Enjoy free public panel discussions, a film screening and faculty readings during the Elk River Writers Workshop at the Chico Hot Springs Convention Center, Pray, Montana. Panel discussions are Monday and Tuesday, from 1:30 to 3 pm. Readings are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7 to 8 pm, followed by book signings. To honor the workshop’s 10th anniversary, we are featuring an all-Indigenous faculty as well as panelists.
Monday, Aug. 11
•Panel discussion: Where Rivers Meet: Intersecting Stories of Land, Identity, and Legacy, with Shane Doyle, Shadow Devereaux (aka Foreshadow), Chris La Tray and Francine Spang-Willis
•Faculty readings: CMarie Fuhrman, Chris La Tray and Deborah Miranda
Tuesday, Aug. 12
•Panel discussion: Ask Me Anything, an open Q & A session with our faculty members.
•Faculty reading: Thomas Gannon and Kimberly Blaeser
Wednesday, Aug. 13
•Film Screening, 3 – 4:45 pm: Winter in the Blood, written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith and based on the novel by James Welch, this film features Chaske Spencer, David Morse, Gary Farmer and Lily Gladstone.
•Faculty reading: M.L. Smoker, Oscar Hokeah, Debra Magpie Earling
