Events

Join Bozeman’s Writers Group for  a workshop-style meeting where you will receive feedback (and give feedback in return) from a variety of writers on both what is working about your piece and what is not.  The Bozeman Writers Group meets every Monday, 6:00 PM at Isle of Books in Bozeman, 511 W. Mendenhall.

Join Isle of Books in welcoming Havre poet, Charles Finn and Missoula photographer Barbara Michelman as they share their collection of lyrical  poetry and images called, On a Benediction of Wind. Charles and Barbara will be at Isle of Books from 3:00-5:00 pm on August 21st with a presentation beginning at 3:30.

Charles Finn’s work has appeared in a wide variety of newspapers, journals, magazines, and anthologies, including, The Sun, Wild Earth, Big Sky Journal, and Montana Quarterly. He is the editor of High Desert Journal, a print and online magazine dedicated to the interior West and is the author of Wild Delicate Seconds: 29 Wildlife Encounters (OSU Press 2012) and now, On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs (Chatwin Press 2020.)

Barbara Michelson  began her career working in the major film studios. Some of her credits include “Happy Days”, Little House on the Prairie” and “Gideon’s Trumpet.” She taught film lighting at San Francisco State University and photography at Nevada County Community College. She also led photo tours to Europe for Close-Up Expeditions and Sweet Light Photo tours until 2006. Her work can be found in public and private collections in the US and Europe and  also includes digital films for Going Viral,  an art and science project, developed with Rocky Mountain Lab, an NIH lab,  and Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre.