Davis and Donaldson’s The Western Kitchen
Author Seabring Davis and photographer Lynn Donaldson-Vermillion will present a view—and taste—of the history and evolution of dining at Chico Hot Springs Resort at Livingston’s Elk River Books on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. The Western Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes from Montana’s Chico Hot Springs Resort, is the latest cookbook by Davis, following her High […]
Missoula poets Mark Gibbons and David E. Thomas
Two of Missoula’s best-known poets, Mark Gibbons and David E. Thomas, will read from new and collected works on Tuesday, June 19, at Livingston’s Elk River Books. Gibbons grew up in a small railroad town in western Montana where he listened to records, played sports, and married his high school sweetheart. He began reading Brautigan, […]
Matt Pavelich returns with new short story collection
Author Matt Pavelich will visit Livingston’s Elk River Books for a free reading and discussion of his new collection of short stories, Survivors Said, on Thursday, October 27, at 7 p.m. Survivors Said, which gathers Pavelich’s best stories of the last four decades, is the author’s fourth book. His first, Beasts of the Forest, Beasts […]
Aaron Parrett on Americana music under the Big Sky
Professor, author, letterpress printer and musician Aaron Parrett visits Elk River Books with his latest publication, Montana Americana Music: Boot Stomping in Big Sky Country, on Thursday, September 29, at 7 p.m. As in his previous books, Literary Butte and Montana Then and Now, Parrett brings his combination of academic acumen and a musician’s ear […]
Art walk book signing with Callan Wink
Livingston author and fly-fishing guide Callan Wink visits Elk River Books during the downtown Livingston art walk on Friday, August 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. to sign copies of his new short-story collection, Dog Run Moon. Called “an excellent first book of stories,” by the New York Times, with comparisons to Tom McGuane, Joy […]
Sid Gustafson presents “Swift Dam”
Veterinarian, equine behavior educator and novelist Sid Gustafson brings his latest book, Swift Dam, to Elk River Books on Tuesday, July 26, at 7 p.m. The novel details the flood of 1964, the worst in Montana’s history, which claimed 31 lives—30 of whom were residents of the Blackfeet reservation. Fifty years later, veterinarian Alphonse Vallerone […]
Michael Dax Explores grizzly Politics at Elk River Books
The struggle to maintain federal protection for the Yellowstone grizzly bear is at the forefront of the day’s news, with lines being drawn between biologists and politicians, conservationists and trophy hunters. In the midst of this issue, author and environmentalist Michael J. Dax will visit Livingston’s Elk River Books on Tuesday, June 14, for a […]
