
Book signing: Craig Johnson’s latest Longmire
Best-selling author Craig Johnson will stop by Elk River Books during the lunch hour on Monday, June 15, to sign copies of his new book, Dry Bones. Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming (pop. 25), has set his series featuring the laconic sheriff Walt Longmire in Absaroka County, where reservation life and landscape are as […]
