KALISPELL — It’s a celebration for book lovers this weekend as the Northwest Montana Book Festival comes to Kalispell.
The festival is free and open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Northwest Montana History Museum which is located at 124 Second Ave East in Kalispell.
The festival's mission aims to gather readers and authors in Northwest Montana to promote, celebrate and inspire regional writing.
Dozens of authors are expected to attend, featuring book presentations and exhibits. Northwest Montana History Museum Executive Director Margaret Davis said a wide variety of topics will be discussed.
“And It’s a diverse group of people who write about memoirs, wildlife biology and also poetry, children's books, so many different genres will be represented,” said Davis.
Speakers include:
- Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
- Graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm on "Picturing History"
- Stewart Wilson and Melissa Barker on "Gatsby at 100: It's a Story About the West After All"
- Historical fiction writer Leslie Budewitz on "'Stagecoach Mary' at the Juncture of History and Myth"
