Award-winning Billings novelist Craig Lancaster returns to Livingston’s Elk River Books to read from and discuss his new book, Northward Dreams, on Thursday, April 18.
Northward Dreams weaves together four timelines to depict the dreams and despair of several generations of a Western family, from the 1950s to the 2010s. According to the publisher, “In this novel, Lancaster, who has been hailed as ‘one of Montana’s most important writers,’ goes deep into how history shapes and confines us and how hope sometimes stubbornly abides.”
Johnathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy, describes the novel as “sheer reading pleasure; at turns funny, heartbreaking, suspenseful, and cathartic. For years, Lancaster has been delivering gritty, unforgettable human dramas about everyday people navigating troubled pasts and unknown futures, and Northward Dreams just might be his best effort to date.”
Lancaster is the author of ten novels and a collection of short stories, including two High Plains Book Award-winning titles: 600 Hours of Edward and And It Will Be a Beautiful Life. His work has been honored by the Montana Book Awards, the Utah Book Awards, the Independent Publisher Book Awards, the International Book Awards, the American Fiction Awards as well as many other citations. His first full-length play, Straight On To Stardust, made its world premiere in October 2023 in a production by Yellowstone Repertory Theatre.
Elk River Books is located at 122 S. 2nd St. in downtown Livingston. The free event begins at 7 p.m., and a book signing and reception will follow.
