Invasion of the Vintage Sci-Fi Paperbacks!
We’ve just acquired several boxes of vintage science fiction paperbacks ranging from Asimov to Zelazny and including over a dozen Philip K. Dick titles. Stories of space both inner and outer — robots, aliens and drug fiends (all fun folks to spend some time with). As fun and interesting as the tales within the covers […]
Emerging Writers Showcase – Call for Authors
In an effort to support independent authors and publishers, as well as to introduce our readers to great new books, Elk River Books will hold bi-annual group readings and book signings called the “Emerging Writers Showcase.” This first showcase will take place Thursday, October 13, 2016. By grouping together 3-5 authors, we hope to increase […]
Vagabond Song by Marc Beaudin
Elk River Books enters the world of publishing with the release of Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals by Marc Beaudin. The publication will be celebrated with a free reading and reception on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. in downtown Livingston. The event begins at 7 p.m. […]
Keith McCafferty’s Crazy Mountain Kiss
Keith McCafferty, award-winning survival and outdoor skills editor of Field & Stream, visits Livingston for a reading of his latest fly-fishing mystery Crazy Mountain Kiss, at Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The free reading takes place at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a book signing and […]
Mr. Owita’s Guide to Gardening
Carol Wall’s debut book, Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart, will be presented by the author’s widower, Dick Wall on July 9, at Livingston’s Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. The event starts at 7 p.m. and is free and open […]
Stock Local to Shop Local
Livingston is a unique literary gem, with more writers per capita than New York or San Francisco, or as I always say, “You can’t walk out of a bar around here without tripping over a writer.” As a bookstore owned by two writers, Elk River Books makes it a priority to support these local writers […]
Book of the Month – Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
This month’s feature is perhaps the greatest anti-war novel yet written, Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun. We have a very good hardcover copy of the 10th printing from 1970 that includes an addendum to the author’s introduction concerning the Vietnam War. The Saturday Review said this book “can never be forgotten by anyone who […]
