
The Wall Street Journal reviewed New York Times bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler’s latest novel, “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” while in Ohio.

The Wall Street Journal reviewed New York Times bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler’s latest novel, “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” while in Ohio.

Western writer Ivan Doig brings focus to Montana’s history and development in “Sweet Thunder,” which continues the story of Morrie Morgan from “The Whistling Season.” Events and speaking engagements with Ivan draw hundreds of attendees in the West, where he’s a literary icon. “Sweet Thunder” also made it onto the Great Falls Tribune’s list of […]

The Great Falls Tribune has collected some of this year’s best books about Montana, or by Montana authors. Included among them is “Songs of Willow Frost” by NYT bestseller Jamie Ford. Catch it here!

This past year, NYT bestselling author Jamie Ford (Songs of Willow Frost) took a break from a literary celebrity’s touring lifestyle to take a different sort of trip.

In their recent round up of the best cookbooks and food books of 2013, The Washington Post has selected Forrest Pritchard’s Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmer’s Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm among their favorites! Forrest Prtichard’s efforts to save his family farm, chronicled in Gaining Ground, includes hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters. The crash-course in sustainable agriculture offers both foodies and wold-be farmers wonderful insight into the food-to-farm-to-table business that will make readers rethink how they cruise through their local grocery store.

Garth Stein, favorite author of Raven Stole the Moon, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Stories, and The Art of Racing in the Rain (which has sold 3 million copies in teh US and another 3 million abroad) was recently featured in a Seattle area news magazine. And what better way to explore Garth Stein’s most successful and celebrated title – by racing in the rain, of course. Literally. King5 correspondent Saint Bryan challenged Garth Stein to a few laps around the PGP Motorsports Park in Kent, WA, and ruminated on the many teachable moments within the book, such as, “Your car goes where your eyes go,” and “What you manifest is before you.”

his year, the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society celebrated its 40th anniversary this fall with a symposium on feminist science fiction.

Reyna Grande, author of Across a Hundred Mountains, Dancing with Butterflies, and The Distance Between Us, is a sought-after speaker at middle/high schools, colleges and universities around the country. Born in Mexico, Reyna was raised by her grandparents after her parents left her behind while they worked in the US. She came to the US at the age of nine as an undocumented immigrant and went on to become the first person in her family to obtain a higher education. We spoke with Reyna about her most recent book, The Distance Between Us, and her thoughts about how to engage readers, particularly students.