9 | 10 - Bozeman Writers Group
6:00 PM-8:00 PM October 10, 2022 511 W Mendenhall St. Bozeman, MT 59715 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.
| 11 - Jamie Ford Discusses “The Many Daughters of Afong Moy”
6:00 PM-8:00 PM October 11, 2022 43 East Broadway, Butte MT 59701  We are incredibly excited to welcome world renowned Montana author Jamie Ford for a discussion and reading from his new novel “The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.” Join us Tuesday, October 11th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Isle of Books in Butte, 43 E. Broadway St. “The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is simply transcendent. The first Chinese woman to set her lotus-bound feet in America is destined to set off a ripple through time and space, as her descendants struggle with her legacy of loss and loneliness. Themes of karma, courage, love, and motherhood weave timelessly through eight generations of women seeking to find balance in an increasingly tempest-racked world. Jamie Ford has outdone himself!” —KATE QUINN, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code “Jamie Ford’s army of readers will be thrilled by this amazing new novel, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, which promises to take them to places they have not been to before. At our house, we enjoyed many nights reading later and later into the evening, and discussing its wonders and surprises.” —LUIS ALBERTO URREA, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels “Fans of The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet rejoice: Jamie Ford has done it again. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is a searing and vibrant epic of generational love, trauma, and healing. In his trademark poignant prose, Ford breathes Afong Moy and her descendants to life with dimension and power. This is a book that will stay with readers and reshape how they engage with their own lives and legacies. To read it is to be transformed–and to transcend.” —QIAN JULIE WANG, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 - Meet Bruce Smith, Author of the Legend Keepers: The Chosen One and Legend Keepers: The Partnership
1:00 PM-3:00 PM October 15, 2022 43 East Broadway, Butte MT 59701  Join us for an afternoon with Bruce Smith, wildlife biologist, science writer, and children’s fiction author! To celebrate the release of the second in his “Legend Keepers” series, Bruce Smith will be signing books and delivering a visual presentation at 1:30 PM! In addition to “Legend Keepers: The Chosen One” and “Legend Keepers: The Partnership,” Smith is the author of “Life On the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat,” “Where Elk Roam,” “Wildlife on the Wind,” “Stories From Afield: Adventures With Wild Things in Wild Places,” and more. Bruce Smith is a wildlife biologist who holds a PhD in Zoology. During his career with the federal government, he studied and managed most large mammal species that roam the western United States. He’s authored five nonfiction books of natural history, conservation, and outdoor adventure. He spent three years studying mountain goats in Montana’s Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area – and
many days afield with binoculars and camera since – which provided an enduring affection for the subject of
Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the Mountain Goat, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Legend Keepers: The Chosen One, received a Feathered Quill Silver Medal Award in two categories! Bruce and his wife, Diana, live in southwest Montana not far from mountain goats.
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16 | 17 - Bozeman Writers Group
6:00 PM-8:00 PM October 17, 2022 511 W Mendenhall St. Bozeman, MT 59715 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.
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 - Charles Finn & Barbara Michelman – On a Benediction of Wind
3:00 PM-5:00 PM October 21, 2022 43 East Broadway, Butte MT 59701  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.
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