2014 HUMANITIES
MONTANA FESTIVAL BOOK
OF
THE
FEATURED EVENTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
7:00 pm – Wilderness and the Human Imagination FREE
Experience untamed landscapes through the literary lens of Environmental Studies and MFA
graduate students from the University of Montana. Mansfield Library, UM Campus
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014
1:00 pm – How to Write Your Best Book FREE
Writing workshop with Danica Winters. Montgomery Distillery
5:30 pm – He Said, She Said Tour FREE
With Wendelin Van Draanen and Mark Huntley Parsons. Fact & Fiction
6:00 pm – Tell Us Something FREE
A celebration of live storytelling, in partnership with The Big Read & The Missoula Public Library.
Top Hat Lounge
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
11:30 pm – Festival Lunch with James Lee Burke and William Marcus
Top Hat Lounge
5:30 pm – Raise a Glass with Your Favorite Author! $25
Readers’ & Writers’ Reception – libations & hors d’oeuvres. Radius Gallery
8:00 pm – Poetry Slam with Tahj Bo Kjelland
Cash prize to winner. Stage 112
FREE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014
7:30 pm – GALA READING FREE
Festival favorites William Kittredge, Annick Smith, Rick Bass, David James
Duncan, poet laureate Tami Haaland, nationally acclaimed authors Malcolm
Brooks, Pete Fromm, and Walter Kirn, for a celebration of the literature
of the west. The Wilma Theatre
LEARN MORE AT
www.humanitiesmontana.org/festival
$35
2014 HUMANITIES MONTANA FESTIVAL THEOF BOOK
Roxy Theatre 1
Roxy Theatre 2
Shakespeare & Co.
10:30am FRIDAY, OCT. 10TH
Fact & Fiction
Top Hat Lounge
Tainted Revelations:
The Work of Bill
Ohrmann
Joe Nickell
Other Venues
Radius Gallery
Poetry Reading
Shann Ray
Henrietta Goodman
Mark Gibbons
+ author signings
Festival Lunch with James Lee Burke and William Marcus
11:30am Top Hat Lounge
1:00pm Life & Legends of
Calamity Jane
Richard Etulain
Nonfiction Reading
Bill Sansom
Cristina Eisenberg
Bruce Smith
+ author signing
Tickets $35
Fiction Reading
K.M. Cholewa
Peter Mountford
Poetry Reading
Melissa Mylchreest
Dave Caserio
Chris Dombrowski
+ author signings
+ author signings
2:30pm Crown of the Continent
Steve Gnam
+ author signing
Off the Path: An
Anthology of New
Native American Writing
Adrian Jawort
Eric Brien
Luella Brien
Sterling Whitemountain
+ author signings
New Work
Josh Wagner
Theo Ellsworth
Fiction Reading
Bruce Holbert
Kim Zupan
+ author signings
+ author signings
Memoir Reading
Bryce Andrews
Molly Caro May
Brian Kevin
Fiction Reading
Keith McCafferty
Gwen Florio
Carrie LaSeur
+ author signings
+ author signings
Wind & Bones: An
Interartistic Tribute to
James Welch
karaoke-esque tribute
featuring Lois Welch,
Neil McMahon, Robert
Sims Reid and others
+ author signings
4:00pm Fiction Reading
Cori Di Biase
Craig Lancaster
David Allan Cates
+ author signings
Astoria: John Jacob
Astor and Thomas
Jefferson’s Lost Pacific
Empire
Peter Stark
Montana Beer
Ryan Newhouse
+ author signing
+ author signing
5:30pm Readers & Writers Reception
Radius Gallery
6:00pm Tickets $25
Festival Family Friendly Friday Whizpops
Top Hat Lounge
8:00pm Montgomery Distillery
Caffeinated
Murray Carpenter
+ author signings
Poetry Slam with Master of Ceremonies Tahj Bo Kjelland
Stage 112
Dana Gallery
Creative Reading
David Allan Cates
Peggy Christian
Charles Finn
Caleb Meyer
Sheryl Noethe
Amity Parks
Stellarondo
R. David Wilson
2014 HUMANITIES MONTANA FESTIVAL THEOF BOOK
Holiday Inn
Ballroom A/B
9:30am Holiday Inn
Ballroom D
How To Get Your Name In Print
Danica Winters
+ author signing
The French Cook – Soufflé
Greg Patent
Kelly Gorham
SATURDAY, OCT. 11TH
Holiday Inn
Yellowstone/Glacier
Rooms
Holiday Inn
MT Boardroom
Holiday Inn
Madison/Gallatin/
Jefferson Rooms
Holiday Inn
Atrium
Raptors of the Rockies
Kate Davis
Sleeping Beauty +
Grumpy
Book Sales/Exhibits
Children’s Books Reading
Donna Love
Jennifer Nitz
MYSTERY MARK
Josh Wagner
Theo Ellsworth
& cast
How We Live Now: New
Fiction Panel
Gwen Florio
K.M. Cholewa
Keith McCafferty
Peter Mountford
Mod: Roger Hedden
Book Sales/Exhibits
+ author signings
11:00am Searching for the Story: Nonfiction
Panel
Brian Kevin
Murray Carpenter
Peter Stark
Mod: Samantha Dwyer
+ author signings
Memoir/Fiction Reading
Elissa Washuta
Rachel Toor
Frances Kuffel
+ author signings
+ author signings
+ author signings
1:00pm West With A Twist: A Discussion of
Western Novels
Malcolm Brooks
David Allan Cates
Pete Fromm
Bruce Holbert
Carrie LaSeur
Mod: Kim Anderson
Nonfiction Reading: New Works on
Montana at its150th Anniversary
Ken Egan
Aaron Parrett
That Dream Shall Have a
Name
David Moore
Montana Magazines
with representatives from
Whitefish Review, Montana
Quarterly, Mamalode &
Geekpuff
Mod: Caroline Patterson
Book Sales/Exhibits
+ author signing
MYSTERY MARK
Josh Wagner
Theo Ellsworth
& cast
Deep Listening
Candace Crosby
Charles Finn
Gary Hawk
MYSTERY MARK
Josh Wagner
Theo Ellsworth
+ cast
Book Sales/Exhibits
Book Sales/Exhibits
+ author signings
+ author signings
2:30pm It’s Not You, It’s Me: Memoir Panel
Bryce Andrews, Walter Kirn, Frances
Kuffel, Molly Caro May, Elissa
Washuta, Mod: Ginny Merriam
+ author signings
These Living Songs
Montana Poetry Panel
Tami Haaland, David Moore, Karl
Olson, Caroline Patterson, Kate
Shanley, Mod: Brady Harrison
+ author signings
+ author signings
4:00pm 7:30pm The Art of Collection: Editing
Anthologies
Adrian Jawort, Allen Morris Jones.
Caroline Patterson, Lisa Simon
The Mysteries of A.B. Guthrie
Doug Midgett, Jon A. Jackson, Robert
Sims Reid, Alex Sakariassen, Mod:
Doug Midgett
+ author signings
+ author signings
How To Read the
American West
William Wyckoff
+ author signing
Gala Reading @ the Wilma Theatre
Rick Bass, Malcolm Brooks, David James Duncan, Pete Fromm, Tami Haaland, Walter Kirn, William Kittredge, Annick Smith, Stellarondo
Help us Celebrate our 15th Anniversary
2014 HUMANITIES MONTANA FESTIVAL THEOF BOOK
Bryce Andrews
Eric Brien
Luella Brien
Malcolm Brooks
James Lee Burke
Murray Carpenter
Dave Caserio
David Allan Cates
K.M. Cholewa
Peggy Christian
Candace Crosby
Kate Davis
Cori Di Biase
Chris Dombrowski
David James Duncan
Ken Egan
Cristina Eisenberg
Theo Elllsworth
Richard Etulaine
Charles Finn
Gwen Florio
Pete Fromm
Mark Gibbons
Steve Gnam
Henrietta Goodman
Kelly Gorham
Tami Haaland
Brady Harrison
Gary Hawk
Bruce Holbert
Jon A. Jackson
Adrian Jawort
Allen Jones
Brian Kevin
Walter Kirn
William Kittredge
Tahj Kjelland
Frances Kuffel
Carrie La Seur
FESTIVAL EXHIBITORS: Bonners Books, Camas Magazine, Center for Crea?ve and Healing Arts, Cutbank Literary Magazine, Dock Street Press, Farcountry Press, Fic?on on Fire, Green Ribbon Books, JB Photography, Lively Times, Lost Horse Press, Montana Historical Society, Montana Photo Art, Montana Public Radio, Mountain Press, Riverbend Publishing, Salish Kootenai College, Self-‐Publishing Services LLC (Danica Winters), Marjorie M. Snipes, Stoneydale Press, Whiteﬁsh Review. FESTIVAL SPONSORS & PARTNERS: Major sponsors are Na?onal Endowment for the Humani?es, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Founda?on, the Missoulian. Partners include Barnes & Noble, Community Medical Center, Fact & Fic?on Downtown and On, Campus, Holiday Inn Downtown, Missoula Public Library, Missoula Community Access Television, Montana Public Radio, Montgomery Dis?llery, Radius Gallery, Roxy Theater, Shakespeare & Co., Top Hat Lounge, U.S. Bank, Wilma Theatre, and many local businesses and volunteers. FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMITTEE: Kim Anderson (Humani?es Montana), CE Abe Abramson (Missoula Public Library Founda?on), Tom Bensen (Missoula Cultural Council), Honore Bray (Missoula Public Library), Sherry Devlin (Missoulian), Ken Egan (Humani?es Montana), Michael Marsolek (Montana Public Radio), Ginny Merriam (City of Missoula), Chérie Newman (KUFM), John Rimel (Mountain Press), Barbara Theroux (Fact & Fic?on), Rick Wishcamper (Wilma Theatre). HUMANITIES MONTANA AND FESTIVAL STAFF: Ken Egan, execu?ve director; Kim Anderson, associate director, programs; Samantha Dwyer, program assistant; and Jason Neal, e-‐communica?ons director. The Humani?es Montana Fes?val of the Book is a presenta?on of Humani?es Montana, Montana’s independent nonproﬁt aﬃliate of the Na?onal Endowment for the Humani?es. LEARN MORE AT
www.humanitiesmontana.org/festival
Craig Lancaster
Donna Love
Molly Caro May
Keith McCafferty
Caleb Meyer
Douglas Midgett
David Moore
Peter Mountford
Melissa Mylchreest
Ryan Newhouse
Joe Nickell
Jennifer Nitz
Sheryl Noethe
AUTHORS & PRESENTERS
Karl Olson
Amity Parks
Aaron Parrett
Greg Patent
Caroline Patterson
Shann Ray
Robert Sims Reid
Alex Sakariassen
Bill Sansom
Kate Shanley
Lisa Simon
Annick Smith
Bruce Smith
Peter Stark
Rachel Toor
Josh Wagner
Elissa Washuta
Sterling Whitemountain
R. David Wilson
Danica Winters
William Wyckoff
Kim Zupan
Holiday Inn Downtown
200 South Pattee
Missoula Public Library
301 East Main
Wilma Theatre
131 South Higgins
Dana Gallery
246 North Higgins
Top Hat Lounge
134 West Front
Radius Gallery
114 E Main
Roxy Theater
717 South Higgins
Shakespeare & Co.
103 S 3rd St W
Fact & Fiction
220 N Higgins
Montgomery Distillery
129 W Front
Stage 112
112 N. Pattee