Join us for a new offering at the Crested Butte Library – a monthly writers group, hosted 4th Tuesdays from 4-6:30 PM. Upcoming dates: September 26, October 24, November 28 4:00 -5:30 PM: Independent Writing Upstairs in the cozy Old Rock or on the lawn, weather permitting 5:30-6:30 PM: Group Discussion & Feedback
M. John Fayhee is coming to Crested Butte to read from and sign copies of his latest book, “A Long Tangent: Musings from an old man, his young dog & a quest to hike every day for a year.” “I am really looking forward to returning to Townie Books, where I have done numerous readings…
Join us at the Center on World Peace Day, September 21, for a reflection on what it means to be a peacemaker in our changing world. Barbe Chambliss, author of Women Peacemakers: What We Can Learn From Them, shares her experiences interviewing the 15 women featured in her book as well as the over 50…
Friday, August 31st | 6:30 pm | $10 A live spoken-word presentation by artist, Sean Guerrero, followed by the showing of Big Sur, hosted by the film’s producer, Orian Williams. The drama film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac, written and directed by Michael Polish. Williams and…
Join three of our beloved local authors for an informal meet & greet and book sales & signing! Kimberly Nixon is the author of Rock Bottom, Tennessee, a novel set in 1920’s Appalachia, and is based on her grandmother’s life. Shelley Read is the author of Go As A River, a historical fiction novel set…
Join us on Monday, August 21 at 10 AM for a special storytime with guest reader, local author Julie Stephens. Julie published “Mountain Mutts – Joy’s Tale” – a charming story of friendships, as seen through the eyes of two beautiful dogs. There are life lessons throughout the story: tolerance, death, sadness, joy, helping others,…
Join the Crested Butte Friends of the Library this summer for wine tastings at the Queen of All Saints Parish Hall with local sommelier, Aaron Tomcak of Mountain Sports Liquor. Hosted by the Crested Butte Friends of the Library (CBFOL) and sommelier, Aaron Tomcak, the wine tastings are fun and educational evenings and allow you…
Wednesday, September 13th at 6:30 pm This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author “pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid’s Tale” and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California…
Wednesday, August 16th at 6:30 pm at Rumors. A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker–shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. “A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our…
Townie Books welcomes educator and prolific author Shannon Gibney for a meet and greet, with book sales and signing, to the patio next Thursday, July 27 from 4 – 6 pm. Shannon has published THREE books in the past year! Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be, the…